1. RIDGE Version II (Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team  RIDGE Version II  System Overview  Supported Standards and Formats  Development Schedule (Major Upgrades)  Operations and Maintenance (Milestones)  Interfaces / IT Infrastructure

2. RIDGE Version II (System Overview - Design)  System Overview (Design)  Basic System Overview  Two Program Areas  User Interface (WWW, WMS)  Backend Processing  Individual RIDGE II Hardware Details  Generic Data Flow into System  Decoder Process (IRIS Framework)  Text Decoders  Radar Decoders (4-Bit and 8-Bit)  User Interface Process (End-User)  Philosophy  (Mosaics vs. Individual Radar) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

3. RIDGE Version II (System Overview – Basic System Overview) CRH Web Servers TileCache Servers SRH Web Servers TileCache Servers WSH Web Servers TileCache Servers CRH WMS Server SRH WMS Server WSH WMS Server CRH RIDGE Servers SRH RIDGE Servers WSH RIDGE Servers radar.weather.gov 3 Foundry Server Irons 2 Global Load Balancers End User NCF Server Backup Feed from CRH and SRH Backup Feed from CRH and WSH Backup Feed from SRH and WSH NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

4. RIDGE Version II ( System Overview – Individual Sites RIDGE II H/W Details ) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team Primary WMS -- (DELL R805 – 2x Six Core Opteron 2435, 32GB Memory, 2x 146GB SCSI – 15K) RDR Dcdrs #1 -- (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) -- (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) RDR Dcdrs #2 -- (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) -- (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) RDR Dcdrs #3 -- (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) -- (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) RDR/TXT #4/#1 - (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) - (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) RDR Mosaic #1 - (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) - (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) RDR Mosaic #2 - (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) - (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) DB Server #1 -- (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) -- (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) DB Server #2 -- (DELL 1955 – 2x Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.0GHz, 4GB Memory, 2x 73GB SAS – 10K) -- (DELL 1855 – 2x Intel HT Xeon 3.0GHz, 3GB Memory, 2x 36GB SCSI – 10K) All Systems Running RedHat Enterprise Linux Version 5 (64-Bit) RDR Dcdrs #1, #2, #3, #4/TXT #1, Radar Mosaic #1, #2 – NoaaPort Via LDM Feed (Redundant NoaaPorts)

5. RIDGE Version II (System Overview – Generic Data Flow) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

6. RIDGE Version II (System Overview – IRIS Framework - Text Decoders) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

7. RIDGE Version II ( System Overview – IRIS Framework - Radar Decoders [4/8 Bit] ) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

8. RIDGE Version II (System Overview – User Interface Process [End User]) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team

9. RIDGE Version II (System Overview - Philosphy) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team Our goal is change to the way we (NWS) provides this service, our focus is on the public use (Is it raining, Is it moving towards me, do I have any watches/warnings) and not the Power User (our current pages). I know that we will get a lot comments from internal, but that is ok as we can explain this easily. We will focus on the Mosaic Images for the public. The goal is to not show that a radar is down as we have coverage in most areas.

10. RIDGE Version II (Supported Standards and Formats) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team  Supported Standards and Formats  Geo-Referenced PNG and GIF Images (Web)  Images have associated World Files  OGC Compliant GIS Services  WMS (Web Map Service)  WFS (Web Feature Service)  WCS (Web Coverage Service)  KML (Keyhole Markup Language) [I.E. Google]  GML / XML (Geography / Extensible Markup Language)  GIS Compatible ShapeFiles  Web Interface (Enhanced / Lite Images)  Supported Radar Formats (Radar Level 3)  WSR-88D, TDWR, ARSR-4, ASR-11  All Radar NOAAPort Products  RFC Precipitation Graphics (One Hour)

11. RIDGE Version II (Development Schedule – Major and Minor Upgrades) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team  Development Schedule  Currently being developed on Non-Operational Servers  Utilizes the IRIS Framework (Inter-Operability)  radar.srh.noaa.gov (Beta / Comment Period Site)  Current Implementation Date (March 2010)  Replace the current RIDGE Radar Pages  Plan to have weekly minor releases (Bug Fixes)  Done via a ticketing system (Currently Trac)  Plan to have monthly major releases (Enhancements)  Done via ticketing system (Currently Trac)  Monthly releases will help support other programs  iNWS  Fire Weather  Coastal Weather  Next Generation WWA Map (Watch / Warning / Advisories  LSR Plotting / Verification  ETC…

12. RIDGE Version II (Operations and Maintenance [Milestones]) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team  Operations and Maintenance [Milestones]  Will run at all three CIF Sites  Not an issue if one site goes offline  Built in redundancy  Hardware / Software Refresh  In OCIO CIF Budget Documentation  Supported via CIF Documentation  Will be supported by RIDGE II Team and CIF  See Development Schedule for RIDGE II Software  Additional Programs supported via Ticketing system  Additional funding may be required  RIDGE Team Recommends (CIF Approves / Disapproves)

13. RIDGE Version II (Interfaces and IT Infrastructure) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team  Utilizes the IRIS Framework  Inter-Operability between Programs  Uses the Consolidated Internet Farm (CIF)  Utilize Built in Architecture  Uses the known radar formats (Level 3)  WSR-88D, TDWR, ARSR-4, ASR-11  All NOAAPort Products  Utilizes the NOAAPort and NCF Server  CRH, SRH have NOAAPort Download  WSH utilized NCF Server Feed  Has an archive available  RIDGE II will host 24-48 Hours  NCDC will archive beyond 48 Hours (ROC)  Easy Data Access  (See Supported Standards and Formats)  Is copper based (Cat 5e 10/100/1000)

14. RIDGE Version II (Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements) NOAA Systems of Systems Workshop – October 6-7, 2009 – RIDGE Team Questions and/or Comments? Email: Paul Kirkwood RIDGE II Team Lead Paul.Kirkwood@noaa.gov