The project aims to integrate weather data from NASA missions into NOAA's Pacific Region Integrated Climatology Information Products project. Specifically, the goals are to 1) animate annual tropical storm tracks for 1992, 2002, 2004, 2005 and anomalous high water events near Hawaii, and 2) develop an easy-to-use interface incorporating multiple data layers for each storm event. The area of interest is the Pacific Ocean basin, sometimes focusing on the Cook and Hawaiian Islands. The significance is to contribute geovisualizations to NOAA's decision support tool to reduce coastal vulnerability. Products include interactive geovisualizations and animated annual storm tracks using data from NASA missions like QuikSCAT, TRMM, Jason-1

1. Integrating Data from NASA Missions into NOAA's
Pacific Region Integrated Climatology Information Products (PRICIP)
PROJECT GOALS
- Integrate weather data acquired by NASA missions into
tropical storm event geovisualizations
(i.e. animations that correlate to a ground reference)
- Animate annual tropical storm tracks for
1992, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Animate anomalous high water events near Hawaii
- Develop an easy-to-use interface to accommodate multiple
data layers for each storm event
AREA OF INTEREST
All storm events animated for the PRICIP Project occurred
within the Pacific Ocean basin, at times incorporating
localized views for the Cook and Hawaiian Islands.
SIGNIFICANCE
Contribute geovisualizations to NOAA’s ongoing PRICIP
project, an interactive decision support tool intended to
reduce coastal vulnerability.
VALUE & BENEFITS
• Illustrate ability of NASA mission data products to highlight
severe oceanic storm variables
• Supply geovisualizations for NOAA’s PRICIP Web Portal
• Provide easily downloaded data for future research
• Improve the decision support tools used by decision makers
PRODUCTS
Interactive Geovisualizations &
Animated Annual Storm Tracks...
METHODOLOGY
GEOVISUALIZATION
PRODUCTS
• Sea Surface Wind Direction
• Sea Surface Wind Speed
• Precipitation Accumulation
• Sea Surface Temperature
• Mean Sea Level Anomaly
• Composite: Wind Speed &
Precipitation Accumulation
• Animated Annual Storm
Tracks
NASA MISSION
SELECTION
QuikSCAT (SeaWinds)
TRMM (TMI)
Jason-1 & TOPEX/POSEIDON
Aqua (AMSR-E)
STORM EVENTS
• Super Typhoon
Pongsona
• Cyclone Heta
• Typhoon Chata’an
• Hurricane Iniki
• “Cook Islands Five”
• High Water Events
STORM
VARIABLES
• Strong Winds
• Heavy Rains
• High Seas
• Sea Temperatures
DATA DELIVERABLES
Downloadable Data GIS
Ready
SATELLITE
DATA
GIS
Processing
FINAL GIS
IMAGE
FINAL GIS
DATA
PARTNER
Science Adviser: John Marra, PhD, - NOAA IDEA Center DEVELOP PRICIP team at NASA JPL
Lisa Benham - San Jose State University
W. Kyle Chester - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Art Eisberg - University of California, Santa Barbara
Krista Lee - University of California, Santa Barbara
Supriya Iyer - Leland High School, San Jose
Team:
Cindy Schmidt - San Jose State University
J.W. Skiles, PhD - NASA Ames Research Center
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