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Page 1: Aviation Weather Center Update Amanda Terborg PG All Hands 12 January 2015.

Aviation Weather Center Update

Amanda Terborg

PG All Hands

12 January 2015

Page 2: Aviation Weather Center Update Amanda Terborg PG All Hands 12 January 2015.

2014 NOTESA few final notes from the 2014 demonstration

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2014 notes…

• Dust enhancement training– Three training sessions in Nov –

Dec 2014– Using the product for blowing

dust SIGMETS• April 29th, 2014• November 10th, 2014

• GeoColor– Continues to be used in ops

• Minor LDM issue– Extended areas in testbed

Page 4: Aviation Weather Center Update Amanda Terborg PG All Hands 12 January 2015.

Aerial photos of Nov. 10th dust case

Page 5: Aviation Weather Center Update Amanda Terborg PG All Hands 12 January 2015.

2015 DEMONSTRATIONSPreliminary notes for the upcoming evaluation periods in 2015

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2015 demonstrations

Evaluation Period I• January – April

– Pushed to mid-January start due to major server maintenance

– **NO WINTER EXPERIMENT**– Winter season aviation hazards (i.e.

icing, C&V, turb, etc.)

• Products– ACHA cloud products– VIIRS/MODIS imagery– Fog and Low Stratus verification– Simulated Imagery– AMVs

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2015 demonstrations

Evaluation Period II• May – September

– Summer Experiment scheduled to be August 10th – 21st to coincide with SRSOR dates

– Summer season aviation hazards (i.e. convection, C&V, etc.)

• Products– NearCast Model Analysis– Convective Toolkit– Fog and Low Stratus verification– SRSOR 1-minute imagery– Ozone

Page 8: Aviation Weather Center Update Amanda Terborg PG All Hands 12 January 2015.

AWC UPDATESOther pertinent AWC updates…

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Other AWC updates

• New servers– Switching to all virtual machines– Includes DAS and satellite processing

machines– Swap date is mid-January

• Testbed website for CWSUs– Being built to supplement CWSU

operations given bandwidth limitations– A satellite products page has been

requested for various GOES-R data

• AWC training ‘crew’– Forecasters and ASB staff– Valuable insight from users!

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QUESTIONS?


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