SWIM_weather051705.ppt
F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N • A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N
A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N
System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
Presented to CEISCJohn Loynes
ATO Operations Planning
Technology Development
May 17, 2005
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SWIM: “The right data to the right user at the right time”
Overview• SWIM: What it is and what it does for aviation weather
applications• Current Projects: Aviation weather in a SWIM
environment– Integrating Corridor Integrated Weather System
(CIWS) with traffic surveillance– Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT)– SWIM weather information model design
• Summary
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Flight Service Station Systems
TowerSystems
TerminalSystems
En Route Systems
Oceanic Systems
TFMSystems
Military,Law Enforcement,
andOther agencies
AOC Traffic Flow Mgr
AOC Dispatcher
SurveillanceData Weather
AeronauticalInformation
Fire-Wall
InformationExchange
NAS Air Traffic Services with System-to-System coordination
Flight DataObjects
Airline OperationsCenter Systems
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Security
StandardData
4D flight profilenegotiation
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Publish
Subscribe CommonGeographical
Reference
GAFIS/TIS
TOD
MINAT
VIGRA
HOLLY
STIPE
LEKMA
SWIM Concept of Use
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A Future ATM
All stakeholders require CDM, new DSTs & common information sharing …All stakeholders require CDM, new DSTs & common information sharing …
Oceanic En RouteEn Route
Departure ArrivalAirlines
TFM
Takeoff Landing
Interactive pre-flight and flight
re-planning
Arrival/DepartureDSTs for sequence
& spacing
Trajectory-based exchange &
planning
Increased use of data link
Airline &ATC exchange gate/runway
preference data
DSTs forCD, CR, and flow
management
Integrated strategic
& tactical DSTs
Enhanced A/PR/W and taxiway
safety nets
A/P DSTs forArr/Dep planning,RW usage, user
preferences
Real-time infoexchange between
A/C & ground DSTs
System-Wide Information Sharing(Surveillance, trajectory, weather, NAS resources)
Infrastructure Mgt
Increase use ofdata link at
more airports
High altitude sectors & dynamic
re-sectorizing
DST – Decision Support ToolsCDM – Collaborative Decision MakingA/P,A/S – Airport, AirspaceCD, CR – Conflict Detection, Resolution
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SWIM for DummiesSWIM is:
• NAS-wide information distribution and access mechanism for current and new applications
• Built on top of FTI for network connectivity and security
• 50% COTS, 30% custom software & 20% hardware providing services such as security, messaging, registry
• Non-proprietary, flexible, extensible, scalable solution to cost effectively meet current and future information requirements
SWIM is Not:
• A big system in a new facility
• A giant database
• A substitute for NAS modernization programs
• A set of applications
• An FTI replacement
SWIM implements a modern, system-wide approach to
information management necessary to support improved operations and
productivity in the NAS
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Accessing Weather Products(Example: TDWR)
1. Buy a T1 line for each TDWR you need and physically connect it at each TDWR shelter
2. Develop custom ingest software that…– Meets security requirements
– Manages QoS guarantees for application
– Translates custom data format (based on TDWR ICD)
1. Leverage FTI via single SWIM gateway connection; receive compressed TDWR streams from all TDWRs of interest
2. Develop ingest software using COTS tools that…
– Get system-wide security and QoS services from SWIM
– Provide standard access methods to TDWR data
The old way (pre-SWIM)… The new way (post-SWIM)…
1. Step 1 savings apply to any data source migrated from a custom distribution network to SWIM (e.g., CIWS, ASR-9 weather, etc.)
2. Step 2 savings apply to any systems using SWIM to access data
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Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS)
High res echo tops
Lightning
0 to 2 hr forecast
Accuracy Scores NEXRAD VIL MosaicStorm Growth & Decay
NEXRAD VIL MosaicSatellite backgroundForecast ContoursCell Motion/SEP
ASR-9/NEXRAD VIL MosaicEcho Tops Labels
# of aircraft
CIWS 2004 Domain
Air Traffic 09/12/02 1000 UTC – 09/13/02 1000 UTC
• Higher airport departure rates
• More efficient airport arrivals
• Fewer miles-in-trail constraints
• Fewer jet route closures
− Identify opportunities to fly over storms
• Reopening jet routes sooner
• Improved transitions from en route to terminal airspace
User Identified Benefits
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Coordination for Decisions
Davison and Hansman, ATC Quarterly 2002
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CIWS SWIM adapter
Integrated CIWS Weather / Surveillance on SWIM
CIWS weather
East coast traffic
Integrated CIWS weather / real-time traffic display
CIWS VIL mosaic
Publishers
Subscribers
CORBA event channel
Lincoln CORBA-based SWIM
Infrastructure
CIWS echotop mosaic
SDN SWIM adapter
Embry-Riddle enhanced ATC display
• Publishers: CIWS SWIM adapter publishes CIWS VIL and echo top mosaic products as contours; SDN adapter publishes traffic
• Subscribers: Integrated CIWS weather and traffic display, enhanced Embry-Riddle ATC display
• Status: In development for gate-to-gate demo
SWIM enables rapid development of applications that integrate weather and traffic:
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Potential SWIM Benefits to CIWS
• Distribution of CIWS output products on SWIM eliminates the need for CIWS product users to connect to private CIWS frame relay
• Inclusion of ASR-9 weather outputs on SWIM eliminates the need for direct connection to ASR-9 for CIWS inputs, further reducing the need for private CIWS frame relay
• Inclusion of compressed TDWR on SWIM makes TDWR available as CIWS input without direct T1 connections to individual radars
• SWIM security, bandwidth management services and COTS infrastructure reduce CIWS development and maintenance costs
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RAPT
• Funded by PA NY/NJ. Used operationally since August 2002 . Uses CIWS convective weather forecast and echo tops
• Objective is to improve the ability to get departures out of terminals during SWAP
•Supports achieving ATO metric for % of flights with taxi-out time < 40 minutes
• Operational users- EWR, LGA, JFK, TEB- NY TRACON- ZNY, ZDC, ZOB- COA, Jet Blue, NWA
Operational images from June 2, 2004
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RAPT SWIM
adapter
RAPT on SWIM
CIWS weather + RAPT timelines
RAPT
SWIM-enabled RAPT display
CIWS weather: VIL forecast
• Publisher: RAPT SWIM adapter publishes subset (RAPT domain) of CIWS convective weather forecast as contours
• Subscribers: SWIM-enabled RAPT display• Status: Running since December, 2004
SWIM enables distribution of CIWS weather products without requiring connection to the
private CIWS frame relay:Publishers
Subscribers
CORBA event channel
Lincoln CORBA-based SWIM
Infrastructure
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Potential SWIM Benefits to RAPT
• SWIM provides ready access to flight plan data needed for next-generation RAPT
• SWIM security, bandwidth management services and COTS infrastructure reduce RAPT development and maintenance costs
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SWIM Weather Information Model Design
• Definition of fundamental weather types and metadata: grids, contours, images, time series, point measurements
• Data transmission formats• Publish subscribe mechanism: product definition,
metadata format, multicast, etc.• New types added to demonstrations as they are defined
and implemented• Status: Ongoing throughout 2005
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Summary
• SWIM provides infrastructure and services critical to the distribution of aviation weather products, including security, bandwidth management and data discovery
• SWIM introduces potential cost savings in several areas: elimination of redundant communications infrastructure, decreased development costs by providing system-wide services, decreased maintenance cost due to expanded use of COTS software
• SWIM supports ready enhancement of existing applications and development of new, integrated weather and traffic management applications by providing all data through a single, SWIM network point of presence