Towards Better Utilization of NEXRAD Data in Hydrology Anton Kruger, University of Iowa AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco, December 11, 2006 UCAR/Unidata Princeton University National Climatic Data Center The University of Iowa
Project Participants The University of Iowa (Lead)The University of Iowa (Lead) –W.F. Krajewski (PI) –A.A. Bradley, A. Kruger, R.E. Lawrence, R. Goska, B. Seo, C Gunyon Princeton UniversityPrinceton University –J.A. Smith (PI) –M. Steiner, M.L.Baeck National Climatic Data CenterNational Climatic Data Center –S.A. Delgreco (PI) UCAR/Unidata Program CenterUCAR/Unidata Program Center –M. K. Ramamurthy (PI) –W.J. Weber
Project Goal …to provide the science community with ready access to the vast archives and real-time information collected by the national network of NEXRAD radars. The main focus is on radar-rainfall data for use in hydrology, hydrometeorology, and water resources.
User/Client’s View “Find all the 2002 storms over the Ralston Creek watershed with mean areal precipitation greater than X mm, and with a spatial extent of more than Z km 2, with a duration of less than N hours. I want the data in GeoTIFF” User/Client Program Library Get data Connect and query Get URIs HTTP Data Archive Metadata Archive UI Metadata Archive UI “Find all the 2002 storms over the Ralston Creek watershed with mean areal precipitation greater than X mm, and with a spatial extent of more than Z km 2, with a duration of less than N hours. I want the data in GeoTIFF” Web Services (SOAP)
Interface Overview
Map Layers
Domain Selection
Drill Down
Grids
Grids
Mark & Select Basin
Which Radar?
Select Output Grid
Select Date
Color-coded with metadata Browse Metadata
Query Metadata
Product Selection
Rainfall Estimation Algorithms
Output Format
Ready To Go
You Will Be Sent an When Job Is Done
Check On Job Status
Compute Engine Metadata Archive CUAHSI HIS Data Archive Unidata Extreme Events University A Runoff Model Data Archive Metadata Archive NCDC Injects NEXRAD Data University B Internet Request
Some Statistics Total size of radar data: 130 TBTotal size of radar data: 130 TB 8,492,580 files8,492,580 files Mosaics 34559Mosaics Metadata Rows in Database:4,319,990Metadata Rows in Database:4,319,990 Radars: 33Radars: 33 Radar-years: 84:Radar-years: 84: –For KMLB: 2 years –KTLX: 9 years –KDVN: 6 years –KVTX: 2 years
Thank You A Comprehensive Framework for Use of NEXRAD Data in Hydrometeorology and Hydrology NSF Sponsored, Award ATM