Group C2 - Visualization / Analysis

Attendees

Bret Schichtel
Debra Gable
Donna Schwede
Eric Hall
Fred Dimmick
Gregory Leptoukh
Janet Cakir
Jill Engel-Cox (Facilitator)
Jim Szykman
Joe Retzer
John White
Ken Knowle
Melissa Rury
Mike Uhl
Neil Frank (Notes2)
Randy Waite
Richard Payton
Sarav Arunachalam
Sharon Phillips
Sig Christensen
Tesh Rao
Tyler Fox
Uma Shankar
Wayne Faas

Data System Profiles

	Visualization/Analysis	Reusable Tools and Methods
3D-AQS	Not Given	Not Given
AIRNow	Public visualization is via animated GIF maps, offered on the AIRNow.Gov website. Dynamic visualization may be accomplished via the Navigator tool on AIRNowTech. In addition, AQI current conditions and forecasts are available as KML and can be used for Google Earth mashups (http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=google_earth.main).	AIRNow Gateway’s use of standardized web services makes those solutions reusable.
CASTNET	Concentration maps for the Eastern and CONUS regions are shown on the CASTNET website. Deposition trends plots, changes in meteorology, and ozone concentrations are shown for each site on the CASTNET website. Additional publications with supporting visualization and analysis are also available on the website.	Not Given
CMAQ	Not Given	Not Given
DataFed
EMF	MIMS Analysis Engine embedded in EMF. Uses PAVE in SMOKE run scripts to generate plots during SMOKE runs. Hoped-for links to VERDI, but no specific plans.	Not Given
EPA AIRQuest Data Warehouse	Not Given	Not Given
EPA AQS	Not Given	Exchange Network web services
ESIP	Not Given	Use of wiki, portals, catalogs. Guidance on best practices. Promotes web services and service oriented architecture approaches to reuse.
GIOVANNI	Plot Types for Single Parameters: Area plots of time-averaged parameters Time series plots of area-averaged parameters Meridional averages Zonal averages Vertical profiles Longitude-latitude-pressure-time cross sections Plot Types for Multi-Parameter Intercomparisons: Area plots of overlain time-averaged parameters Time series plots of area-averaged parameters Difference plots Scatter plots with regression Temporal correlation maps Animations Climatology and anomalies ASCII output for maps and plots Web services for downloading subsetted data	GrADS, IDL, Python, Perl Aggregation, statistics
GeoWeb	A user of the Geoweb connects to the Server using a web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer. This permits searching for data files and viewing of metadata about each file. After a file of interest is located, the data can be visualized on-screen provided that a tool such as World Wind Geo, Google Earth, NASA’s World Wind, or ArcGIS Explorer are installed on the workstation. For a survey of map visualization tools for use within the EPA, see http://intranet.epa.gov/rtpgis/mapvizsvcs.html. The World Wind Geo tool is a free download from http://code.google.com/p/worldwindrcp/. Google Earth Pro is available within the EPA via Agency-wide license. See http://intranet.epa.gov/rtpgis/mapvizsvcs.html for information on obtaining the license. NASA’s World Wind is a free download from http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/. ArcGIS Explorer is a free download from http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/index.html.	Not Given
HEI	maps of sites, interpolated spatial concentration plots, time series graphs and pie charts	Not Given
NARSTO	Plots are provided for most currently archived data, and are sometimes generated for previously archived data.	The Data Exchange Standard is reasonably flexible and it can be used for a wide variety of air quality data.
NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center	Not Given	Fully scalable architecture.
NEISGEI	Mashup web applications for spatial, temporal and other charting visualizations and analysis.	Modular design for application development.
RSIG	Yes. RSIG provides a simple and quick interactive visualization of all data overlaid together on an appropriate map.	RSIG components include an applet and set of documented WCS server applications and powerful subset and converter programs - all of which are freely available and accessible by others. This applet/server/subset method will be updated as needed to access additional data as requested by users and prioritized by the Principal Investigator.
Unidata IDD Data System	Unidata supports a suite of analysis and visualization tools (GEMPAK, McIDAS, Integrated Data Viewer) that can be employed by users for analysis and visualization. Unidata also supports middleware such as the netCDF and the THREDDS Data Server that enable users to access data from remote servers via standard protocols for analysis and display using tools other than those provided by Unidata.	Nearly all of Unidata's tools and software are freely available in addition to the data streams.
VIEWS	A wide variety of general-purpose visualization and analysis tools are available on the VIEWS website for exploring the data and producing graphs, charts, maps, and formatted data files. Specialized tools allow users to browse and analyze time series, visibility trends, spatial patterns, temporal aerosol profiles, chemical species composition, light extinction budgets, back trajectories, estimated natural conditions, visibility projections, glide slope plots, emissions inventories, weighted emissions potentials, and model performance evaluations. All tools have been designed with common user interface components and are being re-factored with a Service Oriented Architecture approach to allow them to function as web services.