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1 ARTICLE I-SCOPEThis Implementing Arrangement describes the scientific and tech-nical activities to be undertaken by the American Institute inTaiwan (AIT) and its representative, the Forecast Systems Labor-atory (FSL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat-ion (NOAA). It provides for the continuing system development ofthe Forecast System being developed by the Joint Forecast Syste-ms Project between the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), the design-ated representative of the coordination Council for North Ameri-can Affairs (CCNAA), and NOAA/FSL.ARTICLE II-AUTHORIZATIONThe activities described in this Implementing Arrangement willbe carried out under the general terms and conditions establish-ed by the Agreement between CCNAA and AIT for Technical Coopera-tion in Meteorology and Forecast Systems Development. This Impl-ementing Arrangement is hereby attached to that Agreement and b-ecomes part of the Agreement.ARTICLE III-SERVICESThe Forecast System is composed of two primary subsystems: a Ce-ntral Facility and a Forecaster Workstation Subsystem. Emphasiswill be placed in this Implementing Agreement on the continuingdevelopment of an operational Forecaster Workstation and an openCentral Facility. Besides these two development tasks, there aretasks addressing Doppler radar data interface support and forec-aster training.A new Numerical Weather Prediction development task will be ini-tiated during this period. This task is to jointly develop impr-oved satellite data assimilation techniques for CWB models. The-se activities, described in more detail in the Statement of Work, will include the following five tasks:Task #1-Implementation of the FX-ALPHA WorkstationThe FX Workstation project within FSL was expanded to the FX-AL-PHA (FSL X window AWIPS-Like Prototype of Hydormeteorological A-pplications) in June of 1993. This development will satisfy Nat-ional Weather Service (NWS) requirements for a modernized Weath-er Forecast Office(WFO). It will also satisfy CWB requirementsthat can be tailored at CWB by CWB personnel. The basic systemwill be installed in Denver WFO during I.A. #7 time period.The basic FX-ALPHA workstation will have the normal display fun-ctionality that is part of the FSL workstation (e.g. PC worksta-tion). Additional capabilities will be added in future softwarereleases. FSL will also provide available FX-ALPHA documentation.Task #2-Development of the Open System Central FacilityTransition of the FSL Central Facility into an open system is t-he major activity for the Facility Division of FSL. The transit-ion activities include development of an open system central fa-cility, replacing the VMS-based system by a UNIX/RISC system, u-pgrading networking capabilities, and improving the data acquis-ition facility.CWB has plans for transition to an open system which is very si-milar system to FSL's Open System Central Facility. FSL has gai-ned a great deal of experience in open system implementation andwill provide planning and design information to CWB on Nowcasti-ng System related issues. CWB must then incorporate this inform-ation in their overall facility planning and scheduling efforts.Task#3-Implementation ofWSR-88D narrowband data for FX-ALPHACWB will install its first ~SR88D in 1996 at Wu-Fen-Shan (north-east of Taipei). CWB also plans to install three more WSR-88D'sin the Taiwan area by the year of 2000. The network of Dopplerradars and existing conventional radars will provide importantdata for the Nowcasting System and mesoscale meteorology.FSL will draw upon its experience in radar hardware issues, han-dling and using radar data, acquisition of narrowband data, andmosaic display to support the CWB radar team. FSL will providetechnical advice and support as requested to meet specific CWBneeds, rather than having specific system development responsib-ilities.Task #4-Forecaster training in the use of FX-ALPHA workstationCWB will begin to tailor the FX-ALPHA workstation to meet theirown requirements during this time period. The transition for theforecasters using the new FX-ALPHA workstation will be far easi-er than the initial introduction of the PC workstation into theForecast Center. There will, however, be significant differencesthat CWB forecasters must understand about operating multiple w-indow workstations.The CWB forecasters will spend a few weeks