Current Project Objectives

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Current Project Objectives

• Recommend and demonstrate to the CEC approaches
  for the comparability of techniques and
  methodologies for data gathering and analysis,
  data management, and electronic data
  communications for promoting access to publicly
  available electric utility emissions
• Identify, collect, and review existing sources
  of electric generating utility (EGU) emissions
  and activity databases, and provide a summary of
  the state-of-science
• Build a prototype web browser tool to query,
  retrieve, and explore emissions data from
  heterogeneous databases

The projects focus is on criteria pollutants and
toxics because of their availability and
accessibility.
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Guiding Principles

• Distributed. The data sources remain distributed
  and in the control of their providers. The data
  are dynamically accessed through the internet
  rather than through a central repository.
• Non-intrusive. Data providers are more likely to
  participate if joining an integrated network does
  not impose new or additional burden on them.
• Transparent. The distributed data should appear
  to originate from a single database to the end
  user. One stop shopping and one interface to
  multiple data sets are desired without required
  special software or download on the users
  computer.
• Flexible/Extendable. An emissions network should
  be designed with the ability to easily
  incorporate new data and tools from new nodes
  joining the network so that they can be
  integrated with existing data and tools.

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Envisioned Emissions Community Resource of Data
Tools
Users Projects
Data
Data Catalogs
Mediators
Wrappers
Emissions Inventory Catalog
Geospatial One-Stop
XML
Report Generation
RDBMS
Data Analysis
Emissions Inventories
Activity Data
Web Tools/Services
Comparison of Emissions Methods
Emissions Factors
Spatial Allocation
GIS
Model Development
Surrogates
Estimation Methods
Transport Models
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Embedded Images and Controllers in a Web Page
Parameter Controller
Date Controller
Query Controller
The controllers and map image view can be linked
and assembled in a web page. Changing the
settings of a controller changes the URL of the
map image and updates the web page. The web
page can be constructed using standard web
application programming languages, such as
JavaScript and ASP.
http//www.datafed.net/WebApps/MiscApps/NAM_DemoAp
p.html
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North American Emissions Demonstration Data Flow
MapPointAccess
MapPointRender
DataSet CAM Year1999 ParameterSO2
Color Blue SymbolBar Width8
Data Catalog
MapPointAccess
MapPointRender
DataSet eGrid Year1999 ParameterSO2
Color Red SymbolBar Width8
MapImageOverlay
Layer Order N.Am, NEI, eGRid, CAM
MapPointRender
MapPointAccess
Color Green SymbolBar Width8
Wrappers
DataSet NEI Year1999 ParameterSO2
MapImageAccess
MapImageRender
Color Maroon Size2
DataSet N.Am. Borders
The settings of each web service can be changed
by the user, creating a dynamic application
Name
web service
Settings
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2002 North American Powerplant Emissions
Web Application
Report
North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation
http//webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/ datafed.
aspx?pagePowerPlant_Emissions
http//www.cec.org/files/PDF/ POLLUTANTS/PowerPlan
t_AirEmission_en.pdf
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Distributed Fire Data Sources
Numerous state, regional, and national fire
related databases and online access applications
exist. The challenge is to bring them together,
on-the-fly, without requiring substantial changes
to the underlying systems.
UMaryland
BlueSkyRAINS
NOAA
WFAS
USGS
GeoMAC
Also need to access data sources that are not
Web-ready.
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Distributed Data Components and Flow
Data Wrappers
Export Grid
BLM Fire History
Export Table
FS Coarse Spatial Data
DataFed VIEWS
GIS Interfaces
NEI Fire Emissions
ftp
HMS Fire Detection
Wildland Fire Assessment System
text tables
DataFed Fire Data Catalog
Local Data
RDBMS
VIEWS
Spatial Interpolation
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Aggregation Tools
Fire Pixels June 16-23, 2004
Spatially Aggregated
Spatially Aggregated
Monthly Sum
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Data Analysis Tools
Modular tools can be customized and used in web
pages
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Standards Based Data Sharing
Open Geospatial Specifications (OGC) for web
mapping
Web Map Service (images) Web Feature Service
(point/vector data) Web Coverage Service (gridded
data)
Geospatial One-Stop The National Map
http//webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/ogc.wsfl?
SERVICEWMSVERSION1.1.1REQUESTGetCapabilities
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Earth Science Information Partners

• Mission
• Establish and continuously improve science-based
  end-to-end processes that increase the quality
  and value of scientifically sound Earth science
  information provided in a timely manner by a
  federation of partners collaborating to improve
  their collective services
• Strategic Goals
• 1. Serve as facilitator and advisor for the
  Earth science information community.
• 2. Promote efficient flow of Earth science data
  from collection to end-use.
• 3. Improve quality and usability of Earth
  science data and information systems.
• 4. Expand the use of Earth science information
  get it to the decision-makers.
• 5. Educate the public about Earth science and
  science information systems.

ESIP Federation Clusters Clusters are formed by
a group of ESIP members to address a particular
problem of interest Intended to promote
informal, easy exchange of information among
partners
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Support of Integrated Solutions by ESIP
Federation
Data Providers
Data Users
Air Quality Management System

• ESIP Federation facilitates the flow of Earth
  Science data into air quality management systems

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Evolution of an AQ Cluster
Air Quality is one of 12 Applications of National
Priority as defined by NASA and is one of 5
National Application Areas most frequently
selected as an area of interest by ESIP members
and stakeholders. January 2005 An air quality
focus group met during the 2005 ESIP Winter
Meeting to discuss how ESIP might play a role in
advancing the use of earth science data in air
quality management. Interest is high within ESIP
and air quality is recommended as a new ESIP
cluster. March 2005 A draft strawman report is
generated that outlines the formation of an ESIP
AQ Cluster. The report is circulated among
potential stakeholders within EPA, NOAA, and
NASA. Interest within EPA is high. March 2005
ESIP meets with ESRI and EPA/ORD and EPA/OEI to
discuss ideas for an ESIP Federation Portal. Air
quality is identified as the area of focus for
the demonstrating and developing a portal and the
AQ Cluster is asked to assist in developing the
AQ component of the portal. Today An objective
in presenting the AQ Cluster today is to gain
feedback, recruit participants, and conceptually
enhance the goals of the cluster.
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Data Providers
Info S T
Data Catalogers
Info Deliverers
Data Processors
ESIP Federation
Info Users
AQ Cluster
AQ Cluster brings together groups and builds
links among them in order to achieve an effective
use of data in decision-making that could not be
achieved by any organization acting on its own.
Information Flow Networks
A
data
tools,methods,services
application
B
C
. . .
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EPA Science Portal
Geo- spatial One-Stop
CMAQ
DATA USER
EPA AQS Portal
mediators
VIEWS
NOAA- NESDIS
ESIP Federation Portal
AIRS
DataFed
States
AIRNOW
NCDC
Regions
DAACS
Nations
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Information flow networks being developed
FASTNET (existing project) an established real
time project for real time access and synthesis
of surface, satellite, and model data that could
be strengthened as part of the AQ Cluster
ESRI/ESIP Portal (under development) Develop
web resource for consolidated access to air
quality related data products and
visualization/analysis tools. Also will provide
collaboration tools to foster development of
other AQ information chains.
Supplement VIEWS with satellite data (being
planned)- Provide convenient mechanisms for
semi-automated access, processing and synthesis
of satellite derived aerosol parameters
coinciding with surface air quality monitors for
comparison in VIEWS system.