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Air Force Weather Support to Homeland Security COPC Meeting 28 Nov 01. Lt Col Mike Babcock HQ USAF/ XOW. Overview. AFW - Who we are, what we do, and why Leveraging the meteorological community Cooperative support and backup Opportunities for Improvement. CME. CIVILIAN. 3%. 8%. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
28 Nov 01 1
Air Force Weather Support to Homeland Security
COPC Meeting28 Nov 01
Lt Col Mike BabcockHQ USAF/ XOW
28 Nov 01 2I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Overview
AFW - Who we are, what we do, and why
Leveraging the meteorological community
Cooperative support and backup
Opportunities for Improvement
28 Nov 01 3I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW Demographics: Who we are
ENLISTEDENLISTED70%70%
OFFICEROFFICER19%19%
CIVILIANCIVILIAN8%8%
CMECME3%3%
Total AFW Personnel: 4040Active Duty AF: 3450
ANG/Reserve: 590(as of Apr 01)
Active Duty AF Strat center (AFWA) 9 Opnl Wx Squadrons 132 Combat Wx Teams
Air National Guard 33 Weather Flights
AF Reserves Augment active duty
AFW Units
28 Nov 01 4I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW Capabilities
Deliver to our Nation's combat forces anytime, anyplace, the highest quality, mission-tailored information, products, and
services relating to the terrestrial and space environment....from the mud to the sun.
28 Nov 01 5I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW Core Processes
ALL ARE KEY TO PERFORMING OUR MISSION:
ANALYSIS TAILORING
FORECASTING DISSEMINATION DATA COLLECTION
28 Nov 01 6I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW –Organized for Ops
Mission-ScaleMission-Scale2 Way Info2 Way Info
OPERATIONAL CONCEPT
GlobalGlobalProductsProducts
Fine-Scale Fine-Scale Theater Theater
ProductsProducts
Strategic Weather Center
Operational WeatherSquadrons
Combat Weather
Teams (132)Lean, ExperiencedLean, Experienced
Mission Knowledgeable TeamMission Knowledgeable Team
Develop ForecastsDevelop ForecastsOn-the-Job Training / On-the-Job Training /
Mentoring Less Experienced Mentoring Less Experienced PersonnelPersonnel
Leverage TechnologyLeverage TechnologyManage InfrastructureManage Infrastructure
WARFIGHTEWARFIGHTERR
66.5 0 S
280 N
460 N460 N
220 N
5 0 S
600 W
920 W
300 W
300 W 10
0 W 600 E
680 E
1590 E
Weather Support Areas Of Responsibility
Areas of Responsibility11 OWS (Elmendorf AFB)15 OWS (Scott AFB)17 OWS (Hickam AFB)
20 OWS (Yokota AB)25 OWS (Davis-Monthan AFB)26 OWS (Barksdale AFB)
28 OWS (Shaw AFB)AFWA (Offutt AFB)USAFE OWS (Sembach)
28 Nov 01 8I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
OWSs + Support Locations (CONUS)USAF/AFRC/ANG Flying UnitACC Army UnitsAFSOC Unit
AMC Units AETC Units AFMC Units AFSPC Units
CONUS Regional OpsWeather Squadrons
Davis MonthanAFB
AFBShaw
Army NG Avn Unit
BarksdaleAFB
Scott AFB
Green indicates reengineeredGreen indicates reengineered
28 Nov 01 9I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW Capabilitiesleveraged by others
Meteorological satellite processing and applications Cloud analyses/forecasts, Snow and Surface Temp analyses Fine-scale NWP model coupled with Land Surface Model
LSM collaboration with NCAR, NCEP, Office of Hydrology Space weather support for all DoD and National Program
customers – worldwide observing network and collaboration with NOAA’s Space Environment Center
Cloud forecasts12 nm horiz res
+
Space Wx
Improved support for DoD ops Low-level aircraft ops Trafficability for ground forces Dispersion of contaminants Smart weapons employment
LSM
28 Nov 01 10I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
AFW Capabilities leveraged by others
Climatology Global archival and analysis of
weather observations ACMES (climo from meso models,
constrained by NCEP/NCAR reanalysis fields)
