• Meetings with FSL regarding the FX workstations, including FX-Collaborate, FX-Linux, FX-Net (see Tom Yoksas Status Report "Collaborations"-FSL)
• MeteoForum - co-author with Dave Fulker, Tim Spanger and Arlene Laing on "MeteoForum:
  A Pilot Project for Advanced International Meteorological Training Centers for the 21st Century" paper to be presented by Arlene Laing, University of So Florida, at the AMS Annual Meeting
  • Participating on MeteoForum Planning Committee (see Tom Yoksas Status Report "Collaborations"-MeteoForum)
• Survey coordination - worked with Rich Clark, UserComm Chair, Unidata staff and fielded questions from the community about the Users Committee survey
• Working on the AMS-IIPS Program Committee to coordinate sessions for the 2002 Annual Meeting in Orlando. Proposed a session, entitled "Internet Applications for Education and Research." suggested by Unidata staff. Connect to AMS/IIPS to view the program. Steve Ackerman and I will co-chair the session.
  
• Attended NOAA's Constituent Meeting, April 2001
• Attended USGS Data Workshop, May 2001

Data Access and Distribution

• Work continues toward access and distribution of Level II NEXRAD radar data through collaboration with the CRAFT project.
  • AMS paper being presented by Kelvin Droegemeier entitled, "Project CRAFT: A Test Bed for Demonstrating the Real Time Acquisition and Archival of WSR-88D Level II Data"
• Coordination with the NWS regarding the distribution of high-resolution model data (via CONDUIT) issues and implementation on Internet II and Abilene.

  Two focal points have been identified in Silver Spring to monitor the progress for CRAFT and CONDUIT. One is at NWS in Silver Spring (David Helms) and John Gaynor, OAR, is representing the USWRP to assist in facilitating the projects.

• Continued involvement and collaboration (particularly with THREDDS) in NCDC's NOMADS (NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System) project
• 11 sites are receiving NOGAPS data directly from FNMOC
• Coordinated with Jim Steinburgh, University of Utah, and Unidata support, for proposed data (4km MM5) to be distributed to the Unidata community during the Winter Olympics. Steenburgh to provide details to the Unidata Users Committee 11 October 2001.

Case Studies and DODS

• In the process of recruiting a Software Engineer II . This individual will work in support of DODS and case studies projects. Case Studies and DODS funding is in place for FY02.
  • Ethan Davis will work on the metadata efforts pertaining to THREDDS, but continue to work as technical lead on the DODS project on a part-time basis
  • Jeff Weber will work on SuomiNet and IDD configuration/topology and continue to work as technical lead on the case studies project on a part-time basis