The SWIFT Project Horace XP Visual Weather

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Background To improve accuracy An increasing variety and quantity of data, such as numerical weather prediction output, satellite and radar imagery, and new observation types will need to be accessed as part of a continuous production cycle. The resolution and sophistication of these data will increase regularly and the forecaster workstation will need to maximise the usefulness of the latest research and development as it becomes available. © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 3

Background To improve efficiency The forecaster workstation will enable the forecaster to collate all this information effectively and then produce output that is relevant to the current task. © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 4

Background Current constraints: Ø Data Resolution is limited on Horace and Nimbus Ø Horace (HPUX & Linux) and Nimbus (Windows NT) platforms have reached end-of-life (support, spares etc. ) Ø Horace and Nimbus are too inflexible to adopt a wider variety of data easily (e. g. new MSG data) Ø The high cost of development of legacy systems and development of 2 parallel systems © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 5

Strategy ØMerge our expertise with others to produce a world class Forecaster Workstation §In so doing, share the costs of obtaining a next generation Forecaster Workstation ØMake use of existing scientific/meteorological components §In so doing, save ‘re-inventing the wheel’ ØSeek also to develop a ‘Lite’ version, based on SOA §In so doing, provide a flexible browser-based solution, suitable as a replacement for MOMIDS (Met Office Military Information Display System) and other distributed customers © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 6

Options § In 2005 the Met Office set up a European-wide competition to choose the new forecaster workstation software § In April 2006 IBL Software Engineering was selected as the preferred supplier § IBL is a software company based in Germany and the Slovak Republic that specialises in meteorological systems © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 7

Customers & Timescales Major Met Office customers are refreshing their infrastructures and therefore… require solutions that will operate in a modernised environment. Royal Navy July 2007 – August 2008 Army July 2007 – April 2008 Royal Air Force September 2007 – December 2008 Met Office September 2007 – June 2008 Operations Centre © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 8

Swift Deployment Timeline 2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Swift release to RN ships (02/07/07) will include the ballistic messages TDA Jun Jul 2008 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Begin Swift release to Met Office Nimbus users (31/07/07) Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Complete the rollout of Swift (30/06/08) Begin Swift release to remaining users (Horace) (30/11/07) © Crown copyright 2007 Jan SWIFT Swift release to FWOC (Royal Navy base) (31/03/08) will include full TDA suite (including Neon, Monim etc) Begin retiring Horace and Nimbus (30/06/08) Page 9

Implementation Considerations • Requirements • Gap Analysis • Software development – minor • Hardware • Software licence • Training • Installations • Configuration – highly configurable © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 10

Solution Horace XP §is the product name of the new forecaster workstation §(SWIFT is the name of the project to introduce it. ) §The solution consists of hardware, software, supporting infrastructure and service definitions. §Will replace both the NIMBUS and HORACE systems with a unified system for all forecasting and observing staff. Includes: §IBL Visual Weather (as the ‘foundation’) §Extra functionality (the ‘gaps’ between VW & Horace/Nimbus) §Variant to include extra military Tactical Decision Aids (TDAs) §A ‘Lite’ version to provide a flexible browser-based solution © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 11

Solution – Part 1 IBL Visual Weather Buy the IBL software and use it to replace HORACE and NIMBUS visualisation. Also use it to replace some other components of production. Merge our expertise with theirs to produce a world class Forecaster Workstation by adding some features of Horace and Nimbus © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 12

Solution Part 2 – Plugging the ‘Gaps’ Extra functionality (the ‘gaps’ between VW & Horace/Nimbus) § Examine functionality of Horace, Nimbus, & Visual Weather § Priority given to make sure no important current functionality is lost § Business Analysts document the ‘gaps’ and the additional User Requirements § Specify: § IBL to develop, or § Met Office to develop, and § For which Software Package © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 14

Solution Part 2 – Plugging the ‘Gaps’ § Monitor gap-filling progress through dynamic Wiki page § Gap 85 - On Screen Analysis - SWIFT - IBL Wiki. mht § Software Package 1 – already delivered: § OSA § Roaming Tephigram § Easier map rotation, zooming, panning § Tephigram constructions (Norman’s point, fog point etc) § Tephigram diagnostics (lee waves, vertical wind shear etc) § Streamlines (additional styles e. g. Florida State Uni format) © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 15

Solution Part 2 – Plugging the ‘Gaps’ § Software Package 2 – due by end July 2007: § Military Artillery Message Tactical Decision Aid (MO) § Additional projections (IBL) e. g. transverse mercator § Multiple animation windows (IBL) § 10 -minute SYNOP (MO) § Future Software Packages: § Batch OSA § On Screen Field Modification (OSFM) § Trajectories § Feature Tracking § Objective Fronts § WAFC Aviation Sig. Wx Chart Production § Route Forecast § Fields File Cutter SWIFT © Crown copyright 2007 Page 17

Solution Part 3 – Adding Military Applications Variant product to include extra military Tactical Decision Aids (TDAs) §Developed by the Met Office §Use meteorological data from forecast models to produce defence-specific information i. e. ‘post-process’ NWP data using secondary models or algorithms © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 18

Current NAMIS TDAs (in v. 9) § Chemical Downwind Message Calculator § Drop Zone Wind Forecast § Effective Downwind Message Calculator § Evaporation Duct Calculator § MONIM (Met Office Night Illumination Model) § TAF Browser (though not strictly a ‘TDA’) § Diversions Widget (though not strictly a ‘TDA’) © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 19

Possible Future Military TDAs Other TDAs from Nimbus: § Neon (stand-alone & networked versions) § Heat Stress (stand-alone & networked versions) § DEW (Data Extraction Widget) § MONET (Met Office Noise Evaluation Tool) § Triggered Lightning Wizard § Probability Hazard TDA – ‘Integrated’ TDA § Mission Impact TDA – ‘Integrated’ TDA application from Horace: § Horace ‘TDA’ for Message Production § Artimet & Target Acquisition Message Calculators © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 24

Horace ‘TDA’ – Application for Message Production To create various types of Tactical Decision Aid messages: • NBC –BWM, EDM, CDM • Artillery –BMM-AA, BMM-AS, CMM • Target Acquisition –TAM From: NWP, TEMP or SHIP © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 29

The 4 -Part Solution Horace XP Includes: §IBL Visual Weather (as the ‘foundation’) §Extra functionality (the ‘gaps’ between VW & Horace/Nimbus) §Variant to include extra military Tactical Decision Aids (TDAs) §A ‘Lite’ version to provide a flexible browser-based solution © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 37

Develop a ‘Lite’ version, based on SOA Ø“SOA Foundation Project” at Met Office • Pete Trevelyan & Jeremy Tandy • With IBL ØDevelop prototype “Intelligent Client” ØMore interactive browser version (not ‘dumb client!) ØEnables consumption of Web Map Services (WMS) ØAdobe Flex tool (building a Flash 9 object) ØVery flexible product generation (selecting layers) ØBatch creation of standard products © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 38

Interactive web-client vision Providing context for decision support: § high-quality mapping § layered weather data § Integrated external information § geoprocessing § derived features § real-time data © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 39

GIS across the network: Map Visualization Client WFS GML features (Weather data). WMS ESB WFS Arc Gis Server Weather images/ Non-met features Arc SDE Background Map © Crown copyright 2007 SWIFT Page 41