[Data-Mongers] new IOOS model viewer and sensor map

[Stace Beaulieu]

Woods Hole Data Mongers -

you may be interested (from today's Ocean Leadership news):


On 8/8/2016 2:13 PM, Ocean Leadership wrote:
> <http://oceanleadership.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=222a27da663bc7a6c129815e5&id=7164adfb89&e=c235237dfb> 
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>       THE INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (IOOS®) PROGRAM OFFICE
>       RELEASES INNOVATIVE NEW TOOLS FOR INTEGRATING AND VISUALIZING
>       OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
>       <http://oceanleadership.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=222a27da663bc7a6c129815e5&id=95a68c2e4c&e=c235237dfb>
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> The IOOS Model Viewer 
> <http://oceanleadership.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=222a27da663bc7a6c129815e5&id=e11f7a20f4&e=c235237dfb>, 
> released May 1, enables users to view and analyze model output and 
> supplemental observations. The viewer was developed by RPS Applied 
> Science Associates (ASA) in partnership with IOOS. The Environmental 
> Data Server (EDS) is the source of model output displayed in the Model 
> Viewer. It harvests met-ocean data from disparate sources, which it 
> then converts  into a single format (mostly into netCDF format). The 
> EDS aggregates data spatially and temporally and serves as a single 
> source for a variety of met-ocean data and model output. The data 
> stored in the EDS can be pulled into various map-based clients (e.g. 
> SAROPS viewer, Esri ArcMap, the IOOS Model Viewer). A THREDDS Data 
> Server instance layered on top of EDS provides catalog and DAP 
> services. The model data that can be accessed in the viewer currently 
> are currents, water temperature, salinity, water level, winds, and 
> waves. The IOOS viewer acts as a virtual data center for model output.
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> The Environmental Sensor Map 
> <http://oceanleadership.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=222a27da663bc7a6c129815e5&id=d61dab6e67&e=c235237dfb>, 
> released on June 1, integrates regional, national, and global 
> real-time data (within the last four hours) across the IOOS enterprise 
> from both federal and nonfederal sources. It currently displays data 
> from approximately 32,000 stations and 119,515 sensors. The hexagonal 
> binning seen in the default view are averages of streaming real-time 
> data and provide an aggregated view of information at a glance. This 
> binning changes as you zoom into a location, and individual stations 
> appear the closer the user zooms in. The map was developed by Axiom 
> and began as an experiment (the broker/scalability test) to see how 
> much real-time information could be ingested into a product at once 
> before it buckled under the load.  However, it never broke, and IOOS 
> ultimately invested in the product to integrate ocean observing data 
> for the nation. Overall, the tool provides analytics, summaries, and 
> visualizations of real-time data and showcases IOOS Regional 
> Association infrastructure and capabilities.
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Stace E. Beaulieu, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist, Biology Dept.
MS #34, Redfield 104
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
   
Email stace at whoi.edu
Tel +1 508 289 3536, Skype stace.beaulieu
http://www.whoi.edu/website/sbeaulieu

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