IMPACT. A climate data visualization tool for marine protected areas

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1 Workshop on Data Visualization to Support Ecosystem Based Management 5-6 Feb 2012 Portland, ME IMPACT A climate data visualization tool for marine protected areas Karsten Shein NOAA National Climatic Data Center climate.gov

2 Overview MPA Needs for Climate Information IMPACT Data Access & Visualization Tool Short demo climate.gov 2

3 Visualization Graphical display of complex information that renders it more easily comprehensible by the recipient of the information. climate.gov 3

4 Visualization What is needed? The relevant information A tool that will transform the information An interface that is accessible to the targeted recipient

5 Visualization providers What are the goals of visualization? Who is the audience? What do they need from the tool? Why show the things you show? Is the info and tool comprehensible? Does it require a lengthy explanation or tutorial How transferable is it? Can t be everything to everyone.

6 MPA Climate Needs Identifying What is Needed Do we ask, What do you need? Or should we ask, What questions are you trying to answer that require climate information? With whom do you share the information? Where do you go for climate information now?, and Why do you go there? climate.gov 6

7 MPA Climate Needs Just a few of the questions being asked What were conditions like when the ecosystem was in optimal health? Is climate behavior consistent across my MPA? What environmental threshold(s) is/are critical to my ecosystem? Will favorable climate conditions shift? How do impacts from climate relate to MPA use? climate.gov 7

8 SST Cloud Cover Wind PAR Ocean Color ph Salinity Currents Precipitation MPA Climate Needs What data are needed? Which data? OISST ( ; D/W/M, 1981-p) ERSST (2 ; monthly 1854-p) Pathfinder SST (4 km; 2xD 1985-p) GHRSST (<5 km 1, varies) G1SST (1 km, daily ) HadSST1 (1 ; monthly ) HadSST2 (5 ; monthly 1850-p) ICOADS (in situ; 1650-p) climate.gov 8

9 MPA Climate Needs What is needed from the data? Extreme events Baseline climatologies Rates of change Other statistics (means, anomalies, ) Regional and local-scale information Climatological Forecasts Climate Literacy climate.gov 9

10 Data Availability and Access climate.gov 10

11 Data Access Seriously? climate.gov 11

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15 MPA Climate Needs What is needed from the interface? Familiar look, feel, and terminology Unobtrusive flexibility Transparent data management Simultaneous display of variables Ability to access local data Ability to display analyzed results climate.gov 15

16 Integrated Marine Protected Area Climate Tools Provide climate information to marine resource managers Highest quality, relevant and vetted Answers climate - ecosystem questions Tools to increase climate literacy Reduce data complexity and size Allow integration of climate data with ecological data Include user perspective and voice throughout Scalable User-focused and responsive Needs-based focus IMPACT Impacts from climate are driven by far more than temperature or precipitation anomalies, and usually at scales/resolutions far smaller/finer than what is contained in most climate data sets. Complex interactions require the ability to access climate elements and behaviors not traditionally explored in climate impact assessments. climate.gov 16

17 What is WCT-IMPACT? Data Center Model Of Data Access User Model Of Data Access Current method of data access and delivery Preferred method of same Going from drinking from the fire hose to sipping a nice cup of tea Reduce the data volume, filter what remains, and mix with relevant ecological data to produce a desired product. climate.gov 17

18 Weather and Climate Toolkit Simple visualization and data export Cross-platform, desktop and command-line application Leverages community tools and standards NEXRAD, GOES, Model (GRIB, NetCDF) Support for generic NetCDF gridded data includes variety of Radar, Satellite and Model data Online since climate.gov 18

19 Who could use WCT-IMPACT? Target Audience is MPA managers Primarily focused on managers having minimal science staff 1700 US Marine Protected Areas (incl. 14 NOAA Marine Sanctuaries) 5 NOAA Sentinel Sites ~4500 global MPAs mean size is 544 sq. km; median = 4.6 sq. km (Wood et al. 2008) Customizable to: Water Resource managers Tourism Coastal Inundation (e.g. Sandy) Transportation Education Many more. climate.gov 19

20 Visualization Capabilities climate.gov 20

21 Analysis Options Time Series Difference Maps Correlation Maps Conditional Probabilities Trends Climatological Summaries Others as required by managers climate.gov 21

22 WCT-IMPACT Interface climate.gov 22

23 WCT-IMPACT Interface NWHI SST Example climate.gov 23

24 WCT-IMPACT Interface NWHI Ocean Color Example climate.gov 24

25 Example Data Provided with Variable Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Pathfinder SST Bob Evans Ocean Color (chlorophyll) SeaWiFS 9/ /2004 MODIS Aqua Cloud Cover ISCCP Pixel Level Cloud Product (Dx) Top of Cloud Temps GridSat Ken Knapp WCT-IMPACT Needed for this application: Daily, 32km or finer Your CDR? Daily, 4 km Resolutions Daily, 9 km Daily, 4 km & 9 km 3 hourly, 4 km pixel, every 32 km 3 hourly, 0.07 x0.07 deg climate.gov 25

26 Next Steps Analysis module under development Predictive/Forecasting Module being conceptualized Tutorial module, including a regional rapid response climate team is under development climate.gov 26

27 Lessons Learned so far Most users are not power users Be careful with the fire hose paradigm Dialog with target audience is essential What we know is not what they know Less is more climate.gov 27

28 Summary MPA needs for climate information are varied and many. Visualization is an important component of MPA climate data access WCT-IMPACT provides transparent access to large/complex climate data sets. Integration of variety of data is critical. climate.gov 28

29 NCDC Colleagues: Karsten Shein, Climate Services and Monitoring Division Steve Ansari, Climate Services and Monitoring Division Mike Urzen, Remote Sensing Applications Division L. DeWayne Cecil, Global Science and Technology John Stachniewicz, Global Science and Technology GFNMS Colleagues: Dr. Benet Duncan, PACE Kelley Higgason, Director, Ocean Climate Center Special Thanks: Dr. Shaida Johnston, formerly with GST THANK YOU climate.gov 29