Operations Integration Figure 3. The Army Research-to-Operations pipeline. Engineering Research Enterprise Servers Tactical Servers Desktop/Laptops Mounted Displays Mobile Devices Interface Specification External Data Interfaces Service Registration Coupling Physical Models External Research Integration Model Design/Coding Validation Land Surface Boundary Layer Atmosphere Terrain Requirements Model Development Enterprise Integration Mod e Scientific Research Interface Specification External Data Interfaces Service Registration Product Dissemination Interoperation and Adaption Refine Interfaces - - P ls cts du ro unified test harness for thoroughly testing the algorithm with both test data developed in house as well as that provided by the Government GOES-R science team. AER was responsible for the software development of over 60 algorithms totaling nearly 500,000 logical lines of software code. AER has successfully worked with the government software development team to develop software that exactly (99.99% reproducibility) replicates the input/output test data provided by the government. integrated end-to-end production facility. Within the GOES-R program AER has been instrumental in the full ground processing system development life cycle, from the initial science requirements and Algorithm Description Documents (ADDs) that were the basis for the software design and development through assisting in ongoing acceptance testing. As part of this effort a full suite of algorithm test tools was developed that provided a 90 Army Corps of EnginEErs rEsEArCh-to-opErAtions support The lighter, leaner and more lethal Army requires a faster research-to-operations pipeline, while advancing technology and expanding diversity of the Army mission broaden the scope of this research. Successful transition of cuttingedge capabilities to meet these ever-evolving requirements demands both scientific understanding of the physical nature of the problems and agile engineering capabilities that can produce adaptable, mission-focused solutions. AER supports the Army at all phases of the research-tooperations pipeline: performing basic scientific research into Army-specific problems; developing physical models; developing weather impacted decision aid capabilities; and integrating those capabilities into enterprise systems for Army-wide dissemination [Fig. 3]. The Army has a unique set of environmental impact requirements that require research into many physical phenomena at different spatial and temporal scales [17]. Icing on low altitude aircraft, degraded soil conditions affecting vehicle mobility and detectability of Army personnel and platforms are examples of natural environment phenomena of prime interest to the Army planner and warfighter. Basic research is encapsulated in physical models that help predict the state of the environment for those phenomena affecting operations. These models are then integrated into decision aid capabilities that can help Army planners determine relevant courses of action under a variety of environmental conditions. These components are then encapsulated as enterprise-ready services delivering the latest environmental and tactical data to a broad swath of planners and decision-makers across echelons down to the most remote Army command post. The use of the standard community interfaces such as the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web coverage, mapping and feature services (WCS, WMS and WFS), and the use of open-source software tools significantly improve the interoperability of the services and reduce long-term maintenance efforts. These services need to support operations for the wide variety of consumers; need to be scalable to support times of increased operational activity; and easily adapt to the changes in types of operations any particular consumer may encounter. AER is currently supporting the transition of weather impacted decision aids that help predict the effect of the environment on Army system performance. ieee Geoscience and remote sensing magazine june 2014