1 Recent Progress in the Website Outreach and Terminology Jeff Key NOAA Madison WI USA Working Groups and Teams Terminology Online glossary GCW has a compilation of cryosphere terms from a variety of sources including WMO UNESCO National Snow and Ice Data Center NSIDC Antarctic ID: 794098
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GCW Steering Group Meeting, Oslo, Jan 2018
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Recent Progress in the
Website, Outreach, and Terminology
Jeff Key
NOAA
Madison, WI USA
Slide2Working Groups and Teams
Slide3TerminologyOnline glossary: GCW has a compilation of cryosphere terms from a variety of sources, including WMO, UNESCO, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (
ASPeCt), ECCC, NOAA, USGS, IPCC, IPA, BoM, and others.
Recent Progress: Six more sources have been added with 1282 additional terms. There are 4141 entries from 26 sources; over 2200 are unique. Terms have been added into the crowdsourced metadictionary
YAMZ.The glossary is currently being evaluated under contract. GCW definitions of recommended variables are being created.
Slide4Website
The website differs from the METNO GCW data portal in that it contains more dynamic information (news, state of the cryosphere plots, highlights, calendar), as well as background, higher-level information, GCW documents, and outreach material. It links to the METNO data portal.
globalcryospherewatch.org
Slide5Recent Progress: Website and Outreach
WebsiteA new Cryosphere Trends web page has been added. All assessments have been updated. Cryosphere in the News items are now archived
and will be available back to July 2017 (approx) forever.CryoNet recommended variables lists have been added.New sea ice trackers from JAXA and NOAA/CIMSS have been added. Regional sea ice products for Alaska have been added.
Lots of small refinements and additions (added GCW timeline, data protocol, restructured measurement methods, added new stations, …)The logo has been updated (very minor).OutreachAdded an
Educational Resource page (needs more content).Some GCW handouts have been updated.
Slide6CryoNet Recommended Variables Tables
Slide7Handouts Updated May 2017
= updated
Slide8New Assessments
Slide9New Assessments: Cryosphere Trends
Slide10Trackers(11 total; see Products slide)
Slide11Website Statistics
Top Web Pages Visited (varies by month):
Surface network
Cryosphere in the News
Cryosphere Now
Glossary
Top Countries (hits from; varies by month):
Unresolved
28%
Network (.net)
26%
Commercial (.com)
20%
Spain
10%
Germany
2%
Educational (.edu)
2%
Italy
1.20%
Czech Republic
0.74%
UK
1%
Canada
0.64%
Slide12Website Products
Product
SourceOffered or Approved
Trackers:
JAXA-NiPR Ice Extent Tracker
NiPROffered
JAXA-NiPR Ice Trend TrackerNiPR
Offered
APP-x Ice Thickness Tracker
NOAA/CIMSS
GCWAPP-x Temperature Tracker
NOAA/CIMSS
GCW
APP-x Surface Albedo Tracker
NOAA/CIMSS
GCW
GCW/FMI SWE Tracker
FMI
GCW
EC/GCW NH Snow Extent Tracker
ECCC (EC)
GCW
EC/GCW NH SWE Tracker
ECCC (EC)
GCW
Glacier Mass Balance (annual tracker)
WGMS
GCW
Alaska Permafrost (annual tracker)
Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks
Permission
Northern Hemisphere Thaw Depth
Univ. Zurich, Metno (?)
Offered
Assessments:
All annual time series plots in Assessments
Various sources, processed by NOAA/CIMSS
GCW
All assessments (snow, sea ice, etc.)
Written by NOAA/CIMSS
GCW
Product
Source
GCW, Offered, Permission
Daily or Monthly Plots (not trackers):
NOAA Multisensor Snow and Ice
NOAA
Permission
JAXA AMSR2 Snow and Ice
JAXA
Offered
SSM/I Ice Concentration
NOAA/CIMSS
Offered
VIIRS Ice Concentration
NOAA/CIMSS
Offered
VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature
NOAA/CIMSS
Offered
Cryosat Ice Thickness
ESA
Offered
SMOS Ice Thickness
ESA, Univ. Hamburg
Offered
JAXA-NiPR Ice Thickness
NiPR
Offered
JAXA-NiPR Ice Drift
NiPR
Offered
ASIP Alaska Ice Concentration (3 regional products)
NOAA Alaska Sea Ice Program
Offered
Argentina SH Ice Concentration Forecast
Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service
Offered
AARI/NIC/NMI ice (3)
AARI
Offered
EC Global Snow Cover
ECCC
Permission
IMS Snow Cover
National Ice Center
Permission
Rutgers snow extent and departure
Rutgers Univ.
Permission
CIMSS AMSR2 SWE
NOAA/CIMSS
Offered
Japan Snow Depth
NiPR
Offered
Daily atmosphere products
NOAA/CIMSS
Offered
Slide13Plans, Possibilities, and NeedsPlans
Find a backup/future website location; run a parallel system.Wikipedia entryPossibilitiesRecreate global cryosphere map
. Would be a nice GCW product.GCW mobile appGCW newsletterAdd quality assurance CryoNet web pageNeedsMore contributors for assessments
Near real-time graphics for glaciers and permafrost in the SHMore educational resources, picture, videos
Slide14Things are Coming Together
The real progress is that previously disconnected activities are coming together:
Terminology: Glossary compilation and CryoNet recommended variables efforts will result in a GCW glossary. This feeds into the development of metadata for the GCW Data Portal. Cryosphere Now products: The proportion of GCW products is increasing, and those posted on the website will eventually be
linked to entries the Data Portal. Portal visualization tools may be used for graphics on the website.