# Presentation: 512614

## Non-Traditional and Non-WMO Observational Networks: 

-  **OFCM CEISC**
**December 12, 2005**

**Non-Traditional and Non-WMO Observational Networks: **
**Transitioning of the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) into Operations**

**Jim O’Sullivan, Ph.D.**
**NOAA Surface Weather Program**

## Presentation

**Background**
**MADIS****	**
**Transition of MADIS into Operations**
**Operational Concept**

## Background

**NOAA senior management directed MADIS be transferred to operations**
**NOAA Surface Weather Program has lead for this activity**
**Transition plan consistent with new NOAA policy regarding transferring technology from research to operations**

## NOAA Surface Weather Program
Program Manager – Mr. Michael Campbell, NWS
MADIS Transition to Operations
National Surface Weather Observing System
Key to providing data management support for NWS mission
Integration of other NOAA and non-NOAA networks
NOAA essential services and customer requirements
Socio-economic study completed
FHWA/NOAA MOU

**Program Manager – Mr. Michael Campbell, NWS**
**MADIS Transition to Operations**
**National Surface Weather Observing System**
**Key to providing data management support for NWS mission**
**Integration of other NOAA and non-NOAA networks**
**NOAA essential services and customer requirements**
**Socio-economic study completed**
**FHWA/NOAA MOU**

**Background**

## NOAA’s Enterprise Partnerships:Partnering for Data, Improved Service

**Thousands to millions of observations to assist decisions**
**Potential for new GIS applications**
**Input to a variety of models**
**Supports warnings and forecasts, verification**
**Validate remote sensors**
**Data sharing**

**Enterprise/FHWA Interface**

**Input**
**Output**

**Watches Warnings Advisories   ****(county/area-specific)**

**Digital Database Forecast Service**

**NOAA and Non-NOAA Data**

**Operational**
**MADIS**

**Enterprise **
**Servers**

***Clarus***** & VII Point**

**Detailed, Road Section  Specific Products**

## MADIS

## MADIS Overview

**Data management system that’s flexible, expandable and interoperable – an architecture for the future**
**Provides government and non-government mesonet, upper-air, and coastal data to NWS customers in a highly efficient manner**
**Transitioning MADIS to the NWSTG will provide 24x7 support and telecommunications interfaces with an offsite system backup**
**Leverages NOAA’s extensive infrastructure and investment**

## MADIS Overview

** ****Data Sets**

**Upper Air Observations**
**Radiosonde**
**Automated Aircraft**
**NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Wind Profiler**
**Multi-Agency Profiler**
**Radiometer**
**Satellite Winds**

## MADIS Overview

** ****Data Sets - Continued**

**Surface Observations**
**Meteorological Aviation Reports (METARs)**
**Maritime**
**Surface Aviation Observations (SAOs)**
**Modernized Cooperative Observer Program (NERON)**
**Mesonet**

## MADIS Surface Mesonet System

** ****Current mesonet sites**
**	****= 18,894**
** ****Current mesonets = 116**
** ****Largest mesonets**
**AWS Convergence**
**	****Tech. Inc.**
** ****Citizen Weather**
**	****Observing Program**
**	****(CWOP)**
** ****Interagency Fire**
**	****Center’s Remote**
**	****Automated Weather**
**	****System (RAWS)**

## MADIS Northeast Observations

## Transition of MADISinto Operations

## Why Transition MADIS to Operations?

**INDIVIDUAL OBS/DATA**

## MADIS Data Sources and Outputs

- U/A-REMOTE
- SENSING

- SFC-LAND

- SFC-MARINE

- U/A-IN SITU

- SATELLITE

- GRIDS

- METADATA

- MADIS
- Collection,
- QC, and Distribution

**INFORMATION**
**BASES**
**(QCed **
**DATASETS)**

**QUALITY**
**CONTROL**
**INFO &**
**Metadata**
**(Data QC**
**Flags)**

## The MADIS Difference

- Simplifies
- Customer
- Processing

- All Customers
- Must Perform
- Same
- Functions

## Benefits of Transition

**Organizes diverse data sets from multitude of sources into “data managed” sets of *****information bases***
**Simplifies data gathering and creates *****1-STOP***** shopping for NOAA and its customers**
**Standardizes NOAA’s data collection, processing, etc., functions**
**Services NOAA’s partners, (e.g., NIDIS, DOT, etc., within architecture**
**Reduces overall NOAA costs**
**Expandable, scalable, flexible, and low-cost solution for changing conditions and technologies**
**Reduces requirement for new hardware, software, and communications**

## Operational Concept

## Concept

**Two-way**

**Data Network**
**feeds**

**NOAA Internal Users and**
**External Customers (e.g., NOAAPORT)**

**NERON**
**SPACE**

**HYDRO**
**SPACE**

**SURFACE WEATHER SPACE**

**NOS **
**SPACE**

**MADIS DATA INTEGRATOR**

**WEB**
**SERVICES**

**NOAA’S**
**COMMS**

**CUSTOMER**
**APPLICATIONS**

**Telecommunications Hub**

## LATEST OBS

**LATEST OBS**
**DISPLAYED**
**FOR SITES**

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