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WFO Gray, ME, Science and Operations Officer, Dan St. Jean, shows visitors some of the weather information available to forecasters on AWIPS as part of the office's open house September 17, 2005. More than 300 weather enthusiasts of all ages attended the open house which included presentations on the office's facilities and staff; surface and upper air observing equipment; the modernized tools, technologies, and methodologies used to produce forecasts and warnings; and the preparedness and coordination that takes place between NWS offices and local and state agencies both before and during significant weather events. In addition to the presentations, displays were set up to give information on the work of other "NOAA in Your Neighborhood" components. Photo by John Jensenius |
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A NOAA helicopter, sent by NMAO, landing at NDBC's buoy row to bring the first shipment of supplies to Stennis on 3 September 2005. Bill Burnett is standing in the foreground watching the helo land, Ed Loveless (SAIC) is directing the landing and Steve Berg (SAIC) is standing by ready to unload the supplies. The pilots in the helicopter are CDR Michelle Finn and LT Dave Demers.
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Staff of the Northeast River Forecast Center (NERFC) celebrate the office's 50th Anniversary in Taunton, MA. The luncheon was held on September 23. Guests included Dean Gulezian, Easter Region Director, as well as Charles "Ace" Smith, a former Hydrologist-In-Charge, other former employees, and some customers. Photo by Mike Esip, Eletronics Technician. |
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T.C. Chen (holding cap in center), Boeing Project Manager for Regulatory Affairs, interprets for WFO Juneau Meteorologist-In-Charge Tom Ainsworth (right) as he demonstrates AWIPS capabilities to a group of Chinese aviation management officials visiting Alaska. A delegation of 10 Chinese aviation management officials (including three meteorologists), two regional Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials, and an interpreter from Boeing visited the Juneau, AK, Weather Forecast Office recently. They were in Juneau as guests of the FAA Alaska Region to examine the FAA-sponsored Juneau Airport Wind System (JAWS) and observe its impact on air traffic management. JAWS is a prototype turbulence warning system that provides alerts of moderate or greater turbulence in selected areas near the Juneau International Airport. The JAWS turbulence alert levels are estimated using real time wind measurements from seven anemometers and three FAA wind profilers. Alaska Airlines uses JAWS data to operate within required navigation performance (RNP) standards for wind speed and direction for the avoidance of turbulence during arrivals to and departures from Juneau. The aviation management board of China is considering establishing minimum RNP standards for certain airspaces in mountainous terrain. With the aid of the interpreter, Ainsworth provided the group an overview of NWS aviation services at national, regional, and local levels. The Chinese visitors were very impressed with the capabilities of AWIPS, the utility of JAWS data and FAA camera images on local TAF production, how well the Aviation Forecast Preparation System facilitated monitoring and generating TAFs, and the partnership between NWS and FAA, especially in regard to the ASOS and AWOS networks. Photo by Warning Coordination Meteorologist Chris Maier. |
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