# Presentation: 530032

## NWS Technology Day  October 30, 2008

**NWS Technology Day  October 30, 2008**

**Enhancing Decision Support...****Linking Federal Partners through the Envirocast® VisionTM TouchTable**

**Dave Jones, **
**CEO, StormCenter Communications, Inc. **
**410-203-1316 (dave@stormcenter.com)**

## Information Gap

**Gap in amount of information AVAILABLE**
**Amount of Information NEEDED**
**NWS needs to play a critical role in the support of decision makers**

**Information Gap**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Communicating Science**

## New Emerging Technology

**Through a partnership with NASA**
**StormCenter is developing civil applications from military and intelligence sectors**
**Expanding technology****for enhanced visualization****and collaboration**
**Enabling ‘new’ data from NASA****and NASA/NOAA merged data to ****be used in decision making**
**As a potential solution that****addresses AWIPSII requirements**

**New Emerging Technology**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Communicating Science**

## New Emerging Technology

**NWS Southern Region HQ (Ft. Worth, TX)**
**FEMA Region 6 HQ (Denton, TX)**
**Display select NOAA NWS products on EVTT**
**Display NASA/NOAA merged data on EVTT **
**Collaboration exercises**

**New Emerging Technology**

**Enhancing NWS presence with decision makers**

**NWS SR HQ**

**FEMA ****Reg VI HQ**

## FEMA Region VI RRCC

**Data Visualization and Collaboration**

**Regional Response Coordination Center**

## Linking Federal Partners

**NASA-NWS-FEMA-StormCenter partnership to deliver NASA/NOAA merged data to enhance a DSS and benefit society**

**Linking Federal Partners**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Immediate Collaboration**

**Steve Ambrose (NASA) & Gary Jones (FEMA)**

**Steve Ambrose (NASA) & Bill Proenza (NOAA NWS)**

## Linking Federal Partners

**Within 2 days of installation**
**FEMA Region VI and NWS SR HQ Collaborating remotely**

**Linking Federal Partners**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Immediate Collaboration**

**National Weather Service Southern Region HQ**

**FEMA Region VI HQ**

## Why is this Important ?

**Enhanced presence of NWS with emergency managers & decision makers**
**Need to close GAP between**
**Information available and...**

**Why is this Important ?**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Research to Operations**

## Why is this Important ?

**Why is this Important ?**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Positions NWS as a critical partner**

## Example of Collaboration

**Example of Collaboration**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

**Research to Operations**

## Expanding Federal Partnership

**Advanced Media Briefing System**
**Raise technology / collaboration capability**
**Enhance emergency management decision making**
**Enhance VTC capability**
**OAR – HRD partnership formed to enhance capabilities**
**Display unique datasets to communicate developing situations**

**Expanding Federal Partnership**

**Enhanced NWS-FEMA collaboration**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Expanding Federal Partnership

**Enhanced collaboration with FEMA**
**Emergency Managers**
**Media**

**Expanding Federal Partnership**

**Improved media briefings & collaboration**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

## NWS CPHC

**Installed TouchTable August-Sept 2008**
**Advanced Briefing Tool (Media, Visitors)**
**Internal NWS briefings**
**Education**

**NWS CPHC**

**Communicating NOAA science**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

## Additional Federal Partners

**Installed in November 2007**
**Advancing communication &  visualization of NCDC data**
**WSR-88D Climatologies ****(Hail signatures, Tornado tracks, hail reports)**
**3-D WSR-88D volume scan visualizations**
**API Development**

**Additional Federal Partners**

**COMMUNICATING NOAA SCIENCE**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

## Additional Federal Partners

**Exploring ways to communicate short-term climate forecasts produced by NCEP CPC**
**Exploring enhance VTC briefings**

**Additional Federal Partners**

**Communicating NOAA Climate Science**

**S T O R M C E N T E R   C O M M U N I C A T I O N S, I N C.**

## EVTT Demo

**Linking federal agencies through innovation**

**EVTT Demo**

## The Environmental Forecast Process

**The Environmental Forecast Process**

**Observations**

**Analysis**

**Model Forecast**

**Post-processed Model Data**

**Forecaster**

**User (public, industry...)**

**Numerical**
**Forecast**
**System**

**Data **
**Assimilation**

**Observations , Analysis and Modeling Systems are now Linked**

## Looking Ahead

**Through critical partnerships with private sector****and other federal agencies (NASA, FEMA)**
**Enhance the presence of NWS to support decision makers (FEMA, State emergency managers, local officials)**
**Critical information that closes the gap between**
**Information available and...**
**Information NEEDED by decision makers**** **

**Looking Ahead**

**In a collaborative environment – We all Win!**

## NASA AWIPS II Collaboration

**NWS Technology Day October 30, 2008**

**Dave Jones, **
**CEO, StormCenter Communications, Inc. **
**410-203-1316 **
**(dave@stormcenter.com)**

**Questions / Discussion**

**Enhancing Decision Support...****Linking Federal Partners through the Envirocast® VisionTM TouchTable**