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Southern Regional Climate Center & Louisiana Office of State Climatology
What Do
W
e
D
o?
Research
Hurricane landfall return periods
Storm surge return periods
Rainfall frequency analysis
Education/Outreach
IWT
Social Media
Teaching
Climate Data Services
Archiving
Product Development
DispersalSlide2
ACIS – Applied Climate Information System
Developed and designed by the Regional Climate Centers (RCCs)
Bridges the gap between climate data archivers and users
Climate data products developed & modified with users in mind
Components
Metadata
Data
Data Ingest
Products
User Interface
More Information: www.rcc-acis.orgSlide3
ACIS – Applied Climate Information System
CLIMOD – Climate Information for Management and Operational Decisions
(
www.climod.srcc.lsu.edu
)
Climate data
p
roducts
v
ia
w
eb
i
nterface
xmACIS
(
www.xmacis.rcc-acis.org
)
Similar to CLIMOD, developed specifically for use by the National Weather Service
scACIS
(
www.scacis.rcc-acis.org
)
Similar to
xmACIS
, developed specifically for use by state climatologistsSlide4
Application #1 - CLIMOD
Houston, TX (Bush Intercontinental airport), received 9.92” of rain on April 18
th
, is that a 100 year event?Slide5
Not quite!Slide6
Application #2 - xmACIS
There was a long stretch of days in summer 2009 when high temperatures in Baton Rouge were in the mid-90s and above, was it the longest such stretch ever?Slide7
It sure was!Slide8
Application #3 - scACIS
It was really warm
the night of Christmas Eve into Christmas Day morning, were any record high minimum temperatures set in the area
?Slide9
Bounding box selection feature!Slide10
Several record high minimums temperatures were set!Slide11
Selected Additional Sources
Southern Regional Climate Center (
www.srcc.lsu.edu
)
Louisiana Office of State Climatology (
www.losc.lsu.edu
)
National
Centers for Environmental Information (
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
)
SCIPP (
www.southernclimate.org
)
US Precision Lightning Network (
www.uspln.com
)Slide12
Application #4 – SRCC & NCEI
I have some roof damage caused by hail, when may it have hailed in my local area?Slide13
(
http://
www.srcc.lsu.edu
//
storm_reports.html
)Slide14
(http://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
/
stormevents
/)Slide15
Application #5 - USPLN
Lightning struck my house and started a fire, I need to document when it happened for the insurance claim. Slide16
(http://
www.uspln.com
)Slide17
NCEI Radar Archive
(http://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
/
nexradinv
/)Slide18
River Levels & Forecasts
(http://
water.weather.gov
/
ahps
/)Slide19
Additional Resources
Climate Prediction Center: http
://
www.cpc.noaa.gov
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network: http
://
www.cocorahs.org
Weather Station Information: http
://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
/
homr
/
Advance Hydrological Prediction Service: http
://
water.weather.gov
/
precip
/
Storm Prediction Center: http
://
www.spc.noaa.gov
/
Surface Maps: http
://
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov
/archives/
web_pages
/
sfc
/
sfc_archive.php
Forecast Surface Maps: http
://
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov
/
noaa
/
noaa_archive.php
Climate Reference Network: http
://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
/
crn
/
Sun & Moon Data: http
://
aa.usno.navy.mil
/data/docs/
RS_OneDay.php
Global Historical Climatology Network: http
://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov
/
ghcnm
/v2.php
Drought Monitor: http
://
droughtmonitor.unl.edu
Climate Information: https
://
www.climate.gov
US Historical Climatology Network: http
://
cdiac.ornl.gov
/
epubs
/
ndp
/
ushcn
/
ushcn.html
USGS Earthquake Information: http
://
earthquake.usgs.gov
Tide and Currents: http
://
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
/gmap3
/
National Data Buoy Network: http
://
www.ndbc.noaa.gov
Louisiana Water Science
Center: http
://
la.water.usgs.gov