2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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EMHURR: Hurricane Tracking for Emergency Managers With ArcIMS
Track: Climate, Weather and Atmosphere
Author(s): Ira Graffman, John Kozimor, Francis Richards

In early spring of 2003, the National Weather Service (NWS) began development of an experimental ArcIMS site. This site was designed to allow Emergency Managers in the Southeast United States to access weather information from a variety of sources prior to and during a hurricane or tropical storm's land fall. This project benefited from excellent inter- and intra-agency cooperation. Several NWS sites contributed real-time data, and other line agencies within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the parent organization of NWS contributed data and software to the project. This paper will describe the data types and the ArcIMS Web site using screen shots or live demos. Lessons learned and future plans for the Web site and ArcIMS will also be discussed.

Ira Graffman
NOAA/NWS
Office of Science and Technology
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring , MD 20910
US
Phone: 301 713 0763
E-mail: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

John Kozimor
QSS Group, Inc.
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring , MD 20910
US
Phone: 301 713 1012
E-mail: john.kozimor@noaa.gov

Francis Richards
NWS/OCWWS
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring , MD 20904
US
Phone: 301 713 1630
E-mail: francis.richards@noaa.gov