Slant-path Point Analysis Model Center collocated with NOAA’s
NCDC, Asheville, NC Collaborating with NOAA’s NWS
and OAR on climo support to USAID, DoS – medium range forecasts to support refugee aid
28 Nov 01 11I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Atmospheric Dispersion
AFW units provide met data to the consequence mgmt experts Joint Forces Command support AF civil engineer readiness teams Army nuclear, biological, and chemical teams
AFWA, OWSs, and CWTs all support operations AFWA populates Met Data Server with
high-resolution MM5 data for DTRA and other HPAC users worldwide Enables support for major events
such as Olympics, inauguration, etc. For CONUS homeland security, NWS
is primary, DoD secondary/backup
28 Nov 01 12I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Leveraging: Operations
NOAA NESDIS: satellite data and services NWS/NCEP: NWP models (AVN, Eta), forecast products NOAA/SEC: Space Weather products
Navy NWP models (NOGAPS) Ocean products (SST analyses, wave forecasts, etc.)
All available (NOAA/NWS, Navy, foreign sources, etc.) Access to products via web pages, data via comm feed Observations, radar, TAFs & aviation products, etc.
28 Nov 01 13I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Leveraging:Training, R&D, acquisition
Training COMET (UCAR lead; sponsored by DOC, DoD, etc.) We provide joint formal training to Navy, USMC, USCG
at Keesler AFB, MS R&D: Leverage best we find - transition to ops
DoD research labs (AFRL, ARL, NRL) Fed civilian labs (NCAR, FSL, ETL, etc.) Academia (UPOS, CIRA, etc.) Industry (Weather Channel, CRDA with AER, etc.)
Cooperative development and acquisition Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model NPOESS (DoD/DOC/NASA); NEXRAD (DoD/DOC/DOT)
28 Nov 01 14I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Cooperative Support and Backup
AFW supports National Command Authorities, Navy/USMC, NOAA, Intel community, NIMA, National Hurricane Center, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, State Dept, DTRA, USAID, & others
AFWA provides backup to NOAA centers via official agreement Product backup for Aviation Wx Center, Storms Prediction
Center, and Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Mesoscale model backup (MM5) to NCEP Eta model Space Wx products to Space Environment Center
AFWA is partner in OFCM’s Cooperative Support and Backup Plan for operational processing centers (Shared Proc. Net.)
AFWA provides high-res MM5 data to DTRA via HPAC met data servers, for use by DTRA and worldwide HPAC users
Web page access via JAAWIN, JAAWIN(S), OWS web pages
28 Nov 01 15I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
DoD Operations
Roles and responsibilities Services: Component Ops; Organize, Train and Equip Joint operations: Unified commands R&D: OUSD(AT&L), Service labs (AFRL, ARL, NRL)
Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan): CENTCOM has lead Joint Ops Area Forecast (JOAF) from Bahrain (Navy) Shaw OWS: provides tailored reach-back support AFWA: MM5 products, dust model, SOF/Intel support
Noble Eagle (CONUS): JFCOM, NORAD have ops lead Higher ops tempo; otherwise, business as usual
28 Nov 01 16I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Opportunities for Improvement
Improved NWP and advanced data assimilation for satellite, radar, mesonet, and other data sources Weather Research & Forecast (WRF) model Joint Center for Sat Data Assimilation Share processing load to overcome computing
shortfall that limits CONUS high-res NWP models Unity of effort for Homeland Security NBC dispersion
Improve interaction: OFCM Workshops in Dec 2001 One event, one forecast with NWS lead for weather Common “portal” to support multiple dispersion
models: facilitates R&D, V&V, ensembles, backup
“Choose The Weather For Battle”
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