NOAA nowCOAST GIS-Web Mapping Portal to Near-Real-Time Weather & Ocean Data, Warnings, and Forecasts - Map Viewer & Web Map Services - John G.W. Kelley and Jason Greenlaw Coast Survey Development Laboratory NOAA/National Ocean Service/Office of Coast Survey Clearinghouse Earthquake Exercise Prep Series March 23, 2016
NOAA/NOS’ nowCOAST GIS-Based Web Mapping Portal Purpose: - Provide users with situational awareness/coastal intelligence of the recent past, present, & future environmental conditions for the coastal USA - Initial users included commercial & recreational mariners, emergency managers, search & rescue and HAZMAT response, and fishermen Accomplished by: - Integrating real-time observations, imagery, analyses, outlooks, warnings, forecasts, & model forecast guidance from NOS, NWS, and NESDIS Weather Radar Cloud Imagery Rainfall Analyses Outlooks Watches/Warnings Temp Forecast Model Guidance - Providing data and information via web map services & map viewer
nowCOAST ArcGIS Map Services • ArcGIS REST Map Services feeds nowCOAST’s Map Viewer • ArcGIS REST Map Services and OGC Web Map Services (WMS) feed external map viewers for other NOAA offices, Homeland Security, Private Sector, and many others ArcIMS Image Service Web Map Services Fifth Third Bank DHS/FEMA & Red Cross NOAA/NWS/EDD NOAA/NOS/ERMA National Shelter System
Importance of nowCOAST • NOAA’s nowCOAST has become a critical data source for NOAA and NOAA users, many of which provide 24 x 7 decision support function to theirs users. … it works great in our emergency operation app for our I am a charter boat captain and the first weather I check every day is nowCOAST …I’m loyal user and advocate. Police & Fire Dept.…Thanks for making this information Capt. Dan Ryder, sailchannelisland.com available to the public. Gerald Lee II, GIS Coord., City of Mufreesboro, TN Thanks for the service John, the CG makes operation use of it every day. Robert Netsch CTR, USGS The Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center (NOC) frequently uses geospatial web content from NOAA NowCOAST, via the DHS The NOAA nowCOAST information is critical to the Common Operating Picture (COP), to enhance Chevron Gulf of Mexico BU Persons-On-Board situational awareness on emerging weather hazards to Hurricane Evacuation Decision Support Center, to the homeland. NowCOAST WMS services are used daily ensure proper evacuation decision making in an by the NOC to assist in briefing DHS senior decision attempt to protect human lives on-board our off-shore makers, to include the White House Situation Room, on platforms. potential environmental impacts to the homeland. NowCOAST’s value is evidenced by its use not just in Costas Kotzabassis, GOM GIS Coordinator the DHS COP, but in many other homeland security …the web services exposed via nowcoast are enterprise user-defined operating pictures such as DHS great…[the maps from nowcoast were used] to Geospatial Information Infrastructure, OneView, USCG produce hourly maps in the Washington State DOT E-GIS , and many others. EOC….to brief the Sec. of Transportation. Michael Donnnelly, Geospatial Data Architect Rich Daniels, GIS Product Support DHS/OCIO/Geospatial Management Office
nowCOAST Monthly Web Stats – Hits Hit = A single request which may be for a specific file, a particular referrer, or some other use of a resource. Slide 5
nowCOAST Web Map Services REST and OGC Web Map Services (WMS) Time-Enabled Map Services (28) Time-Offsets Map Services (23) NWS Weather Radar Mosaic NESDIS GOES Imagery NOAA In-Situ Surface Weather Obs NOS Ocean Model Forecasts NWS Quantitative Precip. Estimates NWS Global Real-Time Ocean Forecast System NWS Real-Time Mesoscale Analyses NWS NDFD Sfc Weather Forecasts NOS & NWS Ocean Model Guidance NWS NDFD Sfc Weather Forecasts (*only for selected forecast projections and limited NWS/NHC Track/Int Fcsts & Best Track forecast horizon*) NWS Short/Long Duration Watchs/Warnings/Advisories NWS Outlooks (Convective & Fire Wx) Lightning Strike Density Geolinks Map Services (5) Sfc Observing Stns (ASOS,PORTS,Buoys) NWS & NOS AHPS & TAF Fcst Points Ocean Model Fcst Points NWS Forecast Discussions NOS HAB Forecasts NWS Marine Weather Forecasts
nowCOAST Map Viewer Map Overlays & Basemaps Choice of Layer Menu or Legend Forecasts Available at the top of menu Related On-Map Data Layers & Hyperlinks Together Animation using one time control for all data layers
Demo of new nowCOAST Map Viewer http://nowcoast.noaa.gov
LayerInfo Web Service • Types of information retrievable from the service: • Timestamps • Given a ‘display time’, return the actual timestamps of all data displayed Request: /layerinfo?service=radar_meteo_imagery_nexrad_time& request=timestamps&layers=3&displaytime=now Response: RIDGE2 Weather Radar: Hawaii: 2014-02-05 15:15:00.0 Alaska: 2014-02-05 15:15:00.0 CONUS: 2014-02-05 15:10:00.0 Guam: 2014-02-05 15:15:00.0 Puerto Rico: 2014-02-05 15:15:00.0 Slide 9
LayerInfo Web Service • Types of information retrievable from the service: Legends • Return an HTML legend for a specified layer • • For some layers, a “Dynamic Legend” is returned which only shows legends for values present in the dataset (e.g., only show legend images for active watch/warning/advisory types) Request: /layerinfo?service=wwa_meteoceanhydro_longduration_hazard s_time&request=legend Response: Slide 10
nowCOAST and NOAA Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) Infrastructure • National Ocean Service’s nowCOAST GIS Web Mapping Portal (http://nowcoast.noaa.gov) hosted at the NOAA IDP infrastructure operated and monitored 24 x 7 by the NWS/NCEP Central Operations – located at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP), College Park, MD – Virtual Machines (VM) Environment – environment designed to support load balancing and failover for high availability – backup site in Boulder, CO (~ Summer 2016)
NOAA/NOS nowCOAST http://nowcoast.noaa.gov Info on nowCOAST Map Services http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/help/#!section=map services Questions: nowcoast.team@noaa.gov
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