Joint Modeling & Simulation Capability Working Group
Weather CapabilitiesWorldwide Joint Training
and Scheduling Conference
Mr. Mark WebbDoD ASNE MSEA Liaison to USJFCOM
LTC John T. JaniszewskiChief, Technical Development and Innovation BranchJ7, Joint Warfighting Center, USJFCOM
Agenda
• State of Environment Representation • Challenges• Conceptual Approach• Implementation Status• Exercise Usage• Future Implementation
State of Environment Representation
• The simulation programs affecting decision-making have a limited environment representation.– However, environmentally effected behaviors are present
• Obstacles to including environment remain– Minimal programmatic support to modify simulations– Uncertainty over the expectation of the COCOM?
• COCOM’s expect some level of realism without specifying
– Federation of simulations are loosely coupled, so environmental effects are generally not federation wide• Consistency remains a concern!!
• Correlated support products are key to success– Including realistic environment raises as many questions as it
resolves. The ability to “see” the data and likely effect on the simulation is a key comforting capability.
Challenges
• EXCON Control and Weather Effects– Must provide users tools to ensure things go as expected– Development Testing for baseline capabilities– Validate weather functions in event testing by federate
• Educating Planners on existing capabilities– Realignment impacts– Dedicated Weather SME– CAX Planning for Weather
• MSEL driven versus Model driven outcomes– JFCOM CAX Events are heavily MSEL driven– Other JLVC users more competitive based
Conceptual Approach
• Partnership approach with DoD ASNE MSEA • ASNE Generate weather file (imported by Federates)
– CSV or GRIB File– Federates use attributes that can be supported– Weather effects consistent across the federation (manual
process)– Weather not clogging network
• Multiple support options– Simulations play weather effects on Acquisition, ISR and
Targeting– Simulation use Weather overlays (Effects adjudicated by Role
Players)
JLVC Implementation Status
• Participating Federates– JCATS 8.0 supports weather data with Overlay (1 degree squares)– JSAF reads environmental weather file including ocean data– NWARS-NG uses weather to impact satellite collection– JECS JLVC Analyst Workstation reads and displays weather file– AFMSTT uses weather to effect Air to Ground Targeting
• GIAC displays overlay and stimulates Google Earth• AWSIM uses EDCSS Hypercube to calculate detections• ACE-IOS participates through AWSIM (impacts MISREP’s)
• No participating Federates– JLOD– JDLM– TACSIM– MTWS (New federate)
• Environmental Data Cube Support System (EDCSS): A prototyped capability with a fully developed environmental data development and distribution process
• Utilized – Distributor – Weather data is available via an HTML interface (manual)
Exercise Usage
• AC09 & TF09 (EUCOM/PACOM)– EDCSS used to provide complete weather package– Weather integrated and stimulated within exercise scenario– Used overlay functionality for simulations
• TF08 (PACOM)– First Federation Level EDCSS play– Weather SME attended Planning Conferences– Weather integrated with Exercise Scenario– Used Overlay functionality only
• TF07 (PACOM)– Typhoon vignette (No simulated weather play)
• AC06 (EUCOM)– AFMSTT and JCATS played uncoordinated weather– No coordination with Exercise Control Group– Results less than optimal
FTUS80 KWBC 110300RKJK TAF 110303 04006KT 9999 SKC QNH3005INSBECMG 1107/1109 35007KT 9999 SKC QNH2988INS BECMG 1113/1115 09010KT 9999 SKC QNH2991INS BECMG 1119/1121 04009KT 9999 SKC QNH2986INS BECMG 1201/1203 03011G25KT 9999 SCT270 QNH2969INS BECMG 1207/1209 33017G37KT 9999 SKC QNH2967INS
ConsistentIntegrated
RepresentationEDCSSMETAR RCMQ 110300Z 31016KT
10SM BKN140 30/25 Q0970
EDCSS Correlated Products
EDCSSWX Distribution
Integration Into exercise
Scenario PlannerDefines
Objectives
Planner contacts WX support
SME to define WX req’s
WX support SME defines
EDCSS Project
Project Definition
Product Generation
Scenario Search
Integrated EnvironmentRepresentation Production
WX SME V&V’s Data & provides
to Planner
Planner V&V’s accepts or requests
changes
WX= WeatherWX Support SME is assigned by MAJCOM/COCOM
Scenario Conditions, Place/Time,
Products
Process repeats if changes requested
EDCSS Process for Training Event Support
ManMan ManMan ManMan
ManMan
MaMann
HLA Simulation NetworkHLA Simulation Network
C4I Domain
SimulationSimulationControlControl
Messages
Imagery
Effects
Data
EDCSS Production Site
EDCSSDistributor
JCATS NWARS JSAF JBUS /OASES
White CellWhite Cell TraineesTrainees
HTTP Simulation NetworkHTTP Simulation Network
Event PlannersEvent Planners
DMZDMZ DMZDMZ
Consistent,Multi-DomainEnvironmental
Scenario Project Conditions, Place/Time,Components
HLA–to-C4I Bridge
AWSIM
RIM = Runtime Integration ModuleHLA = High-Level Architecture
Current JLVC Operation
EDCSS Process for Training Event Support
• Current tools and services have greatest use in supporting Joint and Service training activities that use M&S – Need end user advocacy within COCOM’s
• Integration of space and ocean data to provide correlated natural environment
• Continue to use EDCSS distributor in tech control– Implement further capabilities if CAX use positive– Investigate run-time services– Ground mobility effects
Road Forward Vision