Air and Space Weather Operation - IHMC Ontology and Policy ...

AFMAN15-129 21 JUNE 2004 412.3.2. Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and Aviation Weather Center (AWC) Back-Up. HQ AFWA willmaintain a cadre of certified forecasters specifically trained to meet backup requirements for theNational Weather Service’s SPC in Norman, OK; and the AWC in Kansas City, MO. Requirements forbackup services will be detailed in a formal agreement between HQ AFWA and SPC/AWC agencies.The HQ AFWA designated Lead Meteorologist will respond immediately to execute backup servicesIAW the formal agreement and established procedures.2.3.3. Space Environment Center (SEC) Back-Up. The Space Weather Branch (XOGX) will providebackup services to the SEC in Boulder, CO, in the event of an equipment outage, evacuation, or otheremergency rendering SEC unable to produce required products or otherwise adequately monitor thespace environment. SEC will initiate the backup with a phone call to AFWA/XOGX. This support willinclude, but is not limited to, providing telephone, fax, or e-mail notification of solar events, spaceenvironmental data, and forecasts. At a minimum, backup support will permit SEC to continue to provideSpace Weather Alerts to its customers.2.3.4. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Back-Up. HQ AFWA/XOGM will provide worldwidevolcanic ash plume surveillance and serve as the DoD focal point for analyses and forecasts of volcanicash hazards. Additionally, XOGM will act as the backup cell for National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration’s (NOAA) Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (W-VAAC).2.3.5. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Back-Up. The METSAT Applications Branch willtrack and classify tropical cyclones (via METSAT analysis) for the DoD’s JTWC and other U.S. tropicalcyclone centers. XOGM will serve as the backup for the Satellite Operations Cell at the JTWC,Pearl Harbor, HI.2.4. Weather Subscription Service (WSS). The web-based WSS application will function as the primaryuser interface for the AFWA Dissemination System. Air Force weather customers will control theirown data requirements based on preset theater data sets or broadcast parameters. Additionally, WSS willprovide the ability to submit observations (METAR and SPECI), TAFs, PIREPs, Addressed Messages,and freeform alphanumeric bulletins for worldwide dissemination. WSS will allow both bulletin and stationAutomated Response to Query (ARQ), and provide options to return ARQ responses to the terminalserved by the customer’s Routing Identifier (RTID), to an alternate RTID, or have the ARQ response displayedon the requestor’s WSS browser. WSS will include the ability to e-mail ARQ responses after viewingthem using a web browser. Modifications to requirements may be made at any time after a site'ssubscription account has been established and the site has been activated.