faa roles and responsibilities in the mdcrs program
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FAA Roles And Responsibilities in the MDCRS Program. MDCRS Management Team. Sandra Schmidt. September 7, 2006. FAA Organizational Responsibilities. IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS. RESEARCH. OPERATIONS. PROTOTYPE. ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE. NGATS. Computers. Airline. NADIN II. BUFR. Messages. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Federal AviationAdministration
FAA Roles And Responsibilities in the MDCRS Program
MDCRS Management Team
Sandra Schmidt
September 7, 2006
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FAA Organizational ResponsibilitiesIn-situ
ObservationsMDCRS, TAMDAR
MDCRSOperational
Sandra Schmidt
Aviation Weather Research Program
Gloria KuleasaWarren Fellner
Enterprise ArchitectureCheryl SoudersBob Showalter
JPDO NGATS
Richard Heuwinkel
TAMDARAlfred Moosakania
Ernie Dash
Contract Management
TurbulencIIcing
Cost Benefit Analysis
Weather Roadmap
Policy
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OPERATIONS
RESEARCH
PROTOTYPE
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
NGATS
IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS
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MDCRS Data Processing by ARINC
ACARS
CentralProcessor
ARINC Packet
NetworkNADIN II
ARINC Data Network Service
NOAANCEP
MDCRS Server
BUFRMessagesACARS
BUFRMessages
NOAAGSD-ESRL
AirlineComputers
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Contract Agreement
• Service Provider – ARINC
• Period of Performance – 1 year contract with 4 option years
• Participating Airlines – AA, Delta, FedEx, NWA, SWA, UPS, United
• Data Provided– Over 100,000 in-situ observations per day
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MDCRS Coverage over the CONUS
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Topics to Discuss???VisionGoals
OptimizationStandardization
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Priorities
• Maintain current operational system• Maintain partnership with airlines• Obtain additional data in “data sparse areas”• Obtain additional data below FL200• Increase number of “participating airlines”• Enhance turbulence, water vapor and icing data• Manage communication cost • Optimize data• Align current program with future NGATS vision