Frank Hage

Software Engineer
National Center for Atmospheric Research, RAP
P.O. BOX 3000, Boulder Colorado 80307-3000
3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder Colorado 80301
Foothills Laboratory, Room 2062.
(303) 497-8413.  fhage@ucar.edu

I'm active in my community and am helping Creekside at Martin Park Elementary school staff and students with their technology needs as well as helping my neighborhood association (MANA) with their Web site

Currently I'm Working on:

• The Taiwan Advanced Operational Aviation Weather System

  This system is intended to provide real-time weather data to Civil aviation authorities in Taiwan. My primary responsibilities are developing display technologies for the system. The system is being implemented on Linux PC's using modular, distributed, client-server technologies. The system utilizes and integrates both proprietary TCP/IP protocols and HTTP to deliver information and uses our real-time fault tolerant software layer for improved reliability.

• The Aviation Digital Data Service

  This service provides up-to-date weather information to the general aviation community via a Web server stationed at the National Weather Services Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City. My primary responsibility was to specify, develop and engineer the stand-alone Web server for automated real-time operations and to instrument data ingest and content generation software with a process management layer which improves reliability and provides automatic restart on failure. The system has been in continuously operation since October 1998, and continues to be upgraded remotely by NCAR scientists and engineers. This system represents an outstanding example of cooperative efforts between governmental organizations and the research community, which which has quickly provided effective solutions to complex technical problems. The Web server is implemented on a Dell Workstation, running GNU/Linux and Apache HTTPD.

• New York LaGuardia WSDDM Display System.

  This System is intended to give Airlines and Airport operations personnel a detailed picture of current and weather conditions in the region surrounding an airport. This display integrates information from regional NEXRADs and a small network of meteorological instrumentation located in and around the airport. This system is currently running in the Delta Airlines Tower Control and Shuttle Operations Center at LaGuardia,, In the US AIR Control tower at LaGuardia, in the FAA Control Tower at LaGuardia, the Eastern TRACON (Traffic control center) on Long Island, NY, and in the Meteorological operations centers for Delta (in Atlanta) and US AIR (in Pittsburgh). Click Here for WSDDM Information and Imagery

• Configurable Interactive Data Display (CIDD).

  This display system has been used during a variety of projects, including instrumented Aircraft coordination , RADAR data evaluation and nowcasting ,and as a prototypical display to aid commercial air carriers in making informed decisions about aircraft icing. Additionally, CIDD is currently being used to aid the development of short a term convective weather forecast model; the Clark Model .

I've recently Worked on :

• Model Data Visualization Tool (Dr. Visto). This Display, used during WISP, provides convenient and rapid access to model data sets. It has the ability to show model data in their native coordinate systems, and can show arbitrary vertical cross sections. This system was used to evaluate the NMC ETA 80km model, the FSL MAPS 60km model, and 3 domains of the NCAR/Penn State MM5 model. Detection and prediction of turbulence and icing conditions are problems currently being worked on at RAP. The MM5 model is run as a nested grid such that greater detail and accuracy may be had over local areas. Look at the icing conditions at 20 km resolution , and then, perhaps at 6km resolution. images.
• WISP Real-time Icing Prediction Evaluation Program (WRIPEP). The system is currently being used by WSI to generate various experimental icing and turbulence products for American Airlines. This display has the capabilities to display several models simultaneously along with Pilot Reports (PIREPS), in real time. In the Interactive version, the operators can select cross sections along arbitrary flight paths, and compare the predicted conditions with pilot reports of icing, turbulence and visibility conditions.

Systems I've worked on a while ago but are still of interest:

• Aviation Weather Products Generator. This prototype AWPG Display ingests 4-D gridded data from various sources and provides simple graphics that Air Traffic Control Supervisors and Flight Service Station personnel can use to gain a better understanding of how weather may impact aircraft flights.

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