Northeast Regional Climate Center xmACIS & NOWData Keith Eggleston Northeast Regional Climate Center Cornell University
ACIS Update What is ACIS? NOWData and xmACIS updates ACIS Web Services: http://www.rcc-acis.org Issues related to NCDC’s GHCN-Daily
ACIS (Applied Climate Information System) Developed by the Regional Climate Centers Seamless integration, quality control and storage of traditional NOAA data sources with non-NOAA climate data. Provides sector-specific and value-added data products. Established robust and efficient infrastructure for providing climate information.
ACIS Datasets Station data National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) GHCN-Daily NCDC legacy datasets National Weather Service local data holdings NRCC Climate Record Books project Other unique Regional Climate Center networks Real-time data capture
ACIS Datasets Gridded data NRCC Interpolated NRCC Hi-Resolution PRISM - Parameter-elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model NARCCAP - North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program
ACIS Interfaces xmACIS CLIMOD ThreadEx ACIS Maps Drought ACIS SC ACIS NOWData AgACIS cli-MATE
Old NOWData
NOWData2
NOWData Update
NOWData Update
ACIS Interfaces NOWData xmACIS Simplified interface Target: General public xmACIS Many configurable options Target: NWS advanced users
xmACIS Product Updates
xmACIS Product Updates
xmACIS Product Updates
ACIS Product Updates
Seasonal Time Series
ACIS Gridded Data Product
ACIS Structure xmACIS interface NOWData interface Local App Product Library ACIS Web Services ACIS Web Services Data Server ACIS Metadata ACIS Database
ACIS Web Services Single station data access Multi-station analyses State, county, drainage basin, bounding box Station metadata Gridded data Available from most programming languages JavaScript, Python, Perl, PHP
ACIS Partner Products Visit http://rcc-acis.org for links and additional examples
ACIS Web Services
ACIS and GHCN-Daily Databases ACIS Datasets and Priority GHCN-Daily Sources and Priority GHCN-Daily NCDC DSI-3210 NCDC DSI-3200 NCDC DSI-3206 NCDC DSI-3299 (Keyed) * NCDC DSI-3298 (CRB) * NCDC DSI-3205 * CF6 ASOS DSM Shef # * - Unique datasets # - Mostly duplicated Datzilla # CRN and HCN-Modernized * WBAN/ASOS ISD Digitized from paper forms * WxCoder US Forts * NCDC DSI-3211 (Old ASOS) * Monthly ASOS METAR Extract * CoCoRaHS * HPRCC real-time data NCDC DSI-9618 (GSOD) * SNOTEL * RAWS * Various international sources *
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps ACIS uses CF6 data for most recent 90 days
ACIS and GHCN-Daily Databases ACIS Datasets and Priority GHCN-Daily Sources and Priority GHCN-Daily NCDC DSI-3210 NCDC DSI-3200 NCDC DSI-3206 NCDC DSI-3299 (Keyed) * NCDC DSI-3298 (CRB) * NCDC DSI-3205 * CF6 ASOS DSM Shef # * - Unique datasets # - Mostly duplicated Datzilla # CRN and HCN-Modernized * WBAN/ASOS ISD Digitized from paper forms * WxCoder US Forts * NCDC DSI-3211 (Old ASOS) * Monthly ASOS METAR Extract * CoCoRaHS * HPRCC real-time data NCDC DSI-9618 (GSOD) * SNOTEL * RAWS * Various international sources * CF6 (last 90 days) *
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps Original vs. replacement values Replacement values available in ACIS Dataset Comparison Tool
ACIS and GHCN-Daily Databases ACIS Datasets and Priority GHCN-Daily Sources and Priority CF6 (last 90 days) * GHCN-Daily NCDC DSI-3210 (replacement values) NCDC DSI-3200 (replacement values) NCDC DSI-3206 NCDC DSI-3299 (Keyed) * NCDC DSI-3298 (CRB) * NCDC DSI-3205 * CF6 ASOS DSM Shef # * - Unique datasets # - Mostly duplicated Datzilla # CRN and HCN-Modernized * NCDC DSI-3200 (original values only) NCDC DSI-3210 (original values only) WBAN/ASOS ISD Digitized from paper forms * WxCoder US Forts * NCDC DSI-3211 (Old ASOS) * Monthly ASOS METAR Extract * CoCoRaHS * HPRCC real-time data NCDC DSI-9618 (GSOD) * SNOTEL * RAWS * Various international sources *
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps Original vs. replacement values Different QC algorithm
Database Comparison Observation form Datalogger report
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps Original vs. replacement values Different QC algorithm ACIS Dataset Comparison Tool
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps Original vs. replacement values Different QC algorithm QC of extremes NWS assistance for ThreadEx stations
GHCN-Daily Issues
GHCN-Daily Issues Occasional first-order data gaps Original vs. replacement values Different QC algorithm QC of extremes Datzilla
GHCN-Daily Issues http://datzilla.srcc.lsu.edu
GHCN-Daily Issues http://scacis.rcc-acis.org/ACIS_Compare.html
Additional Information ACIS documentation: http://www.rcc-acis.org/ xmACIS: http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/ Contact information: Keith.Eggleston@cornell.edu