1 Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt NOAA’s National Weather Service January 15, 2009
Dec 30, 2015
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Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt
NOAA’s National Weather Service
January 15, 2009
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BackgroundBackground
HCN-M Goals
• Enable continued monitoring and assessment of national and regional climate variability
• Sustain the historical climate record• Provide climate observational data, and station and
equipment metadata• Improve data quality• Distribute data to customers for current and future use • Provide a flexible and expandable architecture to integrate
with NOAA's Global Earth Observing Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE)
• Optimize as well as modernize the HCN
HCN-M Goals
• Enable continued monitoring and assessment of national and regional climate variability
• Sustain the historical climate record• Provide climate observational data, and station and
equipment metadata• Improve data quality• Distribute data to customers for current and future use • Provide a flexible and expandable architecture to integrate
with NOAA's Global Earth Observing Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE)
• Optimize as well as modernize the HCN
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Concept of OperationsConcept of Operations
O&M
Met
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Sit
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Mai
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HCN
Platform
User CommunityUser Community
Coordin
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Raw Data
Raw and
Processed
Data
Metadata
Pro
cessed
Data
Climate
Post- Processing
and Archive
Central
Data Processing
MADIS
Pro
cessed
Data
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OT&EOT&E
• Independent evaluation • Stakeholder review• Limited deployment• Field tests• Documentation• Performance• Stability• Function• Reliability• Risk reduction
• Independent evaluation • Stakeholder review• Limited deployment• Field tests• Documentation• Performance• Stability• Function• Reliability• Risk reduction
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OT&E Process OT&E Process
PLAN
OT&E
WRAP UP
TEST
READINESS
REVIEW
FIELDTESTS
• DT&E
• Documentation
• Training
• Logistics
• Security
• Maintenance
• DT&E
• Documentation
• Training
• Logistics
• Security
• Maintenance
DEPLOY
• Stability
• Reliability
• Performance
• Data Quality
• Security
• Stability
• Reliability
• Performance
• Data Quality
• Security
TEST REVIEW GROUP
OVERSIGHT
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HCN-M CommissioningHCN-M Commissioning
SystemInterfaces
Backup
Support for NOAA Mission
Documentation
Logistics
Training
Security
MaintenanceAnd Monitoring
HCN-MCommissioning
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ChallengesChallenges
• Programmatic– NWS weather and water mission vs. climate
requirements– NWS policy and procedures for automated climate
systems are lacking – HCN-M system limitations e.g. lack of snow
measurements in initial baseline
• Administrative– The commissioning process is resource intensive– The time required for full system deployment will
likely exceed 10 years
• Programmatic– NWS weather and water mission vs. climate
requirements– NWS policy and procedures for automated climate
systems are lacking – HCN-M system limitations e.g. lack of snow
measurements in initial baseline
• Administrative– The commissioning process is resource intensive– The time required for full system deployment will
likely exceed 10 years
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ConclusionsConclusions
• An OT&E plan for the HCN-M has been prepared– The plan proposes a comprehensive system
evaluation that is fully integrated with HCN-M commissioning activities
• An OT&E plan for the HCN-M has been prepared– The plan proposes a comprehensive system
evaluation that is fully integrated with HCN-M commissioning activities