1. Southern Regional Climate Center & Louisiana Office of State Climatology
What Do We Do?
Research
Hurricane landfall return periods
Storm surge return periods
Rainfall frequency analysis
Education/Outreach
IWT
Social Media
Teaching
Climate Data Services
Archiving
Product Development
Dispersal

2. ACIS – Applied Climate Information System
Developed and designed by the Regional Climate Centers (RCCs)
Bridges the gap between climate data archivers and users
Climate data products developed & modified with users in mind
Components
Metadata
Data
Data Ingest
Products
User Interface More Information:

3. ACIS – Applied Climate Information System
CLIMOD – Climate Information for Management and Operational Decisions (
Climate data products via web interface
xmACIS (
Similar to CLIMOD, developed specifically for use by the National Weather Service
scACIS (
Similar to xmACIS, developed specifically for use by state climatologists

4. Application #1 - CLIMOD
Houston, TX (Bush Intercontinental airport), received 9.92” of rain on April 18th, is that a 100 year event?

5. Not quite!

6. Application #2 - xmACIS
There was a long stretch of days in summer 2009 when high temperatures in Baton Rouge were in the mid-90s and above, was it the longest such stretch ever?

7. It sure was!

8. Application #3 - scACIS
It was really warm the night of Christmas Eve into Christmas Day morning, were any record high minimum temperatures set in the area?

9. Bounding box selection feature!

10. Several record high minimums temperatures were set!

11. Selected Additional Sources
Southern Regional Climate Center (
Louisiana Office of State Climatology (
National Centers for Environmental Information (
SCIPP (
US Precision Lightning Network (

12. Application #4 – SRCC & NCEI
I have some roof damage caused by hail, when may it have hailed in my local area?

13. (

14. (

15. Application #5 - USPLN
Lightning struck my house and started a fire, I need to document when it happened for the insurance claim.

16. (

17. NCEI Radar Archive (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/)
Slip and fall case at Office Depot in NOLA.

18. River Levels & Forecasts (http://water.weather.gov/ahps/)

19. Additional Resources
Climate Prediction Center:
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network:
Weather Station Information:
Advance Hydrological Prediction Service:
Storm Prediction Center:
Surface Maps:
Forecast Surface Maps:
Climate Reference Network:
Sun & Moon Data:
Global Historical Climatology Network:
Drought Monitor:
Climate Information:
US Historical Climatology Network:
USGS Earthquake Information:
Tide and Currents:
National Data Buoy Network:
Louisiana Water Science Center: