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Solutions that seem viable (meet end user requirements
for functionality, timeliness, display, etc.) are further
demonstrated and ultimately evaluated in a broader
collaborative arrangement that usually includes several
offices with similar interests or needs.
The successful use of transitioned products requires that
the test bed participants are knowledgeable of the capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of the solution being tested.
SPoRT develops and conducts several different types of
training, all of them conveying the application of the new
data or technique, its strength, weaknesses, and limitations, and includes end user examples of its application,
taken directly from their decision support system. This
training takes the form of short self-guided modules, user
quick guides, distance learning with the product developer,
and even face-to-face science sharing sessions. Examples of
these training modules can be found on the SPoRT web site
under "transitions" and "training." End users often participate in the development of these training aids.
It is important to understand the degree of impact the
solution (the new product, tool, or forecast capability) may
have in the operational environment. This assessment
is usually done in the test bed environment with several
end users or at different locations. Short surveys are used
to ascertain the impact of the new product on operational
decision making in the end user environment. The surveys
must not be a burden on the end user but must allow for
both quantitative and qualitative input on the utility of the
product. The surveys used by SPoRT can be found on the
web site under "surveys." The activities of the transition
process and the outcome of numerous end user responses
to the product surveys form an assessment study. These
results guide either the broader product transition or a reevaluation of the transition process.
3. Stakeholders, Beneficiaries,
Customers, and Partners
There are many individuals and groups who contribute to
and benefit from the success of the SPoRT project. The primary stakeholders for SPoRT (those who invest in and gain
from the success of the project) are the NASA research and
applications program, the NOAA GOES-R and JPSS programs, the NWS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
and the NWS WFOs. Managers of these organizations and
projects provide funding and give guidance and direction
to ongoing and future SPoRT research and transitional
activities. The NWS and the collaborating WFOs are major
stakeholders in the activity since they provide direct in-kind
support through their allocation of forecasters, Science and
Operations Officers (SOOs), and Information Technology Officers (ITOs) in the transition of SPoRT products
into AWIPS, and the education, training, and assessment
assistance they provide. SPoRT beneficiaries profit or benefit from the success of the project. The NASA and NOAA
entities are direct beneficiaries of the success of the SPoRT
program. In addition to the WFOs, who interact with and
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FIGURE 1. The SPoRT paradigm for successful transition of
research data to the operational weather community.
receive products / capabilities from SPoRT, other beneficiaries include collaborating private sector partners who
also receive value-added products to improve their weather
forecasts. The general public is an indirect beneficiary of
SPoRT's success through improved forecasts provided by
the WFOs.
Figure 2 indicates the locations of SPoRT's collaborative
partners, both supporting and end users. Supporting partners
help SPoRT conduct the research and transitional activities by
providing capabilities such as technical expertise, computation resources, data, or other enabling capabilities. SPoRT end
users include forecasters at the various collaborating NWS
WFOs, and other operational weather entities such as some
of NOAA's National Centers. The forecasters and environmental managers at these facilities have particular needs that
can uniquely be met through the use of NASA and NOAA
research capabilities. SPoRT currently works collaboratively
with 23 WFOs (red dots) and several National Centers (open
circles) including HPC, OPC, NHC, SPC, and AWC.
4. Products
SPoRT provides a suite of products from various NASA,
NOAA, DoD, and international community sensors to its
end users for use in their decision-making process. A list
of these data and products and the forecast challenges
which they support are presented in Table 1. SPoRT initially
transitioned basic Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery on NASA's Terra and Aqua
satellites to several regional NWS forecast offices in February 2003. The data were displayed in AWIPS in a similar
way as the more conventional NOAA operational GOES
satellite imagery, but provided a factor of sixteen increase
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