ACIS Applied Climate Information System

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ACIS - Applied Climate Information System
NRCC
HPRCC
MRCC
WRCC
SERCC
SRCC
ACIS Development Center (RCC)
ACIS Users
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Available now to subscribers
To receive more subscription details ACIS
on-line HPRCC University of
Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583-0728 Or Email h
ttp//www.hprcc.unl.edu/comments.html
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System Architecture Takes advantage of
the internet and the latest web
tools Distributed/Synchronized data
bases Redundancy built in to handle system
failures Flexible interface can link to part or
all of the ACIS product suite Object-oriented
programming design allows for extension of
capabilities
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State-of-the-Art Techniques

• netCDF Data Structures
• PostgreSQL RDBMS (for metadata)
• Python and JAVA programming languages
• Quixote (web application server)
• CORBA compliant network software
• Open Source software components

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Integrated Data Sources
Time-integrated datasets Coop-3206, 3200 (final,
preliminary, keyed), and NOAAport (SHEF, DSM,
local) 9641 (normals) 3280 (surface
airways) 3220 (monthly) planned Integrated
with other data sources Mesonets AWDN-
Operational RAWS, SNOWTEL, SCAN, USGS -
planned Meta data to support all
stations Resolution of inconsistencies
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Quality Assurance Programs
Built on open architecture concept with high
speed algorithms Procedures tuned to site and
season Refined interpolation leads to tighter
confidence intervals Estimates provided but
original data retained Manuscript in preparation
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Mapping Products Standard and
Regional map products Analyses match at the
boundaries Over 1700 maps generated and
maintained on-line 38 maps updated daily 14
maps for latest month/season 9 maps/month are
archived Maps regenerated as high-quality data
obtained SHEF ? NCDC prelim ? NCDC final
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COOP SITE
AWDN STATIONS
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Same Product for AWDN Site
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Recent ACIS Developments NCDC includes ACIS
maps in reports Drought Monitor teams use ACIS
maps to resolve finer spatial resolution of
drought NCDC and USDA provided with ACIS daily
data USDA/JAWF Delta Research Station
provided with XML-RPC clients NWS web sites
adopt ACIS maps http//www.crh.noaa.gov/gid/svrwx
/events03/ may_drought/drought/drought_update.ht
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ACIS Supported Access Public Users Web
interface to standard ACIS products Custom
interfaces to selected products Wholesale
Users Manual or automated scripting via
XML-RPC Access to standard ACIS products ACIS
outputs feed local products Efficient access
to recurring products Product
Developer Programs within ACIS
environment Develops new products to satisfy
needs
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Available now to subscribers
To receive more subscription details ACIS
on-line HPRCC University of
Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583-0728 Or Email h
ttp//www.hprcc.unl.edu/comments.html