AdvancedWeatherInteractiveProcessingSystem(AWIPS)Overview

1、Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Overview for System-of-SystemsWorkshopOctober 7, 2009Ronla Henry & Steve SchotzNWS Office of Science and TechnologyAGENDAAWIPS OverviewMission and FunctionsBrief HistoryAWIPS II Technology Infusion Scope and MilestonesAWIPS II Architecture Overv

2、iewMajor Software ComponentsCommunications InterfacesStandards and FormatsAWIPS II Extended Data Delivery Project OverviewAWIPS Overview - Functions/MissionAWIPS is the Critical Link to the NWS ForecasterNEXRADAWIPS Workstations andServersGOES/POESASOSNCEPModelsBuoys,River GaugesForecastsWarningsAdv

3、isoriesWatchesAWIPSCommunicationsService provided to3066 US Counties 24 hrs/day, 365 days/yr.169 separate AWIPS systems at137 geographical locations900 Workstations (total)1200 Servers (total)AWIPS Overview - Service Delivery Facilities in Six NWS RegionsAWIPS A Brief HistoryThe original prime contr

4、act for system development was awarded to PRC, Inc on December 29, 1992To replace Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS)PRC, Inc later acquired by Northrop Grumman IT (NGIT)Commissioned - 2000Operations phase of original contract expired on September 30, 2005Re-compete contract awarded t

5、o Raytheon Technical Services (RTS) on August 17, 2005Proposal included a high level plan to re-engineer AWIPS software into a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), AWIPS IIAWIPS II Technology Infusion ScopeAWIPS II Technology Infusion (FY2005 FY2015) A long-term project which delivers a modern, robu

6、st software infrastructure that provides the foundation for future system level enhancements for the entire NWS enterprise Phase 1: (FY2006-FY2011)Migration of WFO/RFC AWIPS (AWIPS I) to a modern Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure executed incrementally through a series of task order

7、sPhase II: (FY2009-FY2012) AWIPS SOA ExtensionCreation of a seamless weather enterprise spanning NWS operations Migration of NAWIPS into the AWIPS ISOADelivery of thin client to support for the Weather Service Offices, Center Weather Support Units, Incident Meteorologists, (e.g., Fire Weather, backu

8、p support for RFCs and National Centers)Integration of Weather Event Simulator)CHPS Integration into AWIPS SOAPhase III: (FY2009 FY2015) Enterprise Level EnhancementsData delivery enhancements: “Smart push-smart pull” data accessIntegrated visual collaborationInformation generation enhancements Visu

9、alization enhancementsMigration ScheduleTask OrderDelivery DateDevelop of AWIPS I SW Product Improvement Plan (TO1)June 2006Conduct Initial system analysis (TO2)October 2006Develop ADE/SDK (TO3-6)July 2007Plan baseline application migration (TO7)October 2007Migrate primarily D2D/Warngen capabilities

10、 migrate (TO8)February 2008Migrate primarily GFE capabilities (TO9)September 2008Migrate primarily hydrologic capabilities and infrastructure improvements (TO10)February 2009Complete AWIPS SOA Release 1.0 (TO11)March 2010System Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE)August 2010Field (OTE)Target deploy

11、mentDecember 20102011AWIPS I to AWIPS IIRe-Architecture ApproachPerform “black-box” conversionPreserve existing functionality, look and feel on top of new infrastructureThorough field validation and acceptance before deploymentNo loss of functionalityDeployed system current with deployed AWIPS capab

12、ility (i.e., OB9)Use open source projects - No proprietary codeJAVA and open source projects enable AWIPS II to be platform and OS independentObjective is to make AWIPS II available for collaborative developmentAWIPS-II: Reference ArchitectureBased on Plug In Extensible services AWIPS-II Reference A

13、rchitectureEDEXCAVEMetaDataData+Ingest Service+Persist Service+Metadata Service+Subscription Service+Request/Transform Service+Adapter Service+Collaboration Service+DisseminateCore Generic ServicesCore Libraries+Eclipse RCP PlugIns+Data Animation+GIS Raster Rendering+Data Editing+GIS Vector Renderin

14、g+Data Analysis+GIS Point Rendering+DrawingEnterprise Service Bus (ESB) - CamelAWIPS-II Dependencies: Open Source BasedUpdated Oct. 05, 2009CAMEL + SpringEnterprise service bus and dependency injection container for SOA services (decoupled services)activeMQJava messaging provider with clustering and

15、 JMS tunneling over HTTPPostgreSQLRelational database for storing Metadata from Data plug ins and spatially enables ingested dataPostGISSpatially enables PostgreSQLHibernate3Relational RDBMS to Java Object mappingGeoToolsEnables GIS capabilities and map projection frameworkJOGLJava API to OpenGL ena

16、bles Gaming level visualization performanceHDF5High performance file persistence of large data sets such as satellite, radar, and parsed point dataJAVA + ANTPrimary programming language and software build frameworkPython + numPYData transform scripting languages with high performance math libraryApa

17、che VelocityProvides a mechanism for automatic text product generation Eclipse RCPPlug In driven visualization frameworkOpenFireReal time collaboration server based on XMPPBatikScalable Vector Graphics (SVG) used for plotsApache ThriftBinary service message transfer serializationJettyWeb application

18、 containerSB1AAMC4 Americom CommercialSatelliteAWIPSWIDE AREANETWORK(NOAANET)AWIPS Communications InterfacesGINICISCO2514AWIPS NetworkControl Facility CISCO7000 CPIDCPICSBIGDSIACISCO2514CSU/DSUNWSTGAS1AWK1BDS1AApplicationServerDataServerWFO or RFCDataServerApplicationServerWorkStationSBPDEMODCISCO45

19、00AWIPS Master Ground StationCombCSU/DSUModHPANCEPNESDISSource of AWIPS Model DataSource of AWIPS Satellite ImageryOther Gov, WMO, Academic, andPrivate Industry InterfacesNEXRADASOSCRSRRSSite AWIPS SystemNOAAPortReceive SystemNon-Gov Data UsersDEMODSBPSP1DServerLDADAWIPS II Primary Standards & Forma

20、tsIngested Data FormatsGRIB1/GRIB2 Gridded dataNetCDF3 Support AWIPSI/II interoperabilityBUFR Observational Data, e.g., soundingsMETAR, SHEF Surface and hydrological dataGINI Satellite ImageryOPRG L3 Radar ImageryText Messages Text productsData Store FormatsPostGres Metadata and select data type sto

21、re, e.g., textHDF5 Binary store for grids, imagery and select observationsProduct DistributionNetCDF3 NDFD GridsASCII Text Text products AWIPS II Extended Data Delivery OverviewObjective Develop robust data delivery system within AWIPS II infrastructure that enables efficient access to high volume d

22、atasets Address significant growth in data volumes, e.g., ensembles, GOES-R, NPOESS and mitigate impacts on SBNHigh-Level requirements in common with NextGenData registry and discovery services“Smart” push/pull technologySub-setting by user selectable space, time, and parameterComplex retrievals, e.

23、g., derived parameters, coordinate transformations, etcAd hoc and subscription servicesOperationally robust supports availability, latency and security requirements for operational usersMulti-Phase ImplementationIOC Focus NWS data providers, e.g., NOMADS, MADIS, possibly with basic services only, discovery, sub-setting Target FY12AWIPS II D