The Software Branch (OPS23)
is one of four branches in the Field Systems Operations Center (FSOC)
of the Office of Operational Systems (OOS).
The Software Branch provides technical software support to NWS field operations.
These services include development of software enhancements and maintenance fixes
for existing NWS observation and dissemination systems and expert technical software
support to field users. The branch maintains the system baselines in an internal
configuration management system. The Software Branch is responsible for
providing software support for the following NWS operational systems: - Automated
Surface Observing System (ASOS)
- Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS)
- NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Console Replacement System (NWR/CRS)
- Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
The ASOS software group of the Software Branch of the Field Systems Operations
Center (FSOC) provides software development
and maintenance in support of the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS).
The group receives requirements from the ASOS Configuration Control Board (ACCB)
and monitors contract tasks to ensure high quality software is produced on time
and within budget. The ASOS contractor, Prism Communications, Inc. is certified
at Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3. The
ASOS software group also provides analyses of problems found with the operational
software, and maintains in-house the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC)
software and the ASOS Sensor Emulator (ASENSE) software.
The RRS software group provides software development and maintenance in support
of the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS).
The combined team of Government and contract staff utilizes processes meeting
or exceeding all the Software Engineering Institute CMM Level 2 guidelines.
The CRS software maintenance group provides software maintenance support and
site support for the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Console Replacement System
(NWR/CRS) and the AWIPS NOAA
Weather Radio With All-Hazards VTEC Enhanced Software (NWRWAVES).
The group is also responsible for maintaining the operational documentation for
these two projects and for the deployment of CRS software updates.
The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
team is the Assistant Contracting Officer Representative (ACOR) for software maintenance
and enhancement for the contractor team of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing
System (AWIPS) software and provides software quality
assurance monitoring of the contractor.
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