DFO3D Prototype Dashboard

Information:

This webpage provides hourly real-time output from the three-dimensional distant focusing overpressure (3D-DFO) prototype risk prediction system. Using the Millersville University of Pennsylvania Department of Earth Sciences computing cluster (NSF Grant #2019042), weather predictions from the NOAA High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) are downloaded and used as input into the 3D-DFO tool. The cluster is used to run ray tracing code (infraGA) and provide overpressure predictions. The cluster pulls the most recent HRRR forecast data and begins running the analysis every 15 minutes past the hour.

The domain for the DFO predictions may shift based upon current launch operations and activities of the DFO Common Standards Working Group.

Prototype Input Data:

3D Weather Forecast
Yield Histogram

Prototype Output Images:

Focusing Predictions
Overpressure Predictions

Output for 3DFO and Google Earth

To be implemented

Map of the Prediction Domain:

Reference:

William G. Blumberg, Ahmed M. Fadl, Effects of atmospheric heterogeneity on distant focusing overpressure risk assessments at coastal launch sites, Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2022, Pages 528-540, ISSN 2468-8967, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2022.09.002.Link to paper