Abstract

ArcGIS Integration of Remote Ocean Data Hosted by Thredds/Opendap Servers
Track: Climate, Weather, and Atmosphere
Author(s): Roy Mendelssohn, Christopher Mueller, Cara Wilson, Eoin Howlett, Kelly Knee

The use of THREDDS catalogs and OPeNDAP servers is widespread in the oceanographic community. These servers manage large amounts of remotely sensed and model data, typically in grid formats such as NetCDF, GRIB, and HDF. Much of these data contain parameters such as sea temperature and elevation, ocean color, and surface currents. The use of GIS tools in ocean management and planning is widespread in NOAA, but access by GIS tools to these gridded datasets has been difficult. To help bridge the gap between the remotely served datasets and the GIS analysis software, a Java-based extension has been built that allows users to connect to THREDDS catalogs and ingest the gridded datasets as ArcGIS 9.2 native grids and features. The tools leverage the NetCDF support provided within ArcGIS 9.2 and the TimeSlider extension for management of temporal data.

Roy Mendelssohn
NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove , California 95062
United States
Phone: 831-648-9029
E-mail: roy.mendelssohn@noaa.gov

Christopher Mueller
Applied Sciences Associates
70 Dean Knauss Drive
Narragansett , Rhode Island 02882-1143
United States
Phone: 401-789-6224
E-mail: cmueller@asascience.com

Cara Wilson
NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove , California 93950
United States
Phone: 831-648-5337
E-mail: cara.wilson@noaa.gov

Eoin Howlett
Applied Sciences Associates
70 Dean Knauss Drive
Narragansett , Rhode Island 02882-1143
United States
Phone: 401-789-6224
E-mail: ehowlett@asascience.com

Kelly Knee
Applied Sciences Associates
70 Dean Knauss Drive
Narragansett , Rhode Island 02882-1143
United States
Phone: 401-789-6224
E-mail: kknee@asascience.com