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1 ARTICLE I - SCOPE This Implementing Arrangement describes the cooperative scienti-fic, technical, engineering and administrative activities to beundertaken by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and its de-signated representative, the University Corporation for Atmosph-eric Research (UCAR), to complete and test an Advanced Operatio-nal Aviation Weather System (AOAWS). The AOAWS is a cooperativeeffort between the Taipei Economic and Cultural RepresentativeOffice in teh United States (TECRO), through its designated rep-resentative, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), of theMinistry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), and AIT,through its designated representative UCAR. This Implementing A-rrangement pertains to the Agreement (dated August 14 1998, her-einafter referred to as the Agreement) between TECRO and AIT forTechnical Cooperation associated with the Establishment of Adva-nced operational Aviation Weather Systems and is a part of theAgreement. ARTICLE II - AUTHORIZATION The activities described in this Implementing Arrangement willbe carried out under the general terms and conditions establish-ed by the Agreement. The Agreeemnt was entered into by the part-ies pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act of April 10, 1979, Pub-lci Law 96-8 (22 USC 3301 et seq.) ARTICLE III - SERVICES The AOAWS will provide TECRO's designated representative CAA, t-he airlines and the flying public on Taiwan with state-of-the-a-rt aviation weather technology for:1) hazardous weather phenome-na that affect aviation oeprations,2) weather phenomena that af-fect airspace capacity and safety at the three major hub airpor-ts, and 3) weather phenomena that affect overall efficiency ofaviation operations. The AOAWS is a complex system utilizing se-veral advanced weather sensing subsystems, integrated communica-tions, advanced software developed by AIT's designated represen-tative, UCAR, advanced numerical weather forecast models develo-ped by AIt's designated representative, UCAR, and advanced disp-lay technology for TECRO's designated representative, CAA, andairline and users. The successful implementation of the AOAWs isheavily dependent on technical cooperation and technology trans-fer between the designated representatives of TECRO and AIt inaccordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, thisImplementing Arrangement, and future Implementing Arrangementsto be agreed uon by the parties. This Implementing Arrangement is specifically focused on:a) com-pletion of AOAWS data servers, dispalys and products, b) comple-tion of the MM5 forecast system, c) final acceptance testing ofthe System, and AOAWS System waranty and maintenance after acce-ptance. The technical cooperation to be undertaken under the auspices ofthis Implementing Arrangement is defined by the following tasks.Task details, including specific work to be performed, performa-nce period, and estimated cost for each task are contained in t-he Statement of Wokr. A summary description of the tasks to be performed during thisperiod is provided below. Task#1-System Implementation, Testing, and Maintenance This task focuses on the completion of the AOAWS System softwareincluding the Multidimensional Display System (MDS), System Mon-itor Display (SMD), Web multidimensional Display System (WMDS),Model Display, data servers and product software. Early in thisfiscal year, the AOAWS System software will be completed and un-dergo internal system testing in preparation of site and relibi-lity acceptance tests. After acceptance, maintenance and warran-ty services will be provided for the AOAWS System. Task#2-MM5 System Completion, Testing, and Maintenance MM5 forcecast system work during FY2002 will consist of:(i) com-pleting the development of the 135/45/15/5-km MM5 configuration(including 3DVAR) with a 3-hourly forecast frequency, (ii) upgr-ading the new configuration MM5 system on the Fujitsu supercomp-uter of CAA's cooperative parther, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), (iii) running, monitoring, tuning, and finalizing the MM5system at CWB, and (iv) maintaining the system throughout the w-arranty period. Task#3-AOAWS Project Management The AOAWS Project will be led again this year by AIT's designat-ed representative, UCAR, with software, system engineering, andprogrammatic support form UCAR's Cooperative Partner, the insti-tute for Information Industry (III). AIT's designated represent-ative, UCAR will continue to work closely with TECRO's designat-ed representative, CAA, to address projcet-related questions andissues as necessary and appropriate. AIT's designated represent-ative, UCAR, will participate in project review meetings to ens-ure that the project is completed on schedule. The project mana-gement task includes develping, coordinating, and managing thework performed by AIT's designated representative, UCAR, and UC-AR's Cooperative Partner III, responding to requests made by TE-CRO's designated representative CAA, interfacing with project p-articipants including the CAA and CAA's Cooperative parthner CWB, and the airlines, preparing progress reports, participating inAOAWS project-related meetings, reviewing and submitting delive-rable documents, preparing and submitting project correspondence, and administerin the AOAWS contracts and subcontracts. |