RWIN Briefing ICC Meeting

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RWIN BriefingICC Meeting 5 20 Sept 2007
www.ec.gc.ca
Awtar Koonar
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Contents

• Background
• RWIN Status
• Data Sharing Agreements
• Provincial Systems Integration
• US-Canada RWIS Integration
• Operationalization of RWIN and issues
• RWIN Health of the Network output samples
• Future possibilities for RWIN

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Background

• RWIN a 5 year project (2003-2008)
• Data Management software - DMF project
• Application Software RWIN team
• Common data sharing language (CMML) adapted by
  all Provinces and Private Sector
• CMML supported by Clarus project.

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Background Contd

• Data input/ output to/ from RWIN in CMML
• Scribe (Weather Model ) output available in CMML
• CMML data being integrated with Clarus
• Metadata collection coordinated and Metadata
  quality controlled by RWIN team using a Metadata
  tool
• RWIN Health of the Network (HRN) software
  available as prototype

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Background Contd

• RWIN Outputs
• Quality Control Flags
• Raw data embedded with QC flags
• Metadata files
• Station and Sensor alerts
• CMML
• Supports fixed stations, mobile stations, routes,
  regions
• Can be easily used by other networks such as
  Forestry.

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RWIN OVERVIEW
Translators
US Clarus System

RWIN Admin.
Provincial Servers
CMC
Provincial Partners Municipalities
RWIN
RAIL
EC Data Archive
Data Management Framework (DMF)
MDSS
Other Networks
Products (OQ, CQ, MD)
Alerts
METRo RWIN Status/ reports
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RWIN Status Update

• RWIN 1.0 (DMF 0.6) Feb 2005
• RWIN 1.1 (DMF 0.61) June 2005 OPERATIONAL
  VERSION
• DMF Application and Database Servers
• Data Acquisition Software (DAS) Product
  Delivery System (PDS) Servers
• RWIN Applications (Metadata Manager, HRN)
• RWIN 1.2
• DMF and RWIN application specific requirements
  being collected.
• Retention of qc flags by each provider, i.e., BC
  qc confidence levels and RWIN qc flags.

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Data Sharing Agreements

• Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI
  Signed
• BC, Yukon, Manitoba and Quebec GOC Approval
  done awaiting Ministers signature
• Saskatchewan has shown interest and a planning
  meeting is set
• Ontario There is some movement for data sharing
  agreement are being kept in the loop latest
  Ontario is negotiating with Transport Canada
  (Positive sign)
• Inter-Provincial RWIN will enable
  inter-provincial data sharing (Atlantic
  Provinces Alberta BC)

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Update Overview of RWIN Project

• Provinces and Territories Integration Status
• Alberta (Feb 2006)
• BC (March 2006)
• PEI Sept 2006
• NB Oct 2006
• NL Oct 2006
• NS Nov 2006
• YK April 2007
• QC In Progress (Metadata stage)
• MB In Progress (Data Integration stage)
• ON Waiting for agreement
• SK Preliminary discussions

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Integration Status

• Alberta (Feb 2006) 75 stations (total 90)
  (Future - Calgary Edmonton Municipalities)
• BC (March 2006) 45 RWIS and 45 Avalanche
  stations (total 100)
• PEI (Sept 2006) 4 stations (total 7)
• NB (Oct 2006) 21 stations (total 25) (Future
  Parks and Private providers)
• NL (Oct 2006) 6 stations (total 12)
• NS (Nov 2006) 22 stations (total 25) (Future
  Parks RWIS)
• YK (June 2006) 3 Stations
• QC (in Progress metadata collection phase) 22
  stations plus Mobile stations
• MB (in progress metadata collection done, CMML
  data collection phase) 5 stations (total 10)
• ON SK Waiting for agreement

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Joint US-Canada Clarus Regional Demonstration
Proposal

• Participants
• Alberta, BC and Yukon
• Alaska DOT
• Environment Canada (coordinator and Facilitator)
• Data Sharing
• Metadata Done (available in Clarus)
• RWIN data exchange CMML format Oct/07
• Clarus QC data available to stakeholders
  directly or via RWIN
• QC Algorithms are being shared Clarus will be
  sharing QC algorithms with RWIN.
• Eventually expand to incorporate other Provinces
  with neighboring states.

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Operationalization of RWIN

• RWIN project ends March, 2008.
• RWIS data being integrated into EC Forecast
  Workstation
• RWIN Operational Plans, roles responsibilities
  being developed
• ISO 9001 compliance for RWIN project - planned
• RWIN organization (April, 2008)
• Project Management, planning, coordination EC
  Transportation sector
• RWIN operations and system management EC - IT
• RWIN testing ( Metadata coordination) Kelowna
  office

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Visualization Tools Output Samples
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Visualization Tools Output Samples

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Future Possibilities for RWIN

• Data from Rail
• VII data
• Data from other networks such as Forestry
• CMML handles Metadata, RWIS observation series
  for fixed mobile stations, Pavement Forecast
  and Scribe output. It can exchange geographical
  region and a route information as well.

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