WG-CSAB Update

Fall 2010 COPC Meeting

(AFWA – Offutt AFB)

Allan DarlingWG-CSAB Chair

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Overview

WG-CSAB membership Action Item Overview Backup NWSTG CONOPS Other CSAB Actions CSAB Roles

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WG-CSAB Membership

* New member

NCEP Representative Mr. Allan Darling (Chair)

AFWA Representative Dr. John Zapotocny

FNMOC Representative Mr. Jim Vermeulen

NAVO Representative Mr. George Mason

NESDIS Representative Ms. Selina Nauman

NWS/TOC Representative Mr. Walter Smith

OFCM Executive Secretary Mr. Ken Barnett

JAG/ODAA Co-chair Mr. Jim Vermeulen (FNMOC)

JAG/ODAA Co-chair Dr. Bradley Ballish (NCEP)

JAG/CCM Chair Mr. Chris Finnigsmeir * (AFWA )

JAG/OCM Chair Mr. Evan Kuchera (AFWA)

NUOPC Liason Mr. Dave McCarren

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COPC Action Item Overview

Seven action items from the COPC 2010-01 meeting Four remain open: 2010-1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4. Three recommended for closure: 2010-1.5, 1.6 and 1.7.

Five action items from prior COPC meetings Four remain open: 2009-2.3, 2009-2.9, 2009-2.10 and 2008-1.5. One recommended for closure : 2008-2.11.

COPC Action Items Status is included in the reference materials

COPC Action Items not briefed elsewhere follow…

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Backup NWSTG CONOPS

COPC Action Item 2009-2.3: The CSAB shall request from the NWS TOC the NWS Backup Telecommunication Gateway (BTG) CONOPS document to include a description of the data flows as it relates to COPC CONOPS pending completion of NWS/TOC BTG plans CSAB recommends this action be kept open

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Other CSAB Actions

CSAB began coordination for an 18 hour outage at FNMOC in September; effort was stopped after outage cancellation. As a side effect of the coordination an item was identified for COPC consideration:

Is there requirement to produce SSMI/S UPP data at AFWA to backup FNMOC function

Would require like execution environments and coordinated Configuration Management

Would potentially require new infrastructure (compute & network bandwidth)

CSAB is updating the Federal Plan for Cooperative Support and Backup Among Operational Processing Centers (P14) by the Spring COPC meeting TOC will be moved out of the NCEP section to a stand-alone section

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CSAB Roles

JAG/CCM Changes Luis Cano stepped down as JAG/CCM Chair and NCEP representative

on the JAG in Aug 2010 to lead the NCEP supercomputer acquisition

Chris Finnigsmier (AFWA) is the JAG/CCM chair through Spring COPC

Bernard Werwinski (TOC) assumes the JAG/CCM chair after Spring COPC

Cameron Shelton (NCEP) will join JAG/CCM as the NCEP representative

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CSAB Roles

COPC may wish to discuss tenure of chairs for CSAB and JAGs CSAB

1994 James G. Howcroft (NMC) 1995 Donald Caviness (AFWA) 2000 Carl Thormeyer (FNMOC) 2005–2008 (Sept) Dr. John Zapotocny (AFWA) 2008 (Oct) CDR Mark Moran (NCEP) 2008 (Nov)–present Allan Darling (NCEP)

JAG/ODAA 2005–2007 Mike Matson (NESDIS) [Satellite] 2005–2008 CoChair Jon Whiteside (AFWA) [Conventional] 2007–2008 CoChair Gary Petti (NESDIS) [Satellite] 2008 (Jun)–present CoChair Jim Vermeulen (FNMOC) [Satellite] 2008 (Oct)–present CoChair Brad Ballish (NCEP) [Conventional]

JAG/OCM 2005–2009 Dr. Nelson Seaman (NCEP) 2009 (May)–present Evan Kurchera (AFWA)

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Questions?

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BACK-UP

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Coordinating Structure

Federal Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (FCMSSR)

National Operational Processing Centers

(NOPC) Program Council

Committee for Operational Processing Centers

(COPC)

Working Group for Cooperative Support and

Backup (WG/CSAB)

Joint Action Group for Operational Community Modeling (JAG/OCM)

Joint Action Group for Centralized Communications

Management (JAG/CCM)

Joint Action Group for Operational Data Acquisition for

Assimilation (JAG/ODAA)

Federal Coordinator for Meteorology