A general outline of OB5 tasks has been provided by NWS. OB5 is also a key spot in the HP decommissioning activities. The hardware architecture changes part of this work are described in a mid-June 2004 NGIT presentation (with 7/05 architecture diagram updates).
| Task | DCS | Developer workload estimate (person months) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal Doppler Weather Radar products | 3138 | |
| Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm | 3151 | |
| GFS Ensembles | deferred | |
| AS decommissioning | 3146 3163 |
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| Routine program updates upgrades to satellite decoder add flexibilty to localization patch process add 3.9µ HDW product enable stack tracing implement fire weather zones map fix compiler warnings merge RSA mods into baseline extend ensemble forecasts to 192h LAPS update LAPS IR cloud top handling LAPS GOES p bias fix for q LAPS sfc interpolation scheme |
3139 3140 3148 3149 3152 3153 3154 3167 3170 3171 3172 3173 |
mostly deferred to OB6 |
Based on the revised schedule
[PDF] dated 19 May 04...
Additional revisions AWIPS Release OB5
Alpha/Beta Schedule [PDF] dated 11 Feb 05
| GFS Handoff | 9 Aug 04 |
| SMM Handoff | 8 Oct |
| Training Material Handoff | 11 Nov |
| Last DR checkin before SIT (WFOA) | 22-25 Nov |
| UM Handoff | 3 Dec |
| Last DR checkin before Beta release | 18-21 Jan 05 |
| Last Beta Fix Checkin | 18 Mar |
Other NGIT/NWS schedule dates include:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| GFS handoff | 9 Aug 04 |
| IRR0 | 16 Aug |
| IRR1 | 23 Aug |
| Start pre-SwIT | 23 Aug |
| SMM handoff | 8 Oct |
| End pre-SwIT | 22 Oct |
| IRR2 | 25 Oct |
| Start SwIT | 25 Oct |
| UM handoff | 3 Dec |
| End SwIT | 17 Dec |
| IPR1 | 20 Dec |
| Start SIT | 20 Dec |
| Start Alpha Test | 27 Dec |
| End Alpha Test | 18 Feb 05 |
| End SIT | 18 Feb |
| IPR2 | 18 Feb |
| Start SyAT Dry Run | 20 Feb |
| Start Beta Test | 2 Feb |
| End SyAT Dry Run | 25 Feb |
| Last Beta checkin | 18 Mar |
| TRR | 12 Apr |
| Start SyAT | 30 Mar |
| End SyAT | 5 Apr |
| End Beta Test | 11 Apr |
| SVR | 14 Apr |
| Start general field deployment | 25 Apr |