1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project 2) Network Design and Implementation
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1) The Oklahoma City 1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project Micronet Project 2) Network Design and 2) Network Design and Implementation Implementation Dr. Jeffrey Basara Director of Research Oklahoma Climatological Survey University of Oklahoma
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1) The Oklahoma City 1) The Oklahoma City Micronet ProjectMicronet Project
2) Network Design and 2) Network Design and ImplementationImplementation
Dr. Jeffrey BasaraDirector of Research
Oklahoma Climatological SurveyUniversity of Oklahoma
OKC Micronet - Current StatusOKC Micronet - Current Status Network of 40 stations (4 Mesonet Sites, 36
Traffic Signal Sites. 1-minute Data Collection – Real-time and
archive quality assurance (QA). 5 years of effort to secure funding, 2 years of
design and testing. True collaboration with Oklahoma City. All sites are deployed and the network is
operating in a test mode prior to official, public commissioning in the upcoming months.
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City MicronetMicronet
30 June 2008, 3:30 am CDT Traffic Signal Station
OKC Micronet – Lessons OKC Micronet – Lessons LearnedLearned
Technology and Infrastructure are very different from rural areas (power, communications, station siting).
K.I.S.S. – Standardize as much as possible. Political support is important, but not as
critical as one might think. A plan for data products is very important –
needs to be relevant to those supporting the efforts (especially city departments).
General Network ThoughtsGeneral Network Thoughts It is better to design and easier to implement a
network that is simple/basic/robust than one that involves many complicated facets/components.
Quality Assurance (QA) is better than Quality Control (QC).
Sensors and hardware are relatively inexpensive compared to the long-term needs of operating a permanent, real-time network – long term support, calibration, and maintenance are critical to network survival and data quality.
A plan for data products is very important – needs to be relevant to those supporting the efforts.
The Case for OKC as an Urban The Case for OKC as an Urban TestbedTestbed
OKC Micronet Oklahoma Mesonet 17 Research Radar systems (NEXRAD, Phased
Array, Polarized, Mobile, X-Band, C-Band) A historical urban dataset – JU2003 Rapidly growing urban area (9.8% last year) Local geography Other observational capabilities (ARM, NOAA
profilers, etc.)
