Charge to All Break-Out Groups

· Identify issues, opportunities and challenges.

· Consider existing collaborations and identify potential partners to facilitate access to and distribution of Level II data.

· Identify technical issues and recommend solutions.

· Consider the broad community of users (university, government, private sector).

Break-Out Group #1: Data Discovery, Short-Term Data Servers and

Room 2C-406A&B Long-Term Archival Including Compression and

Quality Control

Co-Chairs: Ben Domenico and Steve DelGreco

Rapporteur: Kevin McGrath

· Data mining sites and thematic servers

· Web-based visualization tools for perusing data at NCDC

· Tests of bringing data out of NCDC

· Incorporation of meta data

· Real time data strip mining and creation of meta data sets

· Archival of strip-mined data

· Data compression schemes

· Data formats supportive of archival, transmission, mining

· Quality assurance

· Quality control/filtering/de-aliasing

Break-Out Group #2: Technical Aspects of Real Time Data Delivery

Multi-Purpose Room Including Formats, Visualization, and Analysis

(Plenary Room) Tools

Co-Chairs: Kevin Kelleher, Dave Fulker, and Jason Levit

Rapporteur: Witek Krajewski

· Web-based visualization tools for perusing data at NCDC

· Downloadable programs for analysis and visualization

· Reliability/redundancy

· Real time monitoring and problem response

· Move to open systems (migration of LDM into BDDS; certification; early testing; phasing with BDDS; phase-out of RIDDS)

· Moving away from the 56K phone lines

· Security

· Mapping of base data to FM-94 BUFR and XML

Break-Out Group #3: End-User Needs, Policy, and Planning

Room 3B-809

(FSL Conference Room)

Co-Chairs: Tim Crum, Bob Gall, Maria Pirone

Rapporteur: Jim Block

· Testing involving other groups (industry, universities, labs, centers)

· Policy on usage of and access to data

· Addition of new sites -- compatibility with existing infrastructure and participation in CRAFT versus individual connections to sites

· Involvement of universities/NOAA Joint Institutes and labs in the Abilene ring/LDM cloud

· Agency needs -- formal requirements documents

· Role of USWRP

· Addition of FAA radars

· Migration of R&D systems to operations

· Project management and involvement of NOAA/tri-agencies

· Future funding sources and re-direction of monies from 8 mm recorders to the CRAFT experiment

· Obstacles, timetables

· User support site (FAQ, LDM support)

· Implications of expanded user base for Unidata

· Cost-benefit analysis

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