at FSL, receiving tr-aining in the new features of the FX-ALPHA workstation and in w-orking with FSL forecasters in the use of the system.Task #5-Development of Improved Data Assimilation TechniquesScientists from the CWB and the FSL Mesoscale Analysis and Pred-iction System (MAPS) team will work together to develop improveddata analysis and assimilation techniques appropriate to oceanicregions. A primary emphasis in this work will be the direct useof radiances from polar-orbiting satellites. A secondary emphas-is will he the development of an improved analysis technique th-at allows for an explicit estimate of the divergent wind compon-ent, especially important for tropical regions.These techniques will be jointly developed and tested by FSL andCWB scientists within the MAPS environment. The same techniqueswill then be transferred to CWB for use within their own data a-ssimilation systems to initialize CWB models.ARTICLE IV-FINANCIAL PROVISIONSIn accordance with the Agreement, NOAAIFSL is undertaking thiswork on behalf of AIT for CCNAA. CCNAA will reimburse AIT, andits designated representative NOAA/FSL for all costs incurred inassociation with this Implementing Agreement.The total cost for activities described in this Implementing Ar-rangement is mutually agreed to be US $450,000. It is also agre-ed that fifty percent of the funds will be transferred in advan-ce, with the remaining 50 percent transferred within 30 days ofthe acceptance of the final report by CCNAA, and its designatedrepresentative, CWB.ARTICLE V-INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONSNo intellectual property considerations are expected to arise inconjunction with activities described in this Implementing Arra-ngement. Existing system designs and computer software of the F-SL Forecast System are in the public domain. Reports, specifica-tions, and computer software prepared under this Implementing A-rrangement will also be in the public domain once they have beenapproved in a final form by CCNAA, CWB, AIT, and NOAA.ARTICLE VI-EFFECTIVE DATE, AMENDMENT, AND TERMINATIONThis Implementing Arrangement is effective on the date of the l-ast signature hereafter. This Implementing Arrangement may be a-mended and/or terminated in accordance with the terms of the Ag-reement. The estimated completion date for the activities descr-ibed in this Implementing Arrangement is June 30, 1995.FOR THE COORDINATION COUNCILFOR THE AMERICAN INSTITUTEFOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRSIN TAIWAN[Signed][Signed]James Wen-Chung Chang J. Richard RockDeputy Representative Deputy Managing DirectorAugust 18, 1994 August 15, 1994Statement of Work for Implementing Arrangement #7 Continuing De-velopment of the Operational Central Facility $ Operational Wor-kstation between The Coordination Council for North American Af-fairs and The American Institute in Taiwan1.0 Background and ObjectivesThe agreement between the Coordination Council for North Americ-an Affairs (CCNAA) and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) p-rovides for technical cooperation between the Central Weather B-ureau (CWB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion's Forecast Systems Laboratory (NOAA/ FSL) in meteorology a-nd forecast system development.The new Forecast System that CWB is implementing has two primarysubsystems: the Central Facility and the Forecaster Workstationsubsystems. Both subsystems will be modeled af2er systems devel-oped at FSL.A master plan of the Forecast Systems for CWB was provided in t-he Project Implementing Plan as part of Implementing Arrangement#1 (I.A.#1).I.A.#P and #3 provided the functional specificationof the Forecast System and development of the prototype worksta-tion. The prototype workstation was completed and operated duri-ng I.A.#4. The basic operational system was begun to prototypein I.A.#5. I. A.#6 focused on development of the basic operatio-nal workstation and an initial open system central facility.This Statement of Work addresses the tasks that will be underta-ken by the joint team of CWB and FSL personnel in accordance wi-th the terms of Implementing Arrangement #7. The goal is to com-plete the basic operational workstation development during thisperiod and allow CWB to begin to modify and evaluate its basicoperational workstation. A new Numerical Weather Prediction Taskwill be initiated during I.A.