# Presentation: 945068

## FSL/GFE Development Plans

**Mark Mathewson**
**Oct. 28, 2003**

## Changes in Resources since last year

- Last year, 6 people working on GFE.
- Currently, 4 people working on GFE.
- Funding Issues will continue into the future as NWS PAC funds decrease at 20% per year.
- We are now at a minimum level to get anything done.

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## Staff Allocation after Oct 2003

| Category | Effort through Oct 2003 | Effort after Oct 2003 | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field Support – Text | 0.80 | 0.25 | -0.55 |
| Field Support – GFE | 1.30 | 0.50 | -0.80 |
| Management – CM, Builds | 0.50 | 0.40 | -0.10 |
| Text Formatters | 0.50 | 0.25 | -0.25 |
| Training | 0.50 | 0.20 | -0.30 |
| Infrastructure Enhancements | 0.10 | 1.10 | +1.00 |
| Science & ISST Enhancements | 0.10 | 1.10 | +1.00 |

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## Changes in the works

- Major changes are in the works for GFESuite team beginning Oct. 2003
- Text Formatter Support – ramping down
- Other support – ramping down
- Science items – ramping up, after Spring 04
- Until Spring 04 the highest priority task is VTEC

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## GFE Development Plans

- SCIENCE in the GFE – Items from the ISST
- Satellite and radar data
- Better ISC handling – “apples vs. apples”
- Process management – cpu resources
- Meteorological library of functions, for use in smart tools

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## GFE Development Priorities

- RAP/RPP Voting Page by regional priorities
- Continues to exist
- Serves as guidelines to FSL
- NWSH Priorities
- New marine products
- VTEC

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## Future of the RAP/RPP Process

- RAP will end after IFPS16 (IFPS17?)
- AWIPS Application Process “may” be used
- IFPS/GFE Software will become part of the standard AWIPS OBx builds – 6-12 month schedules
- RPP is diverting from the RAP/AWIPS process and will be used to test out new concepts – prior to implementation in AWIPS
- RPP ahead of AWIPS by some 6-12 months again

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## Support from FSL

- Listservers
- ifpsrppinfo – RPP – used only for information/support on RPP builds
- ifps – used for all IFPS/GFE support issues (except text formatters)
- ifpslocalformatterdev – GFE text support
- gfetextsupport – regional team text support (private list)

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## Text Support from FSL

- Field sites post to ifpslocalformatterdev listserver.
- Regional teams monitor and provide support.
- Problems can be escalated to FSL by the regional teams on the gfetextsupport listserver.
- Effectively, FSL is 3rd tier in text support.

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## General GFE Support

- FSL monitors the “ifps” listserver.
- Answers provided as needed.
- Not every post is answered, especially if information is already discussed in previous posting or documentation.
- TroubleTickets are our priority for support.
- RPP listserver – ignored by FSL except when RPP s/w questions are posed

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## Summary

- Changes occurring in the resource allocations at FSL.
- Not as much field support.
- More science
- Resources limited by budget allocations to FSL from NWS.

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