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	Weather - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
		DOPPLER RADAR: Weather radar that measures the direction and speed of a moving object (such as drops of percipitation), by determining whether the atmospheric motion is horizontally toward or away from the radar.
		Weather forecasting includes the use of objective models based on certain atmospheric parameters, along with the skill and experience of a meteorologist.
		Generally, with the passage of a warm front, the temperature and humidity increase, the pressure rises, and although the wind shifts (usually from the southwest to the northwest in the Northern Hemisphere), it is not as pronounced as with a cold frontal passage.
	m2.aol.com /minnyminew/weather_glossary.htm (6453 words)

	Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
		The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a technologically advanced information processing, display, and telecommunications system that is the cornerstone of the National Weather Service (NWS) modernization and restructuring.
		AWIPS is an interactive computer system that integrates all meteorological and hydrological data, and all satellite and radar data, for the first time, and enables the forecaster to prepare and issue more accurate and timely forecasts and warnings.
		Through the implementation of AWIPS, the NWS will meet its mission "to provide weather and flood warnings, public forecasts, and advisories for all of the United States, its territories, adjacent water and ocean areas, primarily for the protection of life and property" more efficiently and effectively.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /ops2/ops24/awips.htm (114 words)

	Weather Information Systems
		It is an interactive computer system that integrates all meteorological, hydrological, satellite, and radar data into one computer workstation and provides a superior method for forecasters to prepare and issue timely, accurate forecasts and warnings.
		The AWIPS system was developed at the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) and then transferred to the National Weather Service's 121 weather forecast offices, 13 river forecast centers and 5 national centers for environmental prediction.
		The core component of the system is the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory's (FSL) FX-Net system.
	www.oar.noaa.gov /weather/t_analyzing.html (1052 words)

	Weather Forecasting: Systems Architecture Needed for National Weather Service Modernization (Chapter Report,
		To determine whether a systems architecture was used to guide subsystem development and evolution, we met with NOAA and NWS officials responsible for each component of the modernization to determine whether a modernization architecture exists.
		According to the concepts document for this system, C++ is being used because it is object oriented\6 and believed to be more flexible, easier to maintain, and needing fewer lines of code to write a given application than the C programming language.
		However, this process, which focuses on individual subsystem changes, is not an effective alternative to having a systems architecture and a chief engineer or single manager because it does not focus on the design, development, management, and evolution of the total weather forecasting and warning system.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/library/report/gao/ai94028.htm (8273 words)

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		Through AWIPS--designed to be the "central nervous system" of a modernized Weather Service--NWS expects to tap a reservoir of data from its new observing systems, data that its current, aging system cannot handle.
		Weather Service officials acknowledge that the poor performance of the network control facility to date is a prime concern, and that neither NWS nor its contractor has experience in developing the capability for central maintenance.
		To reduce the risk and the potential impact of Year 2000-induced information system failures on the Weather Service's core business processes, it is critical that NWS have contingency plans in place to help ensure continuity of operations through the turn of the century.
	www.house.gov /science/willemssen_03-4.htm (2047 words)

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		Advanced weather data processing systems will aid meteorologists and hydrologists to rapidly manipulate, display and analyze critical weather data.
		Over-The-Horizon (OTH) radar is used for NOAA to obtain data over the oceans to initialize and validate numerical weather prediction models, to track storms at sea, and to monitor ocean circulation patterns that affect global change.
		In general, wind data are related to weather forecasting; low-high temperature, tendency of weather, the direction of weather system and so on.
	www.geo.mtu.edu /department/classes/ge406/sleungsa (1106 words)

	JOEL C. WILLEMSSEN
		AWIPS--the system that integrates and interprets these data--is the centerpiece of the NWS modernization, designed to serve as both a decision-support and communications system.
		Its network of sophisticated workstations is intended to support forecasters by processing and analyzing large volumes of data coming in from a multitude of observing systems, satellites, and radars.
		This system is an integral part of weather forecasting, as GOES satellites are uniquely positioned to observe the development of severe weather--such as hurricanes and thunderstorms--and provide information allowing forecasters to issue accurate and timely warnings.
	www.house.gov /science/Willemsen_3-13.html (2972 words)

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		This system combines nationally disseminated data with local data for real-time objective analyses of all data available to the local weather forecast office.
		Currently LAPS is part of Advanced Weather Interactive Processing system (AWIPS) build 4.0, however, LAPS is not limited to AWIPS and is available as a stand-alone entity accessible for download on the world wide web (WWW).
		Following this inverse-weighting scheme, the coefficient field is smoothed using a spatial invariant filter; simply averaging the values in a 3x3 grid point window, and assigning that average to the window's central grid location.
	laps.fsl.noaa.gov /birk/papers/wf99/paper.htm (3909 words)

	NWS JKL Virtual Tour - Awips
		Forecasters use this system to view numerous meteorological data-sets simultaneously.
		The system allows forecasters to compare observations, satellite, and radar data to computer model forecast data, in order to produce more accurate forecasts.
		The NWS early computer system from the mid 1980s until the mid 1990s, called AFOS, which stood for Automated Forecast Observing System, replaced the teletype and began displays of computer-generated graphics.
	www.crh.noaa.gov /jkl/virtual_tour/awips.php (270 words)