#7. The objective of this task isto develop improved satellite data assimilation techniques.Tasks will be undertaken both by the CWB-FSL Joint Team workingat the FSL facility in Boulder, Colorado and by CWB staff at theCWB facility in Taipei, Taiwan, as appropriate. This Statementof Work addresses only tasks that will be undertaken by the CWB-FLS Joint Team under the terms of I.A.#7 and establishes the pe-rformance schedule, deliverables, and resources requirements.2.0 Task DescriptionsIn terms of the overall program schedule, the following five ta-sks are identified as being critical in the July 1, 1994 to June30, 1995 time period:■Task #1-Implementation of the FX-ALPHA workstation■Task #2-Development of the Open System Central Facility■Task #3-Implementation of WSR-88D narrowband data for FX-ALPHA■Task #4-Forecaster Training in the use of the FX-ALPHA workst-ation■Task #5-Development of Improved Data Assimilation TechniquesThese five tasks are described below:Task#1-Implementation of the FX-ALPHA workstationFSL expanded the FX Workstation project to FX-ALPHA (FSL X wind-ow AWIPS-Like Prototype of Hydrometeorological Applications) inJune of 1993. The broad mission of this project is to develop m-odern environmental system capabilities on an "Open" platform.This development satisfies NWS requirements to demonstrate inte-grated hydrometeorological capabilities and techniques For a mo-dernized Weather Forecast Office(WFO). FX-ALPHA meets all CWB r-equirements for a system that can be tailored at CWB by personn-el that are sufficiently knowledgeable.The preliminary design of the FX-ALPHA was completed in Septemb-er of 1993. The prototype of the FX-ALPHA was demonstrated in t-he 74th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting in Januaryof 1994 in Nashville, TN. The FX-ALPHA team will finish the det-ail design of all workstation functional components by June of 1994. Implementation of the workstation for Denver WFO deploymentis scheduled to be completed in February of 1995. This workstat-ion will also be used for daily weather briefings at the next A-MS annual meeting in January of 1995 in Dallas, Texas.The initial release of the basic FX-ALPHA workstation will havethe equivalent capability of the DARE-II workstation, which iscurrently used in the Denver WFO. The FSL team will need the CWBteam to perform some workstation development tasks in Taipei. T-he description of these tasks will become available after the c-ompletion of the detailed design of the system. FSL will providethe CWB workstation team with support in system design, softwareimplementation, and use of the commercial-off-the-shelf software.A CWB visiting scientist will participate in this workstation d-evelopment task. FSL will provide a complete software documenta-tion Of the FX-ALPHA as soon as it becomes available with its i-nitial release. FSL will also provide support to the CWB workst-ation team in installation of the DI ALPHA software.Performance Period:1.Development of basic FX-ALPHA softwareJuly 1, 1994-October 1,19942.Testing and debug of basic software October 1, 1994-Jan. 31, 19953.Preparation of FX-ALPHA documentation Feb. 1, 1995-June 30,1995Resources Required: 30%CWB-FSL Joint TeamDeliverable:1.Software release of initial prototype FX-ALPHS July 31, 19942.Software release of the basic FX-ALPHAFebruary 28, 19953.Documentation of the basic FX-ALPHA June30,1995Task #2-Development of the Open System Central FacilityTransition of the FSL Central Facility into an "open" system be-gan during 1992. The Facility Division is responsible for thistransition. Their activities include development of an open sys-tem central facility called NIMBUS, replacing VMS-based systemby UNIX-based systems, upgrading networking, improving data acq-uisition facility, and using standard data formats such as WMOand NetCDF. Over the next several years, the development of NIM-BUS will continue and new application software will be developedon the new computer systems.CWB also has many VMS-based systems. The transition of the FSLopen central facility has many advantages to CWB. For example,FSL has found that the UNM/RISC processors provide an excellentdistributed computing capability, software portability and hard-ware flexibility for the central facility. CWB has already plan-ned for a transition to a new open system. In the Phase III, CWBwill develop its own open system architecture, called NICE (Net-work Information exchange Environment), a