North American Ice Service NAIS Update to International

North American Ice Service (NAIS) Update to International Ice Charting Working Group IICWG VIII Frascati, Italy Ray Chartier Jr Director NIC 23 October 2007 Scott Rogerson Commander IIP Doug Bancroft Director CIS

Outline • • NAIS Mission, Vision and Goals Accomplishments of NAIS to date NAIS common production system NAIS Future Plans 2/19

NAIS Mission • Transform individual organizational strengths into a unified source of ice information • Meet all marine ice information needs and obligations of the United States and Canadian governments 3/19

NAIS Vision • Demonstrate excellence and international leadership • Optimally combine strengths and resources of the three centers to become as efficient and effective as possible 4/19

NAIS Goals • High quality and consistency of products • Provide a common: § § § suite of fully-harmonized NAIS products point-of-access for users data sources and data sharing data model and analysis tools communications & dissemination infrastructure next generation production workstation § Increase overall efficiency § § § streamlined business processes reduce duplication of systems and databases enhanced back-up capability production not dependent on location coordinated development, science and training 5/19

NAIS Accomplishments • Complete harmonization of all Great Lakes ice products (daily/weekly/monthly and seasonal outlooks) 2004 National Ice Center Great Lakes Chart 2004 NAIS Great Lakes Chart 6/19

NAIS benefits Great Lakes Product Metrics Product Man Hours by NIC (per season) Man Hours by CIS (per season) Total Man Hours Saved Seasonal Outlook 54 94 148 54 176 (8 per week) 66 (3 per week) 154 (7 per week) 308 (14 per week) 80 (16 per month) 44 (2 per week) 253 (8 per week) 429 176 N/A 66 N/A 231 (7 per week) 385 Distributes workload N/A 308 N/A 80 (16 per month) 160 80 N/A 44 N/A 0 N/A 132 1540 442 Analysis CIS Conversion NAVTEXT Ice Concentration 15/30 Day Outlook Special Support * Benefits of Imagery Exchange 132 (saved) (6 per week) Total • Saved a combined total of 11 weeks of work • Better product support • Next step: harmonize common US-Canada Arctic products 7/19

NAIS Accomplishments • Jointly developed 6 modules in Computer Based Training (CBT) format • Signed and successfully tested a Business Resumption Plan (continuity of operations) CBT modules 11 Jun 2007 Novaya Zemlya Svalbar d 100% Boundary Ice Edge Special Arctic Oceanographic Synopsis 8/19

NAIS Accomplishments • NAIS V – Aug 07 – Over 30 people – Silver Springs, MD • Jointly worked on SIGRID 3 Standard & Standard Chart Color Code (at 90+% solution) • Conducted joint support to U. S. and Canadian ice breakers ops in the Arctic CCGS LAURIER 9/19

NAIS Accomplishments • Ice Objects Catalogue – ETSI approval of catalogue – IHO acceptance of catalogue as Marine Information Object register 10/19

NAIS Accomplishments • Developed a common product for the North American Arctic Seasonal Outlook • Developed a plan to jointly produce North American Arctic ice charts NAIS West Arctic 30 Day Forecast Valid 01 August 2007 11/19

NAIS Accomplishments • Joint Requirements Document for next version of the Flight Planning System used by CIS and IIP • Synchronized iceberg database • Innovation award from the State of Connecticut for process improvements • Jointly proposed NASA funded L&C band SAR study 12/19

NAIS V Common Production System • Established a project goal to implement a common production system – Within three years – Adoption or adaptation of existing NAIS computing / networking technologies – Must meet current NAIS client requirements in a non-disruptive fashion – Able to respond to anticipated future requirements • Why: – Enables NAIS to share future development costs – More robust business continuity plan – COTS, therefore more easily upgradeable 13/19

NAIS Common Production System Why: - Enables NAIS to share future development costs - More robust business continuity plan - More easily upgraded Requirement Gathering Planning Development Testing Initiation & Approval Implementation 3 months 4 months 1 year 2010 14/19

Initiation & Approval • • Decision to proceed System Requirements - Mandatory Hybrid of current production systems NAIS Basic Data Flow – Architecture – Product Delivery Flow • NAIS Common off the shelf operating system ESRI / ORACLE • Resources Requirement per Major Components 15/19

NAIS Future Plans • IIP Contingency Plan • IHO Ice Object Catalog / SIGRID 3 – Load catalogue into IHO register – Harmonize catalogue, SIGRID 3, Sea Ice Nomenclature and Symbology • Summer 2008 Laurier Support • NAIS products made available in ENC/DNC formats • Coordinated public and media releases concerning Arctic items of interest 16/19

Towards a global common production system? Why: - Enables all to share future development costs - More robust data sharing and continuity plans - More easily upgraded 17/19

Collage 18/19

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NAIS Common Production System • Initiation & Approval (September-December 2007) – Project Charter – Resource requirements, costing etc… – Resources: 1 PC, input & acceptance from all stakeholders • Requirements Gathering (January – April 2008) – Approvals – Resources: 1 PC, 2 Users/Centre, 2 IT/Centre • Planning (May 0 August 2008) – – – Systems Analysis Security Analysis Behaviour / Architecture Detailed Project Plan Resources: 1 PC, 1 User/Centre, 2 -3 IT/Site 20/19

• Development ( 2008 -2009) – Distributed development environment – Parallel development – Resources: 1 PM, 4 -6 IT Developers • Testing (2009) – – Test Plan Testing & Bug Fixing Training / User Manuals Resources: 1 PM, 4 -6 IT Developers, 2 -3 Users/Centre • Implementation (2010) 21/19