Building an Air Quality Community Infrastructure and Connecting

Building an Air Quality Community Infrastructure and Connecting with the GEOSS Common Infrastructure Stefan Falke, Rudolf Husar, Erin Robinson, David Mc. Cabe, Frank Lindsay GEO-VI Air Quality Meeting November 18, 2009

Traditional Project Approach Data Do something with the data (add value) Generate Product Deliver Product to Customer Closed System 2

Making Project Contributions Reusable Sharing/Exchanging with more than the primary customer Data Do something with the data (add value) Generate Product Deliver Product to Customer Provide Website Access (manual) Provide web service access Provide access to processing/analysis/value-adding services 3

Infusing satellite Data into Environmental Applications (IDEA) A joint NASA-NOAA-EPA initiative: Objective - Prototype a near-real-time MODIS trajectory forecast product using MODIS direct broadcast aerosol optical depth over CONUS. Goal - Improve accuracy of next day PM 2. 5 Air Quality Index (AQI) by providing pseudo-synoptic aerosol observations and trajectory forecast during large aerosol events. • Provides forecast guidance for surface air quality (PM 2. 5) Dust storms Smoke from forest fires Urban/industrial haze • System requirements Direct broadcast receiving station for satellite data Trajectory model Regional meteorological forecast model output Algorithms to derive aerosol optical depth or related parameters Surface mass aerosol monitors • System flexibility Easily adaptable to other regions of the globe Easy to modify to input other satellite data Benefit - Enable improved mitigation of health effects caused by episodes of poor air quality http: //www. star. nesdis. noaa. gov/smcd/spb/aq/ Al-Saadi et. al. , September 2005, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society 4

Remote Sensing Information Gateway Atmospheric Chemistry Earth Observations and Models Data Services Satellite: NASA MODIS L 2 AOD NASA CALIPSO L 1 b TAB NOAA GOES AOD (GASP) (Future data) NASA CALIPSO L 2 Bext , AOD NASA MOPITT L 2 CO NASA OMI L 2 NOAA/NASA GOME-2 NO 2 Site Obs/Point Data: AQ Data and Image Information Products Primary Users http: //www. epa. gov/rsig RSIG System -Atmospheric Science Researchers -Air Quality Modelers and Analyst - Subsetting -Regridding -Comparison -Export in common formats -Fast! EPA AIRNow; O 3, PM 2. 5 EPA AQS; O 3, PM 2. 5 EPA UVNet; Irradiance Modeled: RSIG WCS/WMS Servers Available for Other Systems Secondary Users -Air Quality Regulators and Managers -(RSIG is publiclyaccessible. ) EPA CMAQ Concentrations, Met, Emissions, Deposition EPA Statically Fused Air and Deposition Surfaces O 3, PM 2. 5 NOAA GOES Biomass Burning Emissions; PM 2. 5, NOx, CO, … 5 Slide provided by J. Syzkman

IEEE Systems Journal, 2008 Design Concept SOA for Data Access & Processing Mediator for 100+ AQ Datasets Includes Tools for Analysis Applied to EPA EE Analysis Supported by NSF, NASA, RPOs, EPA 6 http: //datafedwiki. wustl. edu/ Slide provided by R. Husar

Giovanni Data Inputs MLS Aura Area Plot OMI Aura Time Series Model Output AIRS Aqua MODIS Terra Giovanni Instances Sea. Wi. FS A C B TRMM HALOE UARS TOMS EP, N 7 B A C E C F AMSR-E Aqua D MISR Terra F E Profile Cross-Section Correlations D Cloud. Sat CALIOP CALIPSO MERRA Models http: //disc. sci. gsfc. nasa. gov/giovanni Column Densities Slide provided by G. Leptoukh 7