	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration :: NOAA'S National Weather Service Awards $300 Million AWIPS Contract ...
		AWIPS is the computerized system that processes and overlays multiple data sources to allow local Weather Forecast Offices and River Forecast Centers to generate weather and water forecasts and warnings.
		NOAA's National Weather Service operates the most advanced weather and flood warning and forecast system in the world, helping to protect lives and property and enhance the national economy.
		Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners and nearly 60 countries to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes.
	sev.prnewswire.com /environmental-services/20050817/DCW04617082005-1.html (366 words)

	1999 Annual Meeting Abstracts
		The complete deployment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is accelerating the pace of change within the NWS and providing a dynamic challenge to training.
		The cases included in the COMET Case Study Library were selected to represent both classical weather phenomena as well as examples of local effects on weather systems and regional differences in these classical systems.
		In an effort to continue to select cases both of interest to the university community and of operational significance to forecasters, we are collaborating with NWS Science and Operations Officers (SOOs) and university faculty to choose interesting cases and to develop lab exercises to supplement the data.
	www.nwas.org /meetings/nwa99abs6.html (2841 words)

	NSSL-SRAD RAPID Plans, FY 1997-1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The resulting real-time system, the Warning Decision Support System (WDSS), is a prototype system for testing new algorithms and display concepts in an operational setting before they make their way into the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) system or AWIPS.
		These tests have provided the opportunity for evaluating the NSSL severe weather detection and prediction algorithms in diverse environments and enables NWS forecasters to provide essential input into the further development of the WDSS and its concepts.
		The table is interactive, in that, clicking on the "Cell ID" (column one) will cause any image products (e.g., reflectivity, velocity) to be zoomed at a specified magnification factor and centered on the storm with the "Cell ID" clicked on in the table.
	www.nssl.noaa.gov /wrd/accplans/old/rapidap9798.html (1807 words)

	BoatUS Government Affairs: National Weather Service Modernization Complete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kelly was on-hand at the agency's Washington, DC, forecast office July 29 to unveil the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS), the final component in the modernized NWS system.
		Images of a given weather system now can be displayed with color gradients that indicate, for example, wind speed and direction, precipitation intensity and cloud cover readings, all at various altitudes.
		In offshore waters, however, the new systems should lead to more detailed weather "products" for both the professional mariner and the bluewater cruiser because the technology is leading to greater efficiency.
	www.boatus.com /gov/weather.htm (1207 words)

	Raytheon: Advanced Weather Information Processing System
		It is actually a complex network of systems that integrates meteorological, hydrological, satellite, and radar data into a single computer workstation.
		AWIPS draws data from an array of weather sensors and satellites, processes and distributes the data to and among some 200 weather forecast offices and environmental centers nationwide, and dispenses rapid, highly reliable warnings of weather events that affect the United States, its territories, or adjacent waters.
		It is also Raytheon’s charge to craft technological innovations that advance the evolution of AWIPS to its future state.
	awips.raytheon.com (454 words)

	Weather Mania - Download Cool Weather Software
		You initialize it with current data, some optionally downloaded from various on-line sources, and then "turn it loose" to model the weather for the next few days, but with the option to interact with the program and mix in some of your own forecasting skill and knowledge.
		You enter the local weather conditions at your point of observation and receive a forecast of temperatures and weather events for the next 24 hours.
		Weather Grok uses NOAA's ICAO codes to lookup the weather conditions for your area.
	www.weathermania.net /wxdownload.htm (885 words)

	KET \| Field Trip to the Weather Service \| Glossary
		One critical function of this forecast is to warn pilots of a possibly dangerous condition known as wind shear.
		a computer system that collects and crunches data gathered from radar, satellite, and other data collection devices at NWS offices around the country to produce a “snapshot” of what the atmosphere will look like at a given time.
		An AWIPS computer system used to “play back” or review past weather events collected from NWS offices around the U.S. This system is used as a training tool: Meteorologists can examine a set of conditions from the past, make a weather prediction based on that data, and then compare their forecast to what actually happened.
	www.ket.org /trips/weather/glossary.htm (976 words)

	Keane Wins Weather Pact
		Raytheon selected Keane to provide strategic IT, application outsourcing and testing services to the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, a nationwide operational weather data analysis and dissemination system.
		AWIPS is the computerized system that processes and overlays multiple data sources to enable more than 100 local weather forecast offices and river forecast centers across the U.S. to generate weather and water forecasts and warnings.
		In modernizing the software development and maintenance process, Keane enables NWS to reduce defects before fielding AWIPS upgrades and to make the satellite communications arm of AWIPS more flexible and expandable to accommodate a growing stream of data.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/stocks/manufacturing/10242049.html (206 words)

