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PAPERBACK price:$34.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment A Vision for the National Weather Service:Road Map for the Future Other Related Titles An Assessment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System: Operational Test and Evaluation of the First System Build (1997) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "B SUMMARY OF AWIPS BUILDS." An Assessment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System: Operational Test and Evaluation of the First System Build. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997. Please select a format: Page 43   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX B Summary of AWIPS Builds AWIPS Build Release Date Major Functionality Added in Build 1 September 1996 Satellite broadcast and site acquisition (ingest) and processing (database management) of data from GOES weather satellites, NEXRAD radar, and national forecast models (gridded model data); graphical user interface and workstation applications; hydrometeorological applications; basic NCF monitoring and control capabilities for site workstations at 12 field offices. 2 May 1997 Upgrade to new versions of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) infrastructure software (operating systems, database engine, NCF monitoring and site backup); automated backup for application and data servers; simple print capability. 3 October 1997 FOA workstation interface and data management software integrated with AWIPS communications software infrastructure. 4 June 1998 Ingest and display of ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) data; initial local data acquisition and dissemination (LDAD); terrestrial wide-area network (point-to-point communications); site backup; full NCF monitor, control, and archive capability. 5/6 1999 Advanced versions of forecast product generators; user-defined functions (e.g., derived parameters for gridded data); additional advanced user applications; intersite coordination; advanced LDAD and external interface capabilities. Page 43 FRONT MATTER (R1-R8) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-5) 1 INTRODUCTION (6-8) 2 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION FOR AWIPS (9-18) 3 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (19-28) 4 OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (29-34) REFERENCES (35-35) ACRONYMS (36-38) A STATEMENT OF TASK (39-42) B SUMMARY OF AWIPS BUILDS (43-43)

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An Assessment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System: Operational Test and Evaluation of the First System Build APPENDIX B Summary of AWIPS Builds AWIPS Build Release Date Major Functionality Added in Build 1 September 1996 Satellite broadcast and site acquisition (ingest) and processing (database management) of data from GOES weather satellites, NEXRAD radar, and national forecast models (gridded model data); graphical user interface and workstation applications; hydrometeorological applications; basic NCF monitoring and control capabilities for site workstations at 12 field offices. 2 May 1997 Upgrade to new versions of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) infrastructure software (operating systems, database engine, NCF monitoring and site backup); automated backup for application and data servers; simple print capability. 3 October 1997 FOA workstation interface and data management software integrated with AWIPS communications software infrastructure. 4 June 1998 Ingest and display of ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) data; initial local data acquisition and dissemination (LDAD); terrestrial wide-area network (point-to-point communications); site backup; full NCF monitor, control, and archive capability. 5/6 1999 Advanced versions of forecast product generators; user-defined functions (e.g., derived parameters for gridded data); additional advanced user applications; intersite coordination; advanced LDAD and external interface capabilities.

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