Abstract

Ocean observing system in the Gulf of Mexico
Track: Ocean, Coastal, and Marine Resources
Authors: Shinichi Kobara, Matthew Howard, Ann Jochens

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) uses ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Javascript API to show ocean observing data set in the Gulf of Mexico. Since some data set were not directly reported to a GCOOS server, GCOOS-RA had to download and format/convert to gis-ready data set. For instance, the GCOOS-RA supported the 36-day mission in support of NOAAs Ocean Acidification project in order to monitor changes in ocean acidity related to CO2 fluxes between the atmosphere and ocean. The Liquid Robotics (LR) Wave Glider used for this pilot project was reporting data in near-real time to LR server. However, with the ArcGIS Tracking Server and simple python scripts, a time-aware glider track layer was automatically generated in geodatabase, updated every hour and shown in GCOOS website with a time-slider. This process was applied to visualize other ocean-observing data.