About ADAGUC Frans van der Wel Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute 1st ADAGUC Workshop De Bilt, 3-4 October 2006 Frans van der Wel Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute 1st ADAGUC Workshop De Bilt, 3-4 October 2006

ADAGUC is about … Bringing together –People –Knowledge –Technology Atmospheric Data Access for the Geospatial User Community Bringing together –People –Knowledge –Technology Atmospheric Data Access for the Geospatial User Community

Atmospheric Science

GI Science

A golden team!

process driven spatiotemporal visualisation continuous time series paradigm dynamic WMO as a reference specialists only dedicated data driven spatial mapping discrete/continuous layer paradigm static ESRI as a reference widely used out-of-the-box data driven spatial mapping discrete/continuous layer paradigm static ESRI as a reference widely used out-of-the-box GIS and AIS

GIS can bridge the gap between science and end users GIS is supported by a rapidly evolving geo information science AIS can offer analyses, models and data sources not yet available in GIS AIS can enrich visualisation options GIS can bridge the gap between science and end users GIS is supported by a rapidly evolving geo information science AIS can offer analyses, models and data sources not yet available in GIS AIS can enrich visualisation options Why GIS & AIS?

Higher spatial resolution of NWP models require (better) geographical data Geographical applications require weather data for severe weather warnings, fighting natural disasters, precision farming, defense... Higher spatial resolution of NWP models require (better) geographical data Geographical applications require weather data for severe weather warnings, fighting natural disasters, precision farming, defense... Why GIS & AIS?

A project is born … Introducing GIS in Atmospheric Science is only feasible if we can easily exchange data THE MOMENT is now: NetCDF in ArcGIS 9.2, impact of Google Earth, web services, policies, social relevance … COST-719 Action just finished, valuable cooperation continues Look for a ‘case’ : SCIAMACHY Introducing GIS in Atmospheric Science is only feasible if we can easily exchange data THE MOMENT is now: NetCDF in ArcGIS 9.2, impact of Google Earth, web services, policies, social relevance … COST-719 Action just finished, valuable cooperation continues Look for a ‘case’ : SCIAMACHY

Scope of ADAGUC Atmosperic data, not exclusively SCIAMACHY, but only limited time and resources Development of ‘generic’ tools and web services Listen, talk, look around! Atmosperic data, not exclusively SCIAMACHY, but only limited time and resources Development of ‘generic’ tools and web services Listen, talk, look around!

Learn from each other …

“...the map projection that I choose is Mercator, just because it is the map projection that I am the most familiar with as a weather forecaster...” … is never a bad idea!