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Observation Data Requirements for Surface Transportation

Observation Data Requirements for Surface Transportation. Dr. Jim O’Sullivan National Weather Service – Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services NOAA Surface Weather Program July 26, 2006. 3 rd National Surface Transportation Weather Symposium. Overview. Introduction

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Observation Data Requirements for Surface Transportation

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  1. Observation Data Requirements for Surface Transportation Dr. Jim O’Sullivan National Weather Service – Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services NOAA Surface Weather Program July 26, 2006 3rd National Surface Transportation Weather Symposium

  2. Overview • Introduction • NOAA’s Commitment to Commerce and Transportation • Surface Weather within NOAA • Observational Data Requirements within NOAA • MADIS

  3. The NOAA Big Picture NOAA Headquarters National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Oceanic and Atmospheric Research National Marine Fisheries Service National Ocean Service National Weather Service NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Program Planning and Integration Ecosystem Goal Team Climate Goal Team Weather and Water Goal Team Commerce and Transportation Goal Team

  4. Commerce and TransportationOverview • Surface Weather • Aviation Weather • Marine Weather • Marine Transportation System • Geodesy • Emergency Response

  5. Commerce and Transportation Key Strategies Information that Moves America • NOAA has enhanced the American Public’s ability to: • Know where they are • Get where they are going safely and efficiently • Make appropriate decisions for a safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation network. • NOAA’s essential services are uninterrupted and available during emergencies and critical events

  6. NOAA’s Surface WeatherProgram • NOAA is responsible for protecting life and property and promoting safe and efficient commerce and transportation • Weather contributes to over 7,400 fatalities, over 600,000 injuries, and 1,400,000 weather-related • highway crashes per year • Representing the needs of all surface transportation sectors, i.e., roadways, rail, transit and pipeline operations • Opportunity to improve safety • with timely weather information • that is transportation-relevant Annual weather averages for the years 1997-2006; adverse road conditions from 1996-2005. Compiled from Storm Data, NWS and NCDC and the DOT Fatality Analysis Reporting System

  7. Surface Weather within NOAA’s Commerce & Transportation Goal • Themes • Safe, secure, efficient and seamless movement of people and goods in the U.S. transportation system • Environmentally sound development and use of the U.S. transportation system • “Port to Door” • Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) - Transition to Operations • National Surface Weather Observing System (NSWOS) • Within the NWS Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG) • Integration with DOT’s CLARUS Initiative • MADIS transition is key to providing data management support for C&T and NWS mission • Integration of other NOAA and non-NOAA networks • NOAA essential services and customer requirements

  8. Current Activities Partnerships • US Environmental Information Enterprise • Public-Private-Academic • Continuing to communicate and work with the Commercial Sector • Interagency Partnerships • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): • The Clarus Initiative • Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) • Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology’s Weather Information for Surface Transportation Working Group

  9. Future Activities Opportunities for Partnerships • Integrated Surface Observing System • Operational assimilation, ingest, and management system for external data • Add more weather sensors to Geodetic Reference Stations • Identify infrastructure vulnerability through Height Modernization • Vehicles as mobile sensors • Potential uses of Vehicle Infrastructure Integration data: temperature, precipitation, visibility

  10. Future Activities Trends • Digital Services • Users can pull the information they want when they need it • Easier to integrate with information and display systems • Next Generation of Models • Higher frequency and resolution • More ground level information • Hardware Technology • Radar enhancements for spatial resolution and type

  11. NOAA’s Surface Observations Requirements • Maintaining and enhancing NOAA’s observing systems as well as leveraging existing and emerging partner and citizen platforms are necessary to address all requirements NOAA has for observations • NOAA service requirements for observations are composed primarily around three elements: • Required accuracy • Station density • Reporting interval • Metadata – increased awareness and importance

  12. High 100 National Climate Change Aviation Engineering Support – CoE, Buildings, Roads, Runoff Number of Observations Partner Support (FEMA, USDA Disaster Declarations), NIDIS Observations Needed Accuracy Climate Variability Monitoring and Forecasting Weather and Water Enterprise and Partner Support High-impact Local Forecast, Warning, and Decision Assistance Impact Assessments and Documentation Education and Recreation Lower 50K+ NOAA’s Surface Observations Service Requirements

  13. Theme of Integration • Capacity, including future needs • Inclusive • Metadata (crucial for effective use) • Available (mission support, latency issues) • Quality (levels of QC/QA, time vs. quality) • Standards • Accessible (to all, at minimal recovery cost) • Archive (operational, forensic, and research support) • Leverage what’s available to define what’s needed

  14. MADIS – An Overview • Developed by NOAA Research’s Earth System Research Laboratory’s Global Systems Division (formerly FSL) • Data management system that’s flexible, expandable and interoperable – an architecture for the future • Provides government and non-government mesonet, upper-air, and coastal data to NOAA and the enterprise • Data are stratified and informed by metadata • Transitioning MADIS to NWS operations will provide 24x7 maintenance support with offsite system backup • Leverages NOAA’s extensive data management infrastructure and investment

  15. SFC-LAND INFORMATION BASES (QCed DATASETS) SFC-MARINE U/A-IN SITU MADIS Collection, QC, and Distribution U/A-REMOTE SENSING QUALITY CONTROL INFO & Meta Data (Data QC Flags) SATELLITE GRIDS METADATA MADIS Data Sources and Outputs

  16. INDIVIDUAL OBS USER -1 TODAY NWS TOC USER-2 INDIVIDUAL OBS USER-N INDIVIDUAL OBS 2008 USER-1 NOAA WITH MADIS USER-2 Integrated/ QCed Data sets USER-N How the MADIS Transition Will Change NOAA’s Service ?

  17. Conclusion • Observations are at the heart of climate, water, and weather services • Data contribute to the government mission • They provide significant business and research opportunities to the Enterprise

  18. NOAA Surface Weather Program /NWS Observing Services Division For questions or comments, contact: Dr. Jim O’Sullivan Jim.OSullivan@noaa.gov (301) 713-1792 x121

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