HR: 10:20h
AN: SF12A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Tools for Online Access and Manipulation of Spatial Climate Data
AU: * Gibson, W
EM: gibson@coas.oregonstate.edu
AF: Spatial Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University, 326 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 United States
AU: Daly, C
EM: daly@coas.oregonstate.edu
AF: Spatial Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University, 326 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 United States
AU: Doggett, M K
EM: mdoggett@coas.oregonstate.edu
AF: Spatial Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University, 326 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 United States
AB: Oregon State University's Spatial Climate Analysis Service (SCAS) is dedicated to the spatial analysis and mapping of climate. Using the well-known PRISM climate mapping system, SCAS has created digital climate data sets for the US, Canada, parts of Asia and Europe, and elsewhere. Major projects include official USDA precipitation maps for the US, and a new US climate atlas. SCAS also maintains and regularly updates an ongoing monthly time series of digital precipitation, temperature, and dew point maps for the conterminous US, spanning 1895-present. Many PRISM data sets are made accessible to the public online via Web tools that allow users to views map images, download grids, and explore the data. The Minnesota Mapserver has been implemented to allow users to view and query map layers, and create monthly climate time series over the past century for individual grid cells. Time series data are presented as downloadable graphs and tables. Mapserver is also being used by SCAS in a separate Web application, which is geared towards agriculture. In this application, spatial climate and soils data are used to produce suitability maps for various crop species. In the future, we envision greater use of MapServer capabilities for spatial data quality control activities. SCAS is cooperating with the several institutions in developing the WestMap initiative. WestMap aims to provide an easily accessible, comprehensive package of 1 km monthly (or better) resolution climate data series, with associated accuracy estimates, online analysis tools, and educational resources to the highly diverse user communities of climate data stakeholders in the United States.
UR: http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/prism/
DE: 3309 Climatology (1620)
DE: 1833 Hydroclimatology
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 0315 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions
SC: Special Focus: Advances in Data Acquisition, Management, Analysis and Display [SF]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting