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Overview of CPC’s Operations Branch

February 11, 2011

Ed O’Lenic

Chief, Operations Branch

NOAA-NWS-Climate Prediction Center

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Overview Outline

• Human Resources

• Products

• Users

• Plans

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CPC Federal / Support Staff & Budget CPC Federal / Support Staff & Budget

Unit Count Budget Source

NWS Base Reimbursible*

Director’s Office 4 X Operations Branch 25 X Development Branch 21 X

Contractors **

UCAR;UMD;Visitors

25 15

X X Total 90 6.2M 2.7M

*Sources:

Climate Program Office NWS/Intl Affairs

NESDIS USAID NASA

** WYLE Information Systems, McLean, VA

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CPC Operations Branch NTOP Rankings CPC Operations Branch NTOP Rankings

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U.S. Hazards

Assessment,

Days 3-14

Extreme

Events

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Global Hazards and Benefits,

Weeks 1, 2

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Extended Range Forecasts,

6-10, 8-14 Days

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North American Ensemble Forecast

System (NAEFS) U.S.-Canada-Mexico

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Monthly Internet Reports

46

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other .net

.com U.S.

.us

CPC Web Site Users

.gov .edu .org

.mil .co.ca

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Inter-Active Verification Web Tool

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Conversion of CPC Products to GIS Format

BEFORE BEFORE

AFTER AFTER

Interoperability

&

Zoom In

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NOAA’s Climate Portal NOAA’s Climate Portal

http://climate.gov

http://climate.gov

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Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)

• A USDA – DOC partnership

• Products

– Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin – Climate Prediction, Monitoring, and

Assessment

• Briefings & Weather Summary Contributions

– Weekly briefing ppt on global weather & crop conditions

• International Desk at CPC in support of JAWF

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Improvements to CPC Operations Improvements to CPC Operations

Climate Forecast System (CFS) Improvements Climate Forecast System (CFS) Improvements

CFSv1, 2 Evaluations done at CPC CFSv1, 2 Evaluations done at CPC

Climate Forecast Products Climate Forecast Products

Objective consolidation of 3-month forecast tools Objective consolidation of 3-month forecast toolsNorth American Ensemble Forecast System (NAEFS) North American Ensemble Forecast System (NAEFS)Inter-active 3-Month exceedance graph Inter-active 3-Month exceedance graph

User participation in forecasts via telcons and webinars User participation in forecasts via telcons and webinarsCollaborative 3-month and Hazards production Collaborative 3-month and Hazards production

New climatologies – reanalysis, stations New climatologies – reanalysis, stationsInteractive skill tool, databases, archives Interactive skill tool, databases, archives

CPC Computing Infrastructure Improvements CPC Computing Infrastructure Improvements

Version control (Subversion), Bug Tracking (Trac) Version control (Subversion), Bug Tracking (Trac)Staff training/applications in Java, PHP Staff training/applications in Java, PHP

Collaborative projects with U. Arizona, NCEP-NCO Collaborative projects with U. Arizona, NCEP-NCO

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