Interagency Environmental Modeling CONOPS Implementation Status

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Interagency Environmental Modeling
CONOPSImplementation Status
Committee for Operational Processing Centers
(COPC) Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorology and Supporting Research Washington,
D.C. 29 May 2008
Prepared by Mr. Michael R. Howland, Air Force
Weather Agency Mr. Mike Clancy, Fleet Numerical
Meteorology and Oceanography Center Mr. James
Rigney, Naval Oceanographic Office CDR Mark P.
Moran, National Centers for Environmental
Prediction
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Purpose

• Facilitate COPC principals discussion on
  Interagency Environmental Modeling Concept of
  Operations (IEMCO) implementation status and
  offer recommendations for related JAG tasking

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Implementing the IEMCO

• Guiding Principles
• Objectives
• Global Atmospheric Modeling (NAEFS pathfinder)
• Limited Area Atmospheric Modeling (Alignment
  Focus Area)
• Ocean Modeling (On-Going)
• Space Modeling (Bi-Lateral AFWA/SWPC Focus Area)
• Operations (Limited Area NWP Focus)
• Research and Development
• Infrastructure (JAG Implementation Work Needed)
• IEMCO Management Process
• Relationship to NUOPC

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Limited Area NWP North America/OCONUS Domains
Proposed Nov 2007
Notional AFWA/FNMOC 18km Window
ConfigurationWay ahead for OCONUS Ensembles
DoD Joint
NCEP NATO Alliance
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Limited Area NWP OCONUS Domains In Coordination
May 08
Notional AFWA/FNMOC 15 and 20 km Window
ConfigurationWay ahead for OCONUS Ensembles
DoD Joint
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Limited Area NWP NCEP CONUS/North America Domain
May 08
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Implementing the IEMCO(Proposed Tasks to JAGS)

• JAG OCM
• For Limited Area NWP Modeling
• Identify common parameters, levels, grid
  orientation, and packaging for data exchange
• Investigate the feasibility of a common post
  processor to output above
• Propose a core set of metrics to track relative
  model performance (e.g. 2-3 mission relative
  metrics common to all OPCs and tracked by all
  OPCs)
• ESMF
• What enhancements are needed? (e.g., support for
  solar and earth reference systems, irregular
  grids, other)
• What is the appropriate operational
  implementation of ESMF (i.e., how far down into
  models codes should it extend)
• Project time phased data exchange volume for JAG
  CCM

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Implementing the IEMCO(Proposed Tasks to JAGS)

• JAG CCM
• Assess ability/solution to meet projected data
  exchange
• Identify and address network security concern
  areas
• Use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology
• Mandated closure of certain network
  communications ports
• Exclusion of certain communications protocols
• Etc.
• Develop an integrated tri-agency IT security and
  data sharing process

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• Discussion

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• Backup

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Limited Area NWP OCONUS Domains In Coordination
May 08
Notional AFWA/FNMOC 15 and 20 km Window
ConfigurationWay ahead for OCONUS Ensembles
DoD Joint
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Example Limited Area Modeling DoD Collaboration
with Coordinated Inner Nests
Shared contribution to theater ensemble
deconflicted AF/Navy inner nests