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NOAA’s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington

NOAA’s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington. Fred Branski, Team Leader for Data Management Office of the Chief Information Officer NOAA’s National Weather Service 19 th NamEurDEx Meeting May 3-5, 2006. NWSTG Functional Overview. The NWSTG is

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NOAA’s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington

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  1. NOAA’sNWS Telecommunication GatewayRTH Washington • Fred Branski, Team Leader for Data Management • Office of the Chief Information Officer • NOAA’s National Weather Service • 19th NamEurDEx Meeting • May 3-5, 2006

  2. NWSTG Functional Overview • The NWSTG is • the central communication facility of the NWS; • the primary acquisition and distribution center for NWS data and products; • the primary acquisition and distribution center for international data and products to meet WMO, ICAO and bi-laterally agreed US requirements; • A major data exchange hub for NOAA and other agency data and products.

  3. NWSTG Functional Overview The NWSTG includes • WMO Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) Washington • ICAO OPMET Databank (KWBCYMYX) • the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC) • Operational oversight of U.S. federal automated surface observing systems • the AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) • AWIPS is the main NWS’ system which supports the NWS forecast and warning mission requirement • The NCF is the central communications hub and technical support center for AWIPS

  4. Data Input to the NWSTG Data Input Methods • IP / Sockets • X.25 • Asynchronous • FTP – http://weather.gov/tg/ftpingest.html • Email – http://weather.gov/tg/emailingest.html • Web - http://weather.gov/tg/bullguid.html

  5. GTS ISCS EMWIN Internet GMDSS NWS Telecom. Gateway* NWWS NWR LDAD Family Of Services (FOS) Interagency Connections SBN/NOAAPORT AWIPS* * Although not dissemination systems these are systems that are critical to the process Dissemination Systems International National

  6. NWS Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG) GTS Other Agencies NCEP NESDIS Family of Services Public Product Service Domestic Data Service3 International Data Service High Resolution Data Service Server Access Service Radar Products Service NWSTG NCF ISCS EMWIN NOAAPORT Watches, Warnings, Advisories, & Statements GOES

  7. Dissemination and Distribution Other Agencies NESDIS Commercial Specialized Satellite GOES Satellite Legend: Imagery Customers EMWIN NOAAPORT • Commercial Weather Services EMWIN • Research Institutions NWWS • FAA, etc. FOS WMO (> 1 min) ISCS SBN/NOAAPORT Designated GOES NCEP Product Suite Local ICAO Observations Customers Telecommunications Operations Center NWWS NCEP NWSTG (10 sec) Media & Other LDAD Customers NCF WAN Data Servers Private line Internet-Based Field Dissemination Dissemination Offices WSR-88D GTS EMWIN NWR Public

  8. Replacement / BackupTG Description NWS users • Nat’l Centers for Environ. Prediction • NWS Regional Offices • Domestic/int’l observation & forecast offices • AWIPS Worldwide users • WMO/ICAO • Family of services • Govt. agencies • Internet users • Foreign countries • Emergency mgrs NWS Telecom Gateway • Located in Silver Spring • New message switching syst. allows future upgrades • x 2 upgradeability • Much improved response time • Redundancy ensures uninterrupted service • Full configuration management 120GB/46 1500 GB 85GB/38 250 GB Geographically separated backup system in northern Virginia 90GB/46 900 GB 950GB/38 3500 GB Daily Throughput/# of circuits Legacy over Replacement

  9. Replacement NWSTG • Full functional replacement of existing capabilities • Expanded capacity and capability • Transition to new technology • Message queuing (MQ) for internal transport • Network centric systems interconnectivity • Relational database central processing engine • NAS/SAN storage solutions • Highly scaleable architecture • Hardware refresh

  10. Backup NWSTG

  11. Government Networking Requirements • IP-based networking solution • Any-to-any connectivity • High degree of bandwidth scalability • Optimum redundancy and survivability • IP convergence (i.e., voice, video and data over IP) • High-end performance • Network security remains paramount, particularly in light of today’s socio-political threats • Segmentation from the public Internet • Minimizes risk of security or privacy breaches

  12. MPLS Network NOAANet IP connections Range of speeds: Fractional T1, T1 Multi-Megabit T1 Fractional DS3, Full DS3 10Mb Ethernet 100Mb Fast Ethernet OC3 and OC12 NOAANet PIP Gateway Likely to be OC-12 by IOC GTS Other Intnl Non IP Internet

  13. Sprint Peerless IP Network Map Tacoma Chicago New York Cheyenne Stockton Pennsauken, NJ San Jose Relay, MD Kansas City DC Anaheim Atlanta FortWorth OC48 Internet Transport Node

  14. Status for RTG/BTG NOAANet Transition • PIP router in place - currently supports NWS regions & other NWS uses • June 20 separate OC-3 for RTG development • Internal network design complete, implementation underway • Replacement SAN implementation underway • Upgrade to dedicated farms (PTGFTP & TGFTP) • RTG interoperability testing in progress

  15. Status for RTG/BTG NOAANet Transition • RTG IOC expected ~ June 1, 2006 • RTG FOC – 3Q 2006 • NOAANet OC-3 connection to BTG – June 2006 • BTG IOC / OC-12 – 4Q 2006 • Begin date – 4 Q 2005 • BTG IOC (4Q 2006)

  16. Issues • Data Explosion • Increased resolution of observations and models • Increased frequency of observations and models • Increased number of sensors • Improved sensing technology • New spatial and temporal requirements • Graphics, imagery, and video • Thousands of small products • Bandwidth • Technology selection • Estimation of capacity growth • Transmission of ‘information’ versus ‘raw data’

  17. Challenges and Opportunities • Demand for Data and Prediction Services Has Dramatically Increased • Climate Services: Drought / El Niño/La Niña • Seismic data for Tsunami Warning Systems • Non traditional data sets • Mesonet Data • Extra-disciplinary (other sciences) data sets • International Data Policy: Open and Unrestricted Use of Weather, Climate and Ocean Data • Inter/Intra Regional Cooperation • Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) • WMO Information System (WIS) • WMO Code Migration • Technology Infusion: Keeping Up With Advances in Science and Technology

  18. New Technologies • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Digital Video Broadcast • Optical Networks • Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) • Wireless • Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) • New Data Formats • Table driven – Binary & XML • Data discovery based exchange

  19. Your Data and Product AdvocatesData Management Staff Fred Branski - Team Leader, Data Management fred.branski@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 146 Julie Hayes - Family of Services Manager julie.hayes@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 120 Walter Smith - Senior Data Manager walter.smith@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 139 Richard Robinson - Data Manager richard.robinson@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 179 Cynthia Cromwell – Data Manager cynthia.cromwell@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 143 KWBC Communication Control Center (CCC) - Tech Control Point of contact 24 hours every day Toc.Nwstg@noaa.gov Phone: (301) 713-0902 Fax: (301) 587-1773

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