NOAACPC GIS Project

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An Update of the NOAA/ Climate Prediction Center
GIS Project Viviane Silva CPAS Workshop 26
March 2009
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OUTLINE

• GrADS/GIS
• CPC NIDIS
• CPCs Role In the NOAA Climate Services Project
• CPC NCEP Central Operations GIS Plans
• 34th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction
  Workshop

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GrADS

• GrADS is the core software used to generate the
  vast majority of CPCs web products distributed
  to the public.
• GRADS The Grid Analysis and Display System
• It is widely used around the world by the
  Climate community.
• GrADS was developed and is maintained and
  supported at the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere
  Studies (COLA)

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GrADS/GIS
CPC / COLA GIS Proposal
Funded by the NOAA/ Climate Test Bed (CTB)

• GrADS will be enhanced by adding GIS vector and
  raster formats as output options
• GrADS scripts used for product generation at CPC
  will be modified to produce output in GIS format
  in addition to the native grids and graphical
  formats already produced

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GrADS/GIS

• Currently we are testing two formats
• GeoTIFF
• KML
• GrADS Commands

KML
GeoTIFF
'set geotiff filename' 'set gxout
geotiff' 'display variable'
'set kml filename' 'set gxout kml' 'display
variable'
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GrADS - GeoTIFF
Example CPC Global Precipitation Analysis
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Example GFS Precipitation
GrADS KML File
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GrADS/GIS Version Release
http//www.iges.org/grads/

• Target Date
• April 2009
• GrADS Users Group

Send a request to gradsusr-request_at_list.cineca.i
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CPC NIDIS Collaboration
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CPC GIS Layers Currently Available for NIDIS
(Temporary Solution)
Open Source GeoServer
http//www.cpcgis.ncep.noaa.gov/
Web Mapping Services (WMS) that meet the
standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
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Improving the Display of the Seasonal Drought
Outlook

• Allow users to see additional features on the
  map.
• Example provide the ability to zoom in

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CPCs Role in the NOAA Climate Services Project

• Founding Member
• 4 Dedicated Employees Working in the Following
  areas
• Project management
• Design
• Product/Data Management
• User Testing and Outreach
• Strengthening Partnerships To
• Enhance Website/Product Design and Functionality
• Facilitate understanding and awareness of NOAAs
  Climate Information

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NCS Portal Development Team Participating
Offices

• Ocean and Atmospheric Research
• NOAA Climate Program Office
• Earth System Research Lab

• National Weather Service
• Climate Prediction Center
• Climate Services Division

• National Ocean Service
• Coastal Services Center

• National Environmental, Satellite, and Data
  Information Service (NESDIS)
• National Climatic Data Center, including the IDEA
  Center
• NOAA Regional Climate Centers

• NOAA Office of the CIO
• NOAA Office of Education
• NOAA Information Architect, Office of the Under
  Secretary

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Improving CPC Product Delivery

• CPC is hiring a web design expert to help
  re-design our webpage consistent with the NCS
  portal
• Collaboration with the CPO Communication Program
  Team is essential
• Developing the CPC GIS Portal

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CPC NCEP Central Operations (NCO) GIS Plans

• NCO will buy two ArcGIS Enterprise Licenses
• One for Development
• One for Operations
• CPC GIS Portal will be hosted by the NOAA/ Web
  Operations Center (WOC)
• The GIS Server will be on a LINUX Environment

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Coordination with the OSIP GIS Project Team

• OSIP (Operations and Services Improvement
  Process) - is the official NWS project process.
• CPC is providing updates regarding the CPC GIS
  project to the OSIP leader - Kari Sheets
• We hope this aids coordination across the NWS.

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34th Climate Diagnostics Prediction Workshop
Monterey, California, on 26-30 October 2009.

• The workshop will focus in three major themes
• improving climate predictions / predictability
• understanding and attribution of climate
  variability and its impacts, and
• application of climate predictions / projections
  in the development and delivery of products
• Presentations on GIS based products are
  encouraged.

http//www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/CDP
W34.shtml
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Thanks !!!

• Viviane.Silva_at_noaa.gov