Numerical Weather Prediction

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FSL Ingest, Processing, Distribution, Software
and Display Support for the TAMDAR Great Lakes
Fleet ExperimentMike Barth, Patty Miller, and
Leon BenjaminSystems Development DivisionBill
MoningerForecast Research DivisionLeslie Ewy
and Bob LipschutzInformation and Technology
ServicesNOAA - Forecast Systems Laboratory
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Ingest

• Acquisition and Decoding
• Sounding Generation at Airports
• AWIPS netCDF Formatting

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Stage 1 Quality Control

• Provider QC Filter
• Validity Check
• Temporal Consistency
• Position Consistency
• Internal Consistency

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Distribution

• Real-Time Access
• ftp, ldm, OPeNDAP
• On-Line Archive (Saved Real-Time Data)
• Users
• Universities
• NWS Forecast Offices
• NCAR
• NCEP
• gt Environmental Modeling Center
• gt Aviation Weather Center
• Others

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Software and Display Support

• FSL Aircraft Website
• AWIPS Display Support
• Documentation
• Ingest Scripts
• Localization Files
• Application Program Interface (API)

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Software Support
API Advantages

• Invisible Data Formats and File Structures
• Variable Transformation
• Time Windowing
• Domain Specification
• Sounding Selection
• QC Information
• Utility Routines
• Portability

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Future Plans

• Continued Ingest, Distribution, Archive, and User
  Support
• Transition to NOAA Operations