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NWS Partners MeetingNWS Partners Meeting
NWS RoadmapScience & Technology
NWS RoadmapScience & Technology
Brad ColmanMarie LovernBrad ColmanMarie Lovern
June 29, 2011June 29, 2011
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Overview of the S&T PlanOverview of the S&T Plan• S&T empowers NWS Strategic Plan and Service Plan –
S&T advances categorized as six “Priority Capabilities”
• Teams were structured around these capabilities and involved NOAA-wide collaboration
• The successful implementation of this plan will require Enterprise collaboration, and provide:– Resources for decision support services– Foundational data sets and guidance information– Business opportunities
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Priority CapabilitiesPriority Capabilities
• Situational Awareness: An enhanced awareness and commonly shared view of the current (and forecast) environment and related hazards
• Numerical Guidance: State-of-the-science improvements in predictability and objective estimates of forecast confidence (uncertainty)
• Forecast Confidence: High-quality forecast confidence estimates from analyses and forecasts for customized risk assessment and decision making
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Priority CapabilitiesPriority Capabilities• Forecast and Knowledge Management Platform: New
capabilities and enhancements to AWIPS II-CHPS platforms to support future forecasting and IDSS
• Information Technology: High performance computing upgrades for operations and research; extensible, scalable and cost-effective infrastructure; discoverable, interoperable data and information
• Research to Operations (and O2R): Successfully leverage cross-cutting and R2O/O2R efforts
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A few targeted highlightsA few targeted highlights• A real-time mesoscale analysis: A state-of-the-science
very high resolution gridded analysis (~1km grid spacing at 15 min updates) of all environmental variables.
• Advances in numerical guidance: Advances ranging from storm-scale weather prediction models to far-reaching environmental earth system models.
• Fully calibrated forecast confidence information: Fully accessible and dynamic estimates of forecast confidence for multiple elements for short-to-medium forecast ranges
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Accomplishments and Next StepsAccomplishments and Next Steps• Kicked off content development effort in April• Completed internal roadmap team review on 20 June and
incorporating comments now• Advisory Board review: end July 2011• Corporate Board review of entire Roadmap: August 2011• Successfully leveraging OAR laboratories, COTS, Test Beds,
and Proving Grounds• External engagement to socialize NWS Roadmap
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QuestionsQuestions
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The S&T TeamThe S&T Team
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Brad Colman, Marie LovernS&T Leads
Brad Colman, Marie LovernS&T Leads
Curtis MarshallSituational
Awareness Lead
Curtis MarshallSituational
Awareness Lead
Bill LapentaNumerical
Guidance Lead
Bill LapentaNumerical
Guidance Lead
Larry DunnForecast &
Knowledge Mgmt Lead
Larry DunnForecast &
Knowledge Mgmt Lead
Thomas DayIT Lead
Thomas DayIT Lead
Paula DavidsonR20/O2R LeadPaula DavidsonR20/O2R Lead
Paula DavidsonTechnical LeadPaula DavidsonTechnical Lead
Tony EckelUncertainty Lead
Tony EckelUncertainty Lead