Title: SAROPS EDS Environmental Data Server
1SAROPSEDS Environmental Data Server
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Art Allen United States Coast Guard Office of
Search Rescue
Eoin (Owen) Howlett ASA
2USCG Area of SAR Responsibility
3CG wide SAR Statistics
4Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
5Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
6Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
7Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
- Use model to determine search area
8Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
- Use model to determine search area
- Estimate resource availability and capability
9Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
- Use model to determine search area
- Estimate resource availability and capability
- Plan, promulgate perform the next search
10Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
- Use model to determine search area
- Estimate resource availability and capability
- Plan, promulgate perform the next search
- Evaluate the completed search
11Search Rescue Problem
- Create a SAR case when alerted
- Gather information about case
- Get environmental data uncertainties
- Use model to determine search area
- Estimate resource availability and capability
- Plan, promulgate perform the next search
- Evaluate the completed search
- Repeat above until survivors
- are found and rescued
12USCG Data Parameters
Currents - Sea Surface
13USCG Data Parameters
Surface Wind Speed (10m)
14Environmental Data Server (EDS)
- Access to global/regional current and wind data
- Data from NOAA, NAVY, Regional Associations,
Universities and commercial providers - Aggregation Services (temporal and spatial)
- Redundancy and Backup
- Objective Analysis Tools
- Web Services Protocols
15SAROPS EDS Data
- Operational Forecast Model Data
- Observation Data (NDBC buoys, satellite,
drifters, Sea Surface Radar, etc.) - Seasonal data
- Tidal databases (harmonic databases)
16EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
17EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
18EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
19EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
20EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
21EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
22EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
23Example EDS Data Sources
- Winds
- FNMOC NOGAPS
- FNMOC COAMPS
- NOAA NCEP NAM
- NOAA NCEP GFS
- NOAA NDFD
- NOAA NDBC
- Regional Models (e.g GLERL)
- Other commercial
- Currents
- NAVO Global NCOM
- NOAA NCEP HYCOM
- NOS Regional
- ADCIRC
- CODAR
- Regional Models
- Other Bluelink, Satellite Data (AOML),
commercial
24Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
25Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
26Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
Web Service XML Request
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
27Winds Currents Drifters Weather
- Data Service
- Spatial Aggregation Service
- Temporal Aggregation Service
- Objective Analysis
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
NetCDF Data
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
28Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
OGC WMS/WFS/SOS/WCS
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
29Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
JMBL
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
30Decision Status
Months 0-12
Month 18
Month 24
Month 36
Integration
Transport
Test Evaluation
Benchmarked
- Metrics
- Efficiency
- Speed
- Resolution
- Accuracy
- Length
- Economics
scheduled
Feb 2008
Aug 2008
Feb 2009
Feb 2010
actual
May 2008
Aug 2008
Feb 2009
Feb 2010
31Davis/ CODE drifterSelf-Locating DatumMarker
Buoys (SLDMB)
30 minute GPS positions via Argos
32SLDMB Deployments1 Jan 2006 31 Dec 2007
33MarianoSeasonal ship-set driftCaribbean Sea
34NOAA NCEP North Atlantic HYCOMNew York Bight
35EDS Uncertainties (knots)
36EDS Oil Spill Use
37Conclusions
- SAROPS - operational in the USCG since January
2007 - Use of open standards allows for interoperability
- Adding improved regional coastal data
- Need for uncertainty measurements and dispersion
coeffs - Researching new Lagrangian techniques
38Questions
Art Allen Arthur.A.Allen_at_uscg.mil Eoin Howlett
ehowlett_at_asascience.com