similar system to NIM-BUS, as their central facility. With the experience in NIMBUS i-mplementation, FSL will provide planning and design informationof NIMBUS, so CWB can incorporate this information in their ove-rall facility planning and scheduling efforts.A CWB visiting scientist will participate in the FSL Central Fa-cility software development. FSL will provide CWB the central f-acility software as it becomes available over the next severalyears. This includes the NIMBUS, Process Manager, data transiti-on routines, and various system management programs.Performance Period:1.Development of NIMBUS softwareJuly 1, 1994-June 30, 19952.Preparation of FSL Central Facility documentationFeb. 1, 1995-June 30, 1995Resources Required: 20% CWB-FSL Joint TeamCWB-FSL Joint TeamDeliverable:1.NIMBUS software June30,19952.Documentation of NIMBUS June30,1995Task #3-Implementation of WSR-88D narrowband data for FX-ALPHACWB will have its first WSR-88D installed at Wu-Fen-Shan(northe-ast of Taipei) in 1996. CWB also plans to install three more WSR-88D's in the Taiwan area between 1996 and 2000. These Dopplerradar network and conventional radar systems will provide impor-tant and high resolution data for the Nowcasting System and mes-oscale meteorology. CWB's Telecommunication and Radar Divisionwill take the lead responsibility in implementing radar capabil-ity at CWB.During I.A.#6, CWB has assigned one visiting scientist workingwith the FX-ALPHA team on WWSR-88D narrowband data front end co-mmunications and NEXRAD product interface subsystem. This workis very important for CWB's future Doppler radar network interf-ace with forecaster workstations. The bulk of the NEXRAD productinterface work and radar applications will be carried out at FSLduring I.A.#7. So it is necessary for CWB to assign another vis-iting scientist for this task during I.A.#7. FSL will draw uponits experience in radar hardware issues, handling and using rad-ar data, acquisition of wide-band data, and mosaics display tosupport the CWB radar team. FSL will also be responsible for pr-oviding support as requested to meet CWB's specific needs.After the initial survey of potential wind profiler sites duringI.A.#6, FSL will be responsible for providing further informati-on for CWB's future wind profiler network.Performance Period:1.Develop NEXRAD product interface softwareJuly 1, 1994-February 28, 19952.Develop product generation softwareMarch 1, 1995-June 30, 1995Resources Required: 10% CWB-FSL Joint TeamDeliverables:1.Radar data ingest and product generation software June 30, 1995Task #4-Forecaster training in the use of the FX-ALPHA workstat-ionFSL will provide training for CWB forecasters in the use of thenew workstation after FSL completes the basic version of the FX-ALPHA workstation. This transition for forecasters using the newFX-ALPHA workstation will be far easier than the initial introd-uction of the PC workstation into the Forecast Center. There wi-ll, however, be significant differences that the forecasters mu-st understand about operating multiple window workstations. Also, it is an excellent opportunity for CWB forecasters to provideuser feedback about the new workstation to the system designers.Tentative plans call for CWB forecasters to spend three weeks atFSL to receive training in these new features and in working wi-th FSL forecasters in the use of the system. The CWB forecasterswould combine the visit to FSL with a NCi9R COMET training class.Performance Period:1.Prepare FX-ALPHA user guideFebruary 1, 1995-April 1, 1995Resources Required: 10% CWB-FSL Joint TeamDeliverables:1.FX-ALPHA Workstation User Guide May 31, 1995Task #5-Development of Improved Data Assimilation TechniquesFSL has developed a high-frequency (at least every 3 hours) dataassimilation system, the Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction Syst-em (MAPS), which runs in real time covering the lower 48 UnitedStates. This domain has relatively dense data coverage. For ext-ension of the MAPS domain beyond its current boundaries under t-he cooperative effort with CWB, it will be necessary to use rem-otely sensed data from satellites. The MAPS development team hasdone preliminary testing of methods of directly incorporating s-atellite radiances into initial conditions for numerical predic-tion models.CWB plans to make a major upgrade of their data assimilation ca-pabilities in Phase III of their modernization