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- OFCM leading coordination and collaboration on a number of activities
with direct linkages to road weather capability
- NOWCON
- NextGen Aviation Weather R&D Plan
- WIST Working Group
- National Space Weather Program
- Multifunction Phased Array Radar
- Joint Urban Testbeds
- Social Science Integration
- Data Assimilation & Numerical Modeling Skills
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- Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)
- Coordinate and collaborate – reduce chaotic, patchwork
effort without stifling energy and innovation
- Help resolve boundary layer obs shortfalls
- Make more data available for road weather applications
- Use road weather data to improve forecasts for all
- Set standards, establish architecture, define metadata
- Next Steps
- Finalize metadata standard recommendation
- Develop strategy for implementation of metadata
- Address architecture and data management issues
- Track National Mesonet initiative
- Develop approach to:
- Validating mesoscale observation needs
- Completing a gap analysis
- Planning for new capabilities to fill gaps
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- ICMSSR approved OFCM effort to lead interagency collaboration
- Steps to develop strategy / roadmap (12-month timeline)
- Identify requirements
- Determine current capabilities and gaps
- Inventory ongoing R&D and identify additional R&D needed to
meet capability gaps
- Develop aviation weather R&D strategy / roadmap
- Track R&D progress & results to meet requirements
- Propose OFCM WIST Working Group re-engage
- Focus on R&D priorities (similar to aviation community)
- Leverage capabilities amongst federal partners
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- Re-engage WIST Working Group
- Next meeting: Fall 2011
- Discuss R&D common issues
- NOWCON
- 4-D Weather Cube
- Connected vehicles
- Other initiatives (PBL, etc.)
- Begin to identify R&D priorities, shortfalls
- Goal: partner and leverage resources to enhance needed R&D to
ultimately improve WIST products and services
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