NOAAs NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington Fred Branski

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 ICT-MTN / ET-OI Meeting May 16 -19, 2006

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

NWSTG Functional Overview The NWSTG includes Ø WMO Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) Washington Ø ICAO OPMET Databank (KWBCYMYX) Ø the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC) • Operational oversight of U. S. federal automated surface observing systems Ø 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 “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Data Input to the NWSTG Data Input Methods Ø IP / Sockets Ø X. 25 Ø Asynchronous Ø FTP – http: //weather. gov/tg/ftpingest. html Ø Email – http: //weather. gov/tg/emailingest. html Ø Web - http: //weather. gov/tg/bullguid. html “Taking the pulse of the planet”

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

NWS Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG) NESDIS GTS Other Agencies NCEP Family of Services NWSTG NCF ISCS • Public Product Service • Domestic Data Service 3 • International Data Service • High Resolution Data Service • Server Access Service • Radar Products Service EMWIN NOAAPORT Watches, Warnings, Advisories, & Statements GOES “Taking the pulse of the planet”

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

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

Replacement NWSTG Ø Full functional replacement of existing capabilities Ø Expanded capacity and capability Ø Transition to new technology – Message queuing (MQ) for internal transport – Network centric systems interconnectivity – Relational database central processing engine – NAS/SAN storage solutions Ø Highly scaleable architecture Ø Hardware refresh “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Backup NWSTG “Taking the pulse of the planet”

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 “Taking the pulse of the planet”

MPLS Network NOAANet IP connections Range of speeds: • • NOAANet • • Likely to be OC-12 by IOC Fractional T 1, T 1 Multi-Megabit T 1 Fractional DS 3, Full DS 3 10 Mb Ethernet 100 Mb Fast Ethernet OC 3 and OC 12 PIP Gateway GTS Other Intnl Non IP Internet “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Sprint Peerless IP Network Map Tacoma Stockton Chicago Cheyenne New York Pennsauken, N San Jose Relay, MD DC Kansas City Anaheim Atlanta Fort Worth OC 48 Internet Transport Node “Taking the pulse of the planet”

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

Status for RTG/BTG NOAANet Transition Ø RTG IOC expected ~ June 1, 2006 Ø RTG FOC – 3 Q 2006 Ø NOAANet OC-3 connection to BTG – June 2006 Ø BTG IOC / OC-12 – 4 Q 2006 Ø Begin date – 4 Q 2005 Ø BTG IOC (4 Q 2006) “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Issues Ø 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 Ø Bandwidth – Technology selection – Estimation of capacity growth – Transmission of ‘information’ versus ‘raw data’ “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Challenges and Opportunities Ø 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 Ø International Data Policy: Open and Unrestricted Use of Weather, Climate and Ocean Data Ø Inter/Intra Regional Cooperation Ø Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) Ø WMO Information System (WIS) Ø WMO Code Migration Ø Technology Infusion: Keeping Up With Advances in Science and Technology “Taking the pulse of the planet”

New Technologies Ø Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Ø Digital Video Broadcast Ø Optical Networks Ø Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Ø Wireless Ø Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) Ø New Data Formats – Table driven – Binary & XML Ø Data discovery based exchange “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Your Data and Product Advocates Data 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 “Taking the pulse of the planet”