Transcript ESIPposterAirBensNew

Overview
Data Types
Global infrared image and topography composite
The Air Domain encompasses a variety of topic areas, but its
focus is those areas where the Earth's atmosphere is the
primary consideration. These areas include meteorological
and weather studies, climate studies, air quality
measurements and investigations, and atmospheric
chemistry questions that extend through the stratosphere,
and probably can be extended to include the implications of
near space weather in the ionosphere.
AERI
GOES and polar orbiting satellites
LIDAR
Lightning detection networks
Output from forecast models
Radar systems
Rainfall data
Sea surface temperature
Snow cover
Space weather data
Traditional weather station
measurements around the globe
Vertical profiles gathered from
balloon soundings, aircraft-borne
instruments, and wind profiler
networks
Questions and
Issues
Can data sources needed by the
Atmospheric Sciences community be
prioritized?
How important is it to have access to data in
near- realtime?
Users
Sources
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Global Ocean Data Assimilation
Experiment
Infrastructure and societal impacts
data in various GIS systems
Local mesonets
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration
National Virtual Ocean Data
System
TV station radars and automated
networks
US Forestry Service
US Geological Service
Oblique 3D view of Jet Stream at 50 m/sec and wind speed plan view at 250 mb
General public: Will it rain on my
picnic? Okay to camp? Weather safety
(e.g., air quality and UV)
Decision makers: Snow removal, work
scheduling, road closures, drought
assessment, air quality, water resource
management
Builders: Excessive eastern rains have
kept many builders behind schedule
Aviation: Airport delays, safety
NASA: Shuttle launches
Insurance companies: Claims
settlement, severe loss probability
Emergency managers: Hurricane
evacuation, forest fire evacuation
Forestry folks: Fire fighting, fire
detection
Farmers: Planting, harvesting, spread of
insects
Energy companies: Managing energy
supplies
Shipping companies: Storms, waves,
etc.
Sporting events: Outdoor venues,
snowmaking decisions
What is the best way to integrate, store, and
provide access to the data that will result
from the interaction of traditional GIS
datasets and the spatial and temporal
scales of atmospheric science
observations?
Will emerging standards for web services
(e.g., OpenGIS and ISO TC211) be
adequate to represent and serve data from
atmospheric science data systems?
Which tools are best suited for analyzing
and displaying atmospheric data and for
integrating them with data from related
disciplines?
What's the best approach to making data
available for assimilation into local models?
How can we define the goals of cataloging
and distributing realtime and retrospective
observational and model/assimilation
datasets within the context of Digital
Libraries?
Weather station in the field
3-D rendering of jet stream with temperature on Earth’s surface
Local radar data
for assimilation
National forecast model
output for initialization
Local mesonet
observations for
assimilation
THREDDS
Server
Data
Mining
Assimilation
Initialization
“National Instrument”
of
High Resolution Local Forecast Models
Local
weather
forecast
model
Assimilation
Couple
d hydro
model
Plume
dispersion
model
THREDDS
Server
Assimilation
Local
weather
forecast
model
Coupled forecast models running at many
different distributed sites
•Use national forecast model output for
initialization
•Assimilate realtime observational data from
local and national systems
•Make output available for research and
education and for input into other local models
THREDDS
Server