	SECRETARY OF COMMERCE APPROVES PRODUCTION OF 21 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEMS
		The tests demonstrated AWIPS' capabilities, including communication of weather satellite imagery and weather forecast guidance via a satellite broadcast network; the state-of-art workstation's ability to display and manipulate radar, satellite, and other weather data; and the operations of a central monitoring and communications facility.
		The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System or AWIPS, a new high-speed computer and communications network, is the centerpiece of the modernization of the National Weather Service.
		The AWIPS system is composed of two primary elements -- the forecast office or site-level component and the communications network.
	www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov /pr97/feb97/noaa97-8.html (1053 words)

	What is AWIPS? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		AWIPS is an integrated suite of automated data-processing equipment that supports complex analysis, interactive processing, display of hydrometeorological data, and the rapid dissemination of warnings and forecasts in a highly reliable manner.
		This system is now being used at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices, River Forecast Centers, and National Centers for Environmental Prediction to support our weather and hydrologic forecast and warning operations.
		The system architecture emphasized the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software and functional independence of components to deliver a system that is flexible, expandable, and portable.
	fxa.noaa.gov /AWIPS.html (493 words)

	Using The AWIPS Forecast Preparation System (AFPS)
		The National Weather Service (NWS) is undergoing a modernization effort to bring the latest technological advances to the local Weather Forecast Office (WFO).
		AFPS, under development since 1990, is a joint project between the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) and the NWS Techniques Development Laboratory (TDL) in Silver Spring, MD. AFPS is expected to be field-tested for several years beginning in 1996.
		The "Area" and "Point" tools allow the user to interactively draw and select grid points, predetermined named sets of grid points may be accessed via a pull-down menu, and the user can select grid points based on data values (e.g., all grid points with temperatures less than 35 degrees).
	www-md.fsl.noaa.gov /eft/publications/papers/IIPS/Mark96/MarksAMSPaper.html (2058 words)

	National Weather Service - NWS Portland
		A new high-speed technologically-advanced processing, display, and telecommunication network called the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is the centerpiece of the modern National Weather Service.
		AWIPS is an interactive computer system that integrates all meteorological, hydrological, satellite, and radar data for the first time into one computer workstation.
		AWIPS also allows forecasters the interactive capability to view, analyze, combine, and manipulate large amounts of graphical and alphanumeric weather data like never before.
	www.wrh.noaa.gov /pqr/tour/tour60.php (139 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Advanced Weather System (4/1/00)
		In fact, for years it was one of those notoriously troublesome, very ambitious federal system development programs that seem to operate with fl clouds hanging over them.
		Once the system was installed, its operation and maintenance costs were no longer charged to the AWIPS program.
		Although all the systems were installed on time, the service has yet to turn off its vintage 1970s forecasting system, AFOS.
	www.govexec.com /features/0400/0400s5s3.htm (1408 words)

	The Weather Notebook: On Screen Weather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Weather forecasters use new ways to see weather, not out the window, but on a computer screen.
		While that may seem odd, a backyard glance of the sky is nothing compared to the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, or AWIPs as it's very well known among forecasters around the country, like John Jensenius at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
		And that's just what the computer system does, it gives a better picture, a complete picture of what's going on outside the window, so the forecasting process can start off with a precise description of the weather now so it can better forecast the future.
	www.weathernotebook.org /transcripts/2000/01/19.html (310 words)

	RSISNOAA Awards $4.2M NWS AWIPS Contract
		The National Weather Service provides weather and flood warnings, public forecasts and advisories throughout the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas.
		Modernization systems include AWIPS, which integrates meteorological and hydrological observations and is the fundamental tool used by NWS forecasters to analyze and graphically display data used for weather forecasting.
		The company provides advanced technical and business solutions in information technology, science, engineering and management consulting to government and commercial clients.
	www.rsis.com /rsis-corporate/RSIS/RSIS-Pressroom/RSIS-Press-Releases/NOAA-Awards-4M-NWS-AWIPS-Contract.cfm (399 words)

	Association For Enterprise Integration (AFEI) - AFEI Announces 2003 Award Winners
		As AWIPS continues to grow and expand to meet the increasing need for more information, a major challenge is predicting when and where the increased data flow from new and expanding applications will impact communications and network infrastructure.
		Long before new advanced weather forecasting applications are implemented and recognizing the increasing demands for the sharing of Doppler Radar data, there is a critical need to ensure that the AWIPS terrestrial and satellite broadcast networks can accommodate these rapidly growing information transfer demands.
		The ACNM is a detailed model of the AWIPS network infrastructure and new applications to allow planners and engineers an opportunity to assess network and application performance in advance of new system implementation.
	www.afei.org /awards/ind_awips.cfm (236 words)

	National Weather Service, Alaska Region Headquarters, AK
		The Branch Chief serves as the liaison with the Office of Operational Systems, other regions, other agencies (Federal, State, local), private sector, media, academia, and the public; and provides regional configuration management and change management control for all operational weather systems.
		The Branch is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the regional satellite receiving station used to provide unique polar orbiting satellite data to users in the region.
		Major systems under maintenance by the EMU electronics staff include ART-2 upper air observing systems, ASOS weather observing systems, a number of other regionally supported weather and river observing platforms, including Wind profilers used for observing high elevation winds.
	www.arh.noaa.gov /aboutSIB.php (1022 words)

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