WG-CSAB Update Fall 2009 COPC Meeting Allan Darling WG-CSAB Chair

2 Overview  Coordinating structure  WG-CSAB membership  Action Item Status  Action Items (not covered within other briefings)  Decommissioning GOES-10 Impacts  Ocean Glider Data Availability  NUOPC and COPC Coordination  Questions?

3 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

4 WG-CSAB Membership CSAB membership NCEP – Mr. Allan Darling (CSAB - Chair) AFWA – Dr. John Zapotocny FNMOC – Mr. Jim Vermeulen (JAG/ODAA – Co-chair) NAVO – Mr. George Mason NESDIS – Ms. Selina Nauman NWS/TOC – Mr. Walter Smith* OFCM Executive Secretary – Mr. Ken Barnett NCEP - Dr. Bradley Ballish (JAG/ODAA – Co-chair) AFWA - Mr. Evan Kuchera* (JAG/OCM – Chair) NCEP - Mr. Luis Cano (JAG/CCM – Chair) (*Red text – represents a new member since the last COPC.)

5 COPC AI Status Eight new action items from the COPC meeting Three items remain open: , , and Five items are recommended for closure : , , , , and Four action items from prior COPC meetings Three items remain open : , , and One item recommended for closure : COPC Action Items Status is included in the reference materials COPC Action Items not briefed elsewhere follow…

6 Decommissioning GOES-10 COPC Action Item : CSAB will collect projected impacts to OPC operations from (Decommissioning) losing GOES-10 southern hemisphere coverage beginning in November WG/CSAB recommends closing this action item. NCEP: No impacts (GOES-10 not used operationally) NAVO: No impacts (GOES-10 not used operationally) FNMOC: No impacts (GOES-10 not used operationally) AFWA: Minor to moderate mission impacts

7 Decommissioning GOES-10 AFWA: Minor to moderate mission impacts: 2nd Weather Group - Degraded volcano and ash plume monitoring over the Caribbean, Central and South America and degraded support to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for imaging and mapping services. Air Mobility Command (AMC) - Degraded support for several AMC missions in South American region including presidential moves, humanitarian relief, special event support [Summit of Americas (SOA), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, etc] and special operations. Apiay Air Base, Columbia - Potential safety of flight impacts due to reduced convective Situational Awareness (SA). Radar coverage is extremely limited, with GOES minute imagery considered vital to identify thunderstorms in Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).

8 Ocean Glider Data COPC Action Item : NAVO will determine if Ocean Glider data is releasable and if so, CSAB will acquire details on the content and format of data to be made available from the NAVO Ocean Glider Program and explore the possibility of a data delivery pilot. NAVOCEANO does not have the authority to release the glider data. COPC may make a formal request to CNMOC asking that glider data be released. WG/CSAB recommends closing this COPC action item [COPC ].

9 NUOPC and COPC COPC Action Item : CSAB will formally invite NUOPC Program Manager (or designee) to attend all future COPC meetings and to participate in CSAB meetings. OFCM sent a formal request to the NUOPC Executive Steering Group, but no formal response was received. The NUOPC Executive Steering Group tasked Mr. David McCarren to determine how COPC groups will work with NUOPC. NUOPC representatives have attended the last COPC and CSAB Face-to-Face meetings. WG/CSAB recommends closing this COPC action item [COPC ].

10 DAPE MOA - ESDA Status Data Acquisition, Processing and Exchange The Environmental Satellite Data Annex was completed in January 2009 Each agency was tasked to independently review the ESDA for approval for signature Final signature to the annex was on October 2

11 Questions?