Climate Monitoring Tools High Plains Regional Climate Center

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Climate Monitoring Tools High Plains Regional Climate Center Christy Carlson Regional Climatologist

Climate Monitoring Tools High Plains Regional Climate Center Christy Carlson Regional Climatologist

Applied Climate Information System l Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) ¡ l NOAA Regional

Applied Climate Information System l Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) ¡ l NOAA Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) A framework for management of metadata and climate data ¡ ¡ ¡ Ingest, Quality Control, and Archive Multiple Datasets Networked/Robust System Distributed Data Management Manages climate data (so you don’t have to!)

Applied Climate Information System ACIS provides a platform for suites of climate products l

Applied Climate Information System ACIS provides a platform for suites of climate products l CLIMOD (RCCs) l xm. ACIS (NWS) l NOWData (NWS) l Ag. ACIS (NRCS) For More Information, please see http: //www. rcc-acis. org

Current Climate Summary Maps Produced Daily at HPRCC l Maps produced on a National,

Current Climate Summary Maps Produced Daily at HPRCC l Maps produced on a National, Regional and State Level l Products produced include: l ¡ ¡ Precipitation (Total, Departure from Normal, % of Normal, SPI) Temperature (Average, HDD, CDD, Departure from Normal) Over 2000 Maps produced each day http: //hprcc. unl. edu/maps

Gridded SPI Product Produced for the NDMC Updated Daily Available through Current Climate Summary

Gridded SPI Product Produced for the NDMC Updated Daily Available through Current Climate Summary Maps interface l 30, 60, 90, 6 -month, 12 -month, From Jan 1 (current year) and From October 1 (water year) updated daily. l Last Month, Last 3 Months, and Last 12 months available (updated monthly) l Uses Stations with at-least 30 years of data l l l

Station-Level Products l Station Metadata l Dynamic Visualizations using data from ACIS l SPI

Station-Level Products l Station Metadata l Dynamic Visualizations using data from ACIS l SPI Time-Series Product (in development) l Soil Moisture products available for AWDN stations (10, 25, 50 and 100 cm depths, root zone water)

NDMC Drought Atlas l Connections to ACIS for Current Climate Data (Online Atlas) l

NDMC Drought Atlas l Connections to ACIS for Current Climate Data (Online Atlas) l Quality Control l Dynamic Station-Level climate data and time-series graphics for online interface

XML-RPC Connections to ACIS l e. Xtensible Markup Language – Remote Procedure Call l

XML-RPC Connections to ACIS l e. Xtensible Markup Language – Remote Procedure Call l Provides dynamic methods of retrieving climate data l Any framework that has XML-RPC capabilities can make client calls to any RCC XML-RPC server l Intended for dynamic online interfaces

Future l Expand Station-Level and Spatial product offerings ¡ ¡ ¡ l Online GIS

Future l Expand Station-Level and Spatial product offerings ¡ ¡ ¡ l Online GIS interface to Current Climate Summary Products ¡ ¡ ¡ l ‘Favorite’ stations lists Automated report generation (via email, ftp, etc) Customized XML-RPC connections to ACIS for other organizations Linking of station-level time-series information to spatial products Ability to save favorite views/products and quickly cover areas of interest Downloadable files in multiple formats for Products (GIS, CSV, PDF, JPG, PNG, etc) Improve Quality Control of Real-Time Data in ACIS

Thank You l HPRCC Website ¡ http: //hprcc. unl. edu l ACIS Information ¡

Thank You l HPRCC Website ¡ http: //hprcc. unl. edu l ACIS Information ¡ http: //www. rcc-acis. org