HR: 0800h
AN: SA51A-0229    [Abstracts]
TI: Transition of GAIM from Research to Operations
AU: * Nicholas, A C
EM: andrew.nicholas@nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607 4555 Overlook Ave, Washington, DC 20375 United States
AU: Thonnard, S E
EM: stefan.thonnard@nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607 4555 Overlook Ave, Washington, DC 20375 United States
AU: Budzien, S A
EM: scott.budzien@nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607 4555 Overlook Ave, Washington, DC 20375 United States
AU: Dandenault, P B
EM: pdandenault@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607 4555 Overlook Ave, Washington, DC 20375 United States
AB: In July 2004, Utah State University delivered the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) for transition to operations at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) by 2006. This system was designed to assimilated measurements from a variety of sources and provide ionospheric specification and forecasting satisfying DoD needs. Coordinated by AFWA, the transition of GAIM to operations at AFWA is a multi-organizational effort and includes data source evaluation, environment porting, validation and integration. The Naval Research Laboratory is responsible for the configuration management of GAIM between the USU and AFWA during this transition process. As such, NRL has installed GAIM to provide daily ionospheric specification and 24 hour forecast on a routine basis. Additionally, NRL has begun new research effort to investigate the assimilation of ultraviolet airglow observations into GAIM. This poster describes the configuration of GAIM at NRL and ionospheric specification capabilities that are currently available. The information will include a background of the assimilation process and data inputs used at NRL. An overview of ongoing GAIM research including plans at NRL to assimilate ultraviolet airglow emission observations will be provided. Additionally, a brief description of the graphical tools to operate the GAIM model and visualize the output will be provided.
DE: 2400 IONOSPHERE
DE: 2447 Modeling and forecasting
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting