An ArcIMS based Hurricane Tracker Application EMHURR Ira Graffman NWS Office of Science & Technology John Kozimor QSS Group

 Geographically driven website for displaying, and accessing tropical cyclone, and related meteorological, and hydro-meteorological datasets.  Designed to provide emergency managers with a means of displaying, or assessing near-real time data during a tropical storm/hurricane strike. What is EMHURR?

 Water Resources Internet Mapping Team – Sept 2001  Internet Mapping Team – August 2002  EMHURR version 1 Developed – Sept 2003  EMHURR version 2 in Development History

  Provides the ability to selectively access and interact with data.   Provides users with tools to access data as a web map service to allow integration with local GIS data via GIS software and viewers.   Allows users to have the ability to download source data. What Does EMHURR Do?

SCOPE  Information associated with hurricanes –Hurricane track/cone of uncertainty –Watches/warnings –Satellite –Wind –Precipitation –Flooding –Limited reference information  Southeastern U.S.  September-November, 2003  Primary audience: emergency management community

Internet Map Services (IMS) What Is It?   Allows users to access and interact with spatial data using only a web browser. How will IMS Benefit NOAA?   Provides a means of viewing NOAA data resources in a natural map based fashion.   Provides a foundation for integrating and distributing NOAA’s vast data resources using multiple or distributed databases..   Encourages enterprise collaboration among NOAA line offices and programs.

Data Data LayerSourceUpdate FrequencyFormat Storm TrackNHC Forecast Advisory As often as advisory issued, usually every 6 hours Text Select Watches/Warnings & Advisories WFOs via OCIO6 minutesXML Satellite (GOES IR)NESDIS30 minutesGEOTiff River Stage & Crest Forecast RFCs30 minutesText Flash Flood Guidance LM RFCHourlyShapefile Flood OutlookHPCOnce per dayText Observed Precipitation RFCsTwice per dayShapefile Precipitation Forecast HPCOnce per dayGRIB1 WindWFOs via NDFDHourlyGRIB2

Storm Warning Satellite River Flood Outlook FFG QPF Precip Wind Crunch Server (windows) Data Conversion Data Creation Data Update Geo-processing Data Data Flow Process IMS Server (windows) Shapefiles

ArcIMS Viewer

Crest fcst

Flood Outlook

1 day precip

Obs 7 Day Precip

12 Hr Wind

24 Hr Wind

Integrate Web Data with Local Data ESRI Desktop Clients   ArcExplorer   ArcGIS

Wind Speed by Congressional District

North Carolina Precipitation by Census Tract

Hurricane Track Precipitation

North Carolina Hospitals

 Implement a Database-centric Architecture.  Migrate Data Creation Scripts to Visual Basic/ArcObjects Development Environment.  User Interaction Enhancements to the Viewer.  Data Download/Extraction Functionality. EMHURR Version II

Version II (continued) Area expanded to encompass Atlantic and Caribbean, Eastern, Central and Western Pacific Use Database to store features (storm tracks, background maps, etc) Use database to store rasters (satellite images, radar data, gridded output).

Data Flow Process Crunch Server (windows) Data Conversion Data Creation Data Update Geo-processing ArcIMS Win Server Data ArcSDEArcSDE SQLServer Storm Warning Satellite River Flood Outlook FFG QPF Precip Wind

Challenges Overcome  Migrating Hurricane track decoder from Avenue to Visual Basic (VB)  Limited ArcObjects/VB Training  No training on SQL Server, ArcSDE  Upgrade to ESRI ArcGIS v 9.0

Where Are We Now (26 July)  Hurricane decoder working  ARCIMS Interface working  Satellite (GOES East & West)  National Radar

Acknowledgements Software, Templates & Technical Support   NOS – Coastal Services Center (CSC), IMS Template – – Ethan Gibney, Brad Smith, Tony Lavoi, Doug Marcy   NWS/MDL – GRIB Decoder – Arthur Taylor   NWS/LMRFC – River Data Extract Script – David Welch   QSS Group – Conversion Scripts – Daniel Konde   Raytheon Corp. – Conversion Scripts – Rory Moore   Raytheon Corp. – Legend Graphics – Melody Magnus   NWS/OST/SEC – System Admin – Dario Leonardo   ESRI – Tech Support – Simon Evans

Acknowledgements Data   NESDIS – GOES Image – Ralph Meiggs   OCIO – WWA – Bob Bunge   LMRFC – FFG – Keith Stellman   LMRFC – River Data – David Welch   SERFC – River Data – Jonathan Atwell, Brad Gimmested   WGRFC – River Data – Bob Corby, Frank Bell   WGRFC – Precipitation Data – Frank Bell Administrative Lead   NWS/OCWWS – Frank Richards

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