GEO-VI Plenary Meeting Washington, DC November 17 -18, 2009 Atmospheric Composition Portal GEO Task AR-09 -02 b Objectives User Contributed Content Users • Provide access, tools, and contextual guidance to scientists and valueadding organizations in using remotely sensed atmospheric composition data, information, and services Contextual metadata GEOSS • Help foster interoperability and application of atmospheric composition data, information and services worldwide • Start with DLR and NASA, work with partners in CEOS and the broader AC community in advancing the AC Portal Initial focus on air quality but plan is to server broader community (climate, strat. O 3) DLR Giovanni Datafed Others OGC OPe. NDAP OGC WMS WCS Plan is to have a beta version of the ACP by September 2010 Data Access Gateways Visualization Tools DLR Giovanni Datafed Others Processing/Analysis Tools DLR Giovanni Datafed Others 8

Many other AQ related projects… List of US projects from the EPA Data Summit: http: //wiki. esipfed. org/index. php/AQ_Data_Systems_and_Processing_Centers Start of an international compilation of project descriptions: http: //wiki. esipfed. org/index. php/GEOSS_Relevant_AQ_Projects 9

A GEOSS Vision for Connecting Air Quality Projects 10

Project A combines multiple data sources to generate near-real time information for the public Project A provides web service interfaces to some of its data and information 11

Project B analyzes surface and satellite data in support of regulatory analysis and provides web services to their analysis output and analysis tools 12

Project C provides a web services new data from its work Project C 13

A new project uses services from projects A, B and C to meet its objectives New Project 14

GEO Task AR-09 -01 b: GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP), Phase 2 Connecting communities with the GEOSS Common Infrastructure Main GEO Web Site GEOSS Common Infrastructure Registered Community Resources Client Tier Registries GEO Web Portals Community Portals Client Applications Components & Services Standards and Interoperability Best Practices Wiki Business Process Tier Community Catalogues User Requirements Workflow Management Alert Servers GEOSS Clearinghouse Processing Servers Access Tier GEONETCast Product Access Servers Sensor Web Servers Model Access Servers 15

Air Quality Community Infrastructure evolving in the GEOSS AIP Air Quality Community Catalog Air Quality Metadata Registration Tools GEO Web Portals General search and use of GEOSS data and services Users GEOSS Common Infrastructure GEOSS Registry GEOSS Clearinghouse AQ-specific search and use of GEOSS data and services AQ Web Applications AQ Databases AQ Data Brokers Others Data Providers AQ Web Portals Other Search Tools 16

AIP-2 Implementations on the AIP Air Quality Community Infrastructure General search and use of GEOSS data and services 100+ data web service metadata registrations Air Quality Community Catalog GEOSS Common Infrastructure AIP-3? Data. Fed EDAC NGC Users AQ-specific search and use of GEOSS data and services SEDAC Giovanni ESA Data Providers AIP-2 Workspace: https: //sites. google. com/site/geosspilot 2/air-quality-and-health-working-group 17

Example use of the GEOSS Common Infrastructure Graphical user interface to the GEOSS Clearinghouse Filtered for AQ related content u. FIND GEOSS Common Infrastructure GEOSS Registry GEOSS Clearinghouse Search for AQ data http: //webapps. datafed. net/AQ_u. FIND. aspx Return AQ metadata filtered AQ metadata available to 18 other applications through RSS, atom,

Ways to participate Community Building • • • Share your interests and project contributions (like this meeting) Use ESIP and other air quality communities of practice to advance your project objectives (e. g. , ‘built-in’ testers, users…) Help define the GEOSS GCI and/or Community of Practice Enhance the Information Infrastructure • • • Become a ‘node’ on the air quality interoperability network Learn best practices in implementing standards for sharing your project data and tools Participate in (and shape) the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot Use the AQ Community Information Architecture (register your services in GEOSS, find information resources useful for your project) Participate in the development of air quality information networks Collaborate on AQ Science and Research Projects • • Define projects that leverage expertise and capabilities across organizations Document how data, information and capabilities are shared in the project 19