Tuesday, July 21, 2009

PWS Data & Model Visualization Made Public Via Google Earth and Cloud Computing

Applied Science Associates (ASA), an international environmental consulting firm, has enabled public access to real-time data from the 2009 Field Experiment through Google Earth. You can see ROMS Data (Dr. Yi Chao), WRF Data (Dr. Peter Olsson), and HF Radar (Dr. Mark Johnson) plus ASA drifter simulations using these model data (sources: http://ak.aoos.org/aoos/fieldexp/data_by_pi-researcher.html).

ASA has integrated data from PWS experiment's ocean observing systems and models to create Google Earth KML files. Amazon technology makes the integration of large datasets possible by dividing the work among computers based in data centers around the globe. This is called "cloud computing". The Google Earth link:http://asascience_pws.s3.amazonaws.com/PWS_DATA.kml

New data sets are being added and improvements are being made all the time so be sure to check back regularly. Let us know if you have comments or suggestions: contact David Stuebe (of ASA)

--Posted by Lee Dooley (ASA)

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