program. This up-grade will require development of the same techniques for use ofsatellite data. It will also require use of improved analysis t-echniques for estimation of the divergent wind field.CWB will send a scientist to work at FSL with the MAPS team ondevelopment of techniques in processing satellite data, and alsoon extending of the MAPS domain over oceanic regions for futuretesting.Performance Period:1.Develop satellite data processing capabilitiesJuly 1, 1994-June 30, 19952.Extend MAPS domain over oceanic region fortesting of new data assimilation techniquesJanuary 1, 1995-June 30, 1995Resources Required : 30% CWB-FSL Joint TeamDeliverable:1.Initial version of MAPS for training andJanuary 15, 1995experimentation in CWB environment2.Documentation of initial satellite processing June 30, 1995techniques3.0 ScheduleThe following milestones are consistent with the overall programrequirements:FunctionsMilestones1.Provide a final report of FSL-CWB projectDecember 31, 1994for Phase II2.Provide initial prototype FX-ALPHA softwareJuly 31, 19943.Provide initial basic FX-ALPHA softwareFebruary 28, 19954.Provide FX-ALPHA documentation June 30, 19955.Provide available NIMBUS softwareJune 30, 19956.Provide available NIMBUS documentation June 30, 19957.Provide radar data ingest and productJune 30, 1995generation software8.Complete FX-ALPHA workstation user guide May 31, 19959.Provide initial version of MAPS software January 15, 199510. Provide documentation of satellite June 30, 1995processing techniques TASKS7/18/19/110/111/112/11/12/13/14/15/16/16/30Task 1(FX-ALPHA) ────── 1.initial s/w ──────── development2.testing─────── 3.documentationTask a(OpenCentralFacility)1.NIMBUS ────────────────────── development2.documentation─────── Task 3(WSR-88D)1.NEXRAD product ──────────────── interface2.product────── generationTask 4(ForecastTraining)1.training─── 2.user guide─── Task 5(dataAssimilation)1.satellite data ────────────────────── assimilation2.documentation─── 4.0 BudgetThe following are the estimate costs for I.A.#7.┌────┬─────┬───────┬───┐ │TASKS │Personnel │TravelTraining│Total │ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Task #1 │$120K │$30K│$150K │ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Task #2 │$80K│$10K│$90K│ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Task #3 │$20K│$10K│$30K│ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Task #4 │$20K│$10K│$30K│ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Task #5 │$140K │$10K│$150K │ ├────┼─────┼───────┼───┤ │Total │$380K │$70K│$450K │ └────┴─────┴───────┴───┘ As stated in I.A. #7, funds available for the tasks described inthis Statement of Work will be US $450,000. All budget figuresare estimates. Actual amounts will be accrued for purposes of f-ulfilling the financial arrangements described in the Implement-ing Arrangement, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.All programs within the Forecast Systems Laboratory use the samebudget procedures, whether they are base-funded programs or ext-ernally-funded programs. Beginning in FY'91, a facility chargehas been applied to all programs to cover management and admini-strative costs, and the use of the FSL facility and all equipme-nt and data associated with it.FSL staff time is charged at the employee's salary plus the nor-mal NOAA benefit, leave and overhead charges. FSL professionalstaff are primarily in the civil service grade scales of GS11 toGS-14. Contract staff are in equivalent categories.5.0 CWB Joint Team Assignments at FSLCWB staff at FSL during I.A. #3, 4, 5, and 6 were able to contr-ibute significantly to the overall development. In addition, th-ey were able to obtain an understanding of the overall system d-evelopment that valuable for CWB own developments and operationsin the future. The cooperative effort between CWB and FSL has b-een successful and will continue during I.A. #7. Four tasks (#1,#2,#3 and #5) require CWB staff in residence at FSL. The primaryeffort of CWB staff at FSL during this period will be directedtoward development of an operational workstation, open centralfacility, WSR-88D radar data interface, and data assimilation t-echniques. Assignments for the CWB staff will be as follows:■Development of the FX-ALPHA■Development of the NIMBUS■Work with FSL staff in radar applications■Development of ploar-orbit satellite radiance data ingest andcomparison with synthetic radiances from forecast model