April 2002 MDL Collaboration Workshop 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services 1 Integrated Hazard Information Services Tom LeFebvre Global.

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services1

Integrated Hazard Information Services

Tom LeFebvreGlobal Systems DivisionEarth System Research Lab

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

What is IHIS?

• Originally named Next Generation Warning Tool (NGWT)

• Mission: Integrate three hazard product generation systems used by NWS– WARNGEN– Graphical Hazards Generator (GHG)– River Pro (Hydrological hazards)

2

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

Integrate Three Tools

3

WARNGEN(< 1 hour)

GHG(Hours-Days)

RiverPro(Days)

IHIS

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

IHIS Workshop

• GSD hosted IHIS Workshop in late October 2009• Diverse set of Participants:

– NWS – Managers, Forecasters– Software Developers– Partners including:

Emergency Managers Private Meteorologists (Accuweather, TV) Urban Drainage and Flood Control

Social Scientists

4

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

Workshop Results

• Generated many requirements• Developed a “strawman” user interface• Two-way collaboration – Impact awareness• Transition current product-based to a

decision-support paradigm

Solution:Solution: AWIPS II and web-browser interfaces AWIPS II and web-browser interfaces to view and edit hazard informationto view and edit hazard information

5

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

Strategy - Web Application

6

• Build prototype web application first• Make web app available to all team members

via internet• Gather feedback -> Refine requirements• Use requirements/feedback gathered for CAVE

application development

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services7

First cut at Tornado Warning Prototype Pathway – what it is

• A starting point based on workshop results

• An avenue to get rapid feedback from forecasters on GUI features to be built in AWIPS II Cave

• Proof of concept platform for exploring:– Integrating WarnGen, GHG, RiverPro into a

common interface– Web technology as a way to build prototypes

for rapid development – Providing two-way communication with

partners via a common interface

7

April 2002AWIPS II Extended – Data Delivery Paradigm – April 14, 2010

First cut at Tornado Prototype Pathway – what it isn’t

• Not an end product

• Not an operational system -- functionality is limited e.g.• Hazard Database is read-only canned data• Short-fused (WarnGen) tracking is still being

developed• Tornado Warning Text Formatter ~70%

complete (still needs tracking information)• Limited GIS layers

8

April 2002MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services

IHIS Web Application

9

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services10

Next Steps

• Rapid Prototype Process– Feedback from listserver– Recorded on FeatureRequests Wiki page– Prioritized by IWT– Tasked for releases– 6-8 week cycles

• Evolve to long-fused and hydro • Possible Workshop• Two-way collaboration

– Social Science study– Partner prototype pathway

10

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services11

IHIS and IrisIHIS IRIS

--IntegratingWarnGenGHGRiverProOn AWIPSII--NWS HazardsDatabase

CreatingDatabase ofPartner Information:Spotter reportsTwitter,NWSChat...

Data Sharing

WebPortalFor HazardInformation

Overlap:IHIS: web2py/JS Ext Iris: Java/JS qooxdooWorkshop requirement: Common look and feel for partners/forecastersCollaboration: If not code, data sharing and web portal design.

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services12

NWSWarn

12

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services13

Collaborations

13

• Development organizations: Iris, NSSL, MDL, NCEP• NWS Hydrologists and Forecasters• AWIPS II NCLADT• Raytheon Developers• Univ. of Wisconsin SAGE Project• COMET-funded Univ. South Florida team• NWSWarn?• SSWIM Social Scientists – funding an ethnography

study of Partners (EM's, broadcasters...)

MDL Collaboration Workshop – 29 Sept. 2010 Integrated Hazards Information Services14

Summary

• Demonstrated that web technology is a viable option for initial rapid prototype development and providing two-way communication between forecasters and partners

• Developing plans to begin Client interface in Cave with re-used Server code (eventually as a plug-in)

• Collaboration is critical for IHIS success

14