ROMAN:Real-Time Observation Monitor and Analysis Network

John Horel, Mike Splitt, Judy Pechmann, Brian Olsen

NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional PredictionUniversity of Utah

mesowest@met.utah.edu

San Diego Tribune. 28 Oct. 2003

What’s New since March 2003? Access to more surface data, e.g.:

Union Pacific Railroad APRS ham radio network

Extensive revisions to underlying code

Common look and feel Surface data plots MODIS overlays Access to past data Plans for 2004 fire season

Documentation ROMAN:

Horel et al. (2004) Submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire. Jan. 2004 Text: http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/ROMAN_text.pdf Figures: http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/ROMAN_fig.pdf

Horel et al. (2004) IIPS Conference (included on CD-ROM)

MesoWest: Horel et al. (2002) Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. February 2002

ADAS: Myrick and Horel (2004). Submitted to Wea. Forecasting.

http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/cirp/WAF_Myrick.pdf Lazarus et al. (2003) Wea. Forecasting. 971-1000.

On-line help: http://www.met.utah.edu/droman/help

2003 Fire Locations (Red); ROMAN stations (Grey)

Fire locations provided by Remote Sensing Applications Center from MODIS imagery

Current ROMAN Web Portal: http://www.met.utah.edu/roman

States

States

Top-Level Organization

GACCsCWAs

FWZs

MODIS regions

What Weather Information is Available? Search by: maps (state, CWAs, fire weather zones, GACCs, etc.)

Surface Data Plots

Surface Data Plot

What Weather Information is Available?

Search by: zip code, geographic location, latitude/longitude

What Has Been Happening Recently?5-Day Max/Min Temperature, RH, Wind Speed

What Are the Current Conditions?Weather Summary

What Has Changed Since Yesterday?Trend Monitor

What Extreme Conditions Are Underway?Weather Monitor

How Much Precipitation Has Fallen?Monitor Summary

WeatherNear Fires

Current Weather Near Fires

Archived Fires

Weather Near Fires: 31 October 2003

MODIS Base Maps

October 29October 31

Current Configuration at CIRP

DatabasePreprocessing Web ServerDataStreams

Users

Proposed Configuration: 2004 Fire Season

Database@WR

Preprocessing@ WR

Web Server@ UU

DataStreams

UsersDatabase@Boise

Preprocessing@ Boise

Web Server@ BoiseRAWS

Other WR/WFOApps

Summary ROMAN under development for use by weather

professionals and the public ROMAN will be operated at the Boise WFO/ NIFC

facility with 24/7 support this summer Existing web resources can be used for many applications

with access to both real-time and archival information http://www.met.utah.edu/droman will continue as a

testbed and ROMAN backup Operational ROMAN will be located at

http://roman.boi.noaa.gov Feedback: mesowest@met.utah.edu