Project Plan Documents

  1. FY10 Work Plan [pdf] [odt]

Milestones

Task

People Assigned

Target Completion Date

Surveillance scan capability at Marshall

Group

(completed)

Full PPI and RHI scan and GUI control capability

Dixon/VanAndel/Loew

(complete)

Install and configure git repository at CSU and EOL

VanAndel/George

2009-03-06 (complete)

Rewire S-Pol receiver and STALO boxes

Emmett

2009-02-27 (complete)

Convert HAWK time series process (RVP8TsTcpServer) to use common time series format (4.4)

Dixon

2009-03-13 (complete)

Convert CHILL time series process (AcquisitionServer) to use common time series format (4.4)

George

2010-06-01

Build buffer board for S-Pol timing signals (breakout box) (waiting on design info from Eric)

Emmett

2009-06-20 (complete)

build cables to attach Power PMAC to S-Pol pedestal servo amps, S/D board

Loew/Phinney

2010-03-30 (complete)

Replace servo amps in S-Pol

Phinney

2009 -12-01 (complete)

Need new fault board for S-Pol Servo Amps

Strong

(complete)

Antenna Pattern test @ Marshall : setup antenna on CP-2's concrete pad.

Strong/Phinney/Emett/Bobka

(complete)

Cleanup wiring in S-Pol transmitter container

Emmett/Holden

2009-04-03 (complete)

Install new power meters at S-Pol (4.5)

Holden

2009-04-03 (complete)

Convert moments calculation server to use common time series format (4.6)

George/VanAndel

2009-04-10(complete)

Convert HAWK moments calculation software (iq2dsr) to use the common time series format (4.6)

Dixon

complete

Write SDB to Dsr real-time translator (to view CHILL moment data with CIDD)

Dixon

complete

Install NEXRAD/FAA transmitter at S-Pol (2) 

Bobka/Emmett

2009-04-17(complete)

Rewrite CHILL system control software (DTctl) (4.2) [completion depends on Power PMAC]

Brunkow/George

2009-11-30

Initial Power PMAC development, configuration and testing for S-Pol 

VanAndel/Loew w help from Brunkhow

2009-12-04 (complete)

Integrate instrumentation server (calsrv) at S-Pol (4.5)with support for 2 dual-channel power meters

VanAndel

2009-01-29

Build and test new digital waveform generator board (4.1) - not needed by S-Pol

George

2010-02-27

Integrate CHILL transmit control server (txctl) and digital waveform generator at S-Pol (4.1)

VanAndel/Emmett/Farias

2009-12-15(complete)

S/D converter for S-Pol & Eldora Test Pedestal

Loew/Farias/Gales

2009-12-01 (complete)

Complete S-Pol setup at Marshall

Bobka/Gales/Emmett/Holden/Phinney/Rivas/Strong

2009-12-01(Complete)

Integrate Power PMAC at S-Pol (4.3)

Loew/Brunkow/Gales/VanAndel

2009-12-20(complete)

Integrate CHILL system control software (syscon, aka DTctl) at S-Pol (4.2)

VanAndel/Dixon/Loew

2009-12-15(complete)

Acquisition Server Software (control RVP8 and Moment generation)

Dixon/VanAndel

2009-12-30 (complete)

Initial Antenna/System control GUI

VanAndel

2010-04-15 (complete)

Install HAWK processing system

Dixon

2010-04-15 (complete)

Install CIDD

Dixon

2010-04-15 (complete)

Install CSU Engineering Display

Dixon/VanAndel

2010-04-15

Update Engineering Display with hot keys and other needed capabilities (from old E. display)

Dixon/VanAndel

2010-05-15 (complete)

ATE installed with software control of calibration equipment

Dixon/Morley/Emmett

2010-11-30

S-Pol unattended operation

group

2010-09-15 (complete)

PID/precip-rates/refractivity algorithms operational

Dixon/VanAndel/others

2010-12-10

Define CF-compliant netCDF common data format for integrated radar data (moments).

Dixon/Van Andel/CHILL staff

2009-12-15 (complete)

Real time vector winds from CHILL and S-Pol data

CSU Staff

2012-07-015 (After DYNAMO)

Gridding multi-radar data (S-Pol, CHILL, NEXRAD, Pawnee)

Dixon/VanAndel/CHILL staff

2012-07-015 (After DYNAMO)

Sun Scan, vertical pointing (calibration) capability

Dixon

2010-11-31

Automated cross-polar power technique for Zdr calibration

Dixon/Morley

2011-01-31

Other/Future Work

  1. Generate detailed CHILL documentation:  Joe, Jim, Dave
  2. Antenna/System Control
    1. Create Requirements document for S-Pol, based on current capabilities of the "Lutz" Antenna/system control software
    2. GUI : Joe
      1. Design
      2. Implement
      3. Integration test
    3. web based system control: ???
  3. Time Series
    1. build time series utilities (possibly based on John Hubbert's Fortran program)
  4. FORAY2 to read/write radar data formats  : Dennis
    1. design
    2. document
    3. implement
  5. Archiving
    1. modify archiver to write CF-compliant netCDF(4)
    2. port S-Pol tape archiving scripts/programs to backup disk files to tape
    3. GUI for operator to control archiving
  6. Calibration
    1. finish documentation for Frank's Labview code
    2. automated calibration procedure for S-Pol
      1. implementation, including utilities to compute calibration values from ATE measurements
      2. documentation
    3. implement automated calibration on CHILL
  7. Remote control and monitoring
    1. environmental - temperature, air flow, voltages
    2. remote console,  power control for key computers
    3. remote monitoring of computers, product generation (NAGIOS?)
    4. remote monitoring of new transmitter.
    5. Technology to investigate:
      1. Measurement computing PCI-DIO48H-RT with Comedi driver
      2. Sixnet ET-GT-485-1 Ethernet to RS485
      3. Advantech ADAM series
      4. Websensor EM01B (Nagios compatible)
      5. ENVIROMUX Server Environment Monitoring System (Nagios compatible) http://www.networktechinc.com/
  8. Scientists Display
    1. write requirements
    2. select JADE or IDV or another solution
    3. implement missing features
    4. integrate into IWRF
  9. Advanced radar algorithms
    1. refractivity - rewrite, using FORAY2
    2. automate quality control
  10. Computer system management
    1. cfgengine or equivalent to update passwords, hosts files
    2. backup, recover system
    3. recovery plan, including spares for field deployment