# Presentation: 016840

## Catastrophic Backup Action Plan

**Recommendations for short-term corrective action involving selected shortfalls**
**(Go after “low hanging fruit”)**

## Shortfall:   An OPC is down with a Catastrophic Outage

**Consequence:**   Somebody isn’t getting something they need to do their job.
**Solution(s):**   Another OPC picks up the slack, even if degraded.  Basic and in-depth alternatives (some).
**Lead Agency:**   Usually, the newly providing OPC.
**Risks:  **Bandwidth; data conversion costs for recipient;  other priorities for assigned personnel.
**Resources:**  Not extensive.   Varies with shortfall.
**Time Frame:**  Generally, 6-12 months for each.

## Shortfall #1:  NWSTG Gateway Down for GTS A/N Data

**Consequence:**  No WMO obs to NCEP.   No American WMO obs to AFWA, NAVO, FNMOC.
**Solution(s):**   Directly feed NCEP from AFWA.   Take steps to find other American data sources.
**Lead Agency:**   AFWA.
**Risks:**   Availability of personnel resources.
**Resources:**   3 M/M (AFWA, FAA, NWSTG)
**Time Frame:**   May-Aug 2002.

## Shortfall #2:  NESDIS Down – Unable to Transmit Imagery

**Consequence:  **No imagery to NCEP/WFOs.   No digital data or imagery via SPP.
**Solution(s):  **Collect imagery via Mark-4B &/or FMQ-17 systems; post on Web and xmit via SPP.
**Lead Agency:   **AFWA.
**Risks:  **Bandwidth to AFWA/FNMOC; data conversion costs, personnel availability.
**Resources:  **4-8 M/M + NCEP data conversion costs
**Time Frame:   **Jun 2002 – Sep 2003.

## Shortfall #3:  No Standard Access to OPC Web Pages

**Consequence:**   No common quick access to OPC Web pages.
**Solution(s):**   Standardized access across all OPC Home pages.
**Lead Agency:**   FNMOC.
**Risks:**   Failure to agree on acceptable standard.
**Resources:**   < 1 M/M combined for all OPCs.
**Time Frame:**   Jun – Aug 2002.

## Shortfall #4:  No Ocean Color Backup for NAVOCEANO

**Consequence:**   No optical products;  impacting minehunting, diver OPS, lidar bathymetry, etc.
**Solution(s):**   NOAA send subsets of MODIS sensor data to NAVOCEANO.
**Lead Agency:**   NAVOCEANO.
**Risks:  **Software access, data conversion costs.
**Resources:**  < 1 M/M + data conversion costs.
**Time Frame:  ** Apr- Aug 2002.

## Shortfall #5:  NESDIS Down – Unable to Provide SDRs/EDRs

**Consequence:**  SDRs/EDRs unavailable to numerical models and variety of other customers.
**Solution(s):**  AFWA provide expanded GOES Feature Track Winds and some EDRs from DMSP.
**Lead Agency:   **AFWA.
**Risks:**   Reduction of current data volume/types.
**Resources:**   3 M/M + data ingest costs.
**Time Frame:**   Jun-Dec 2002.

## Shortfall #6:  FNMOC Outage –  NAVOCEANO Needs Backup Winds

**Consequence:**   NAVO Ocean Current models won’t execute properly without real time winds.
**Solution(s):   **Provide AVN &/or MM5 winds and related fields from NCEP &/or AFWA.
**Lead Agency:**   FNMOC.
**Risks:  **Availability of required fields; data conver-sion efforts; incompatible regional geometries.
**Resources:   **5 M/M.
**Time Frame:**   Apr 2002 – Feb 2003.

## Shortfall #7:  FNMOC Outage – AFWA Needs Backup SST Anal

**Consequence:**  AFWA models won’t execute properly; no SST source at AFWA.
**Solution(s):**  NAVO provide SST analyses from MODAS direct to AFWA.
**Lead Agency:   **NAVOCEANO.
**Risks:**  Data format or geometry incompatibilities.
**Resources:**  1 M/M + data conversion costs.
**Time Frame:   **Apr – Aug 2002.

## Shortfall #8:  AFWA Down -  Need Flight Plan S/W NOGAPS Feed

**Consequence:**  ACFP and CMARPS revert to Climatology if no global model data.
**Solution(s):**  B/Up NOGAPS/AVN data flow from FNMOC/NCEP direct to Scott & Langley AFBs.
**Lead Agency:   **FNMOC.
**Risks:**  Resources to adopt AFWA bundling scripts.
**Resources: **  3-4 M/M
**Time Frame:**   Jun – Nov 2002

## Recommendations

**Continue to pursue solutions as briefed to all eight shortfalls.**
**Adjust Plan as reality and resource availability dictates.**
**Add/delete shortfalls as needed.   **