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Project CRAFT:  A Test Bed
for Demonstrating the Real
Time Acquisition and Acrhival
of WSR-88D Base (Level II) Data

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"158 radars (141 in..."

WSR-88D Components

WSR-88D Components

WSR-88D Components

WSR-88D Components

"Archive Level I (analog"

"Archive Level I (analog"

NEXRAD Level III (NIDS) Data

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"Archive Level I (analog"

NEXRAD Base (Level II) Data

Base Data Usage:  NSSL Warning Decision Support System on 3 May 1999

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5 April 1999 - Impact of Base Data

5 April 1999 - Impact of Base Data

Recording Level III WSR-88D Data

WSR-88D Level III Data Archival at NCDC

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Level III Requests at NCDC

Recording WSR-88D Level II Data

WSR-88D Level II Data Archival at NCDC

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Level II Requests at NCDC

WSR-88D Data Archival at NCDC

WSR-88D Base Data Archival at NCDC

Summary:  WSR-88D Radar Data

The Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test (CRAFT)

Participants

RIDDS:  The Foundation of CRAFT

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Technical Strategy

Original CRAFT Network

Sharing Data from Multiple Sources via Cooperating LDMs

Technical Highlights

Technical Highlights

Real Time Management and Reliability:  >95%

Real Time Management and Reliability:  >98%

CRAFT Phase I:  Proof-of-Concept

Internet2 and Abilene

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Internet2 and Abilene

Abilene Network
January  1999

New Concept: Abilene/Internet2 + NEXRAD

New Concept: Abilene/Internet2 + NEXRAD

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New Concept: Abilene/Internet2 + NEXRAD

New Concept: Abilene/Internet2 + NEXRAD

Logical Network Topology

Alternative Strategy

Alternative Network Topology

The Benefits

The Benefits

The Challenges

Challenges for Unidata

CRAFT-2

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CRAFT-2 Radars Now Delivering Data

At NCDC Today

Opportunities

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Funding Status

The Future:  FAA Radars

TDWR

Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-9)

Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-11)

Air Route Surveillance Radars (ARSR-4)

Open RPG

Open RPG

Phase I:  Current Strategy

Phase II:  BDDS + LDM/PC

Phase III:  Full BDDS

Summary

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