Joint Action Group for Lightning Detection System

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Joint Action Group for Lightning Detection System

• Date 30 January 2008
• Cochairs TBD
• Exec Secretary Lt Col Mark Fitzgerald, USAF

• Telecon 888-680-9581, pass code 535430
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• Meeting ID is 301-237-607

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Agenda
Topic
Welcome
Introductions and Attendance
Review Membership
Introduce JAG/LDS Goals
Review TOR
Review Timeline
Description of Agency Deliverable
Example Capability Scrub
Possible Vendor Technical Review
BREAK AT 230pm
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Welcome

• Welcome!
• Administrative remarks
• This meeting is being recorded
• Telecon 888-680-9581, pass code 535430
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  Meeting ID is 301-237-607

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Introductions and Attendance

• Introductions around room and on telephone

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Review Membership

• DOC Members

Name Office
Mr. Sergio Marsh Primary (NWS Upper Air Mgr)
Mr. James Heil NWS OS7
Mr. James A. McNitt NWS/OOS/FSOC/OSB
Mr. Wayne Faas NESDIS NCDC
Mr. Stephen DelGreco NESDIS NCDC
Dr. Ronald R. MacGorman NSSL
Dr. Phillip Bothwell SPC
Mr. Timothy Oram NWS/SR/SMG HOUSTON TX
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Review Membership

• DOD Members

Name Office
Lt Col Mark Fitzgerald Primary DOD Rep (OFCM)
Mr. Kurt Nelson Navy
Col Mark Zettlemoyer USAF (Air Staff)
Lt Col James Rickman USAF (Air Staff)
Mr. David E. Johnson Army DAMI-OPS G2
Dr. Frank W. Gallagher III Army Dugway Proving Grnd
Todd M. McNamara 45 WS DOR (Patrick AFB)
William P Roeder 45 WS SYR (Patrick AFB)
William M. Schmeiser 30 WS SYR (Vandenberg)
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Review Membership

• DOI, DOT and BLM Members

Name Office
NONE IDENTIFIED Department of Interior

Mr. Paul Armbruster Primary FAA Member (ATO-T)
Dino Rovito FAA ATO-P
Mr. Rick Heuwinkel FAA NAS Weather Office
Mr. Bing F. Gong Volpe Natnl Transportation Sys Ctr

Ms. Bev Fronterhouse BLM Alaska Fire Service
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Review Membership

• NASA Members

Name Office
Dr. Richard Blakeslee Primary Member (Marshall Spc Flt Ctr, Global Hyd Cli Ctr)
Ms. Doris Rotzol Hood Spaceflight Met Group, Johnson Spc Ctr
Dr. William J. Koshak NASA MSFC, Earth Science Office, VP61
Dr. Francis J. Merceret NASA KSC
Dr. John Madura NASA KSC
Mr. Robert Scully Co-Chair, Space Shuttle E3 Control Technical Panel JSC EMC Group Lead
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Introduce JAG/LDS Goals

• Review TOR
• The JAG/LDS will provide a National Lightning
  Capabilities Document that will achieve the
  following
• Be a mutually agreed upon set of capabilities
  that will fulfill the requirements of the member
  agencies.
• Fully describe the capabilities such that a
  contractor can build the system based on what is
  in the document.
• Be delivered to the NWS by June 2008.

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Review Timeline
Event POC Due Date
Agencies provide capability description Each agency with unique requirements 30 Mar 08
First DRAFT Capabilities Document Lt Col Fitzgerald 30 Apr 08
Review/improve Capabilities Document JAG/LDS 30 May 08
OFCM review/approval of Capabilities Document Mr. Sam Williamson 30 Jun 08
Vendor Technical Review NWS ??
Complete MOU NWS ??
Complete New Contract NOAA Contracting Jan 10
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Description of Agency Deliverable

• See Excel spreadsheet
• Due to OFCM 30 Mar 08
• All agencies (DOC, USAF, USA, Navy, DOI, FAA,
  BLM, NASA) should provide a list of capabilities
  using the table provided
• Are there any descriptors missing?
• Impact if capability not available?
• Flash vs stroke reporting?
• Polarity?
• Cloud to cloud needed?
• Data Format?
• Add descriptive columns, pages, or maps as
  necessary to capture your agencys needs

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Description of Agency Deliverable

• Should we agree on a common non-proprietary data
  format?
• Need to agree on common description (intersection
  of all of our needs) for different geographical
  areas.
• Common set of capabilities for CONUS and
  territories
• Common set of capabilities for Pacific and
  Atlantic
• Common set of capabilities for Europe etc etc
• We can capture those needs that fall outside the
  intersection of our common needs and make them a
  part of the data capabilities document.
• Separate description for Spacelift, range, EOD
  capabilities etc

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Lightning CapabilityExampleFromNPOESS /
GOES-RMr. Jim Heil
Example Capability Scrub
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Example Capability Scrub

• Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

Systems Capabilities Thresholds Objectives
a. Horizontal Cell Size
Nadir, clear Worst case, clear All Weather 1 km 1.3 km 40 km 0.25 km 20 km
b. Mapping Accuracy
Nadir, clear Worst case, clear All Weather 1 km 1.3 km 5 km km 3 km
c. Measurement Range -2o to 40o C -2? to 40? C
d. Measurement Precision Clear All Weather 0.2o C 0.3 o C 0.1? C 0.1 o C
e. Measurement Uncertainty Clear All Weather 0.5? C 1.0 o C 0.1? C 0.5 o C
f. Refresh 6 hours 3 hours
g. Long-Term Stability 0.1? C .05o C
h. Latency 90 minutes 15 minutes
i. Geographic Coverage Global Ocean Global Ocean
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GOES-R
Example Capability Scrub
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GOES-R Program Requirement Document
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Program Observational Requirement
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Possible Vendor Technical Review

• NWS may set up a vendor technical review so that
  the JAG/LDS can get a preview of the latest
  lightning network and sensor capabilities

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Open Discussion