Integration of Surface Weather Observations withMODIS Imagery for Fire Weather Applications
Mike Splitt, Brian Olsen,John Horel, Judy Pechmann
NOAA Cooperative Institute forRegional PredictionUniversity of Utah
Florida Active Fire Map. 25 Mar. 2004
Outline Overview of ROMAN
Goals and ApplicationsSampling of ROMAN data and displays
MODIS Applications within ROMAN Documentation & Summary
ROMAN Goals Real-Time Observation Monitor and Analysis Network Provide real-time weather data around the nation to
meteorologists and land managers Display data in fast-loading formats tailored to the
wildland fire community and accessible to: Top-level managers using high speed networks Fire-behavior analysts and IMETs in the field over slow dial-
up connections
San Diego Tribune. 28 Oct. 2003
ROMAN Development Software developed at University
of Utah to assist entire fire weather community to obtain access to current surface weather information
Data stored in MySQL database Support for development of
ROMAN from BLM and NWS Tools designed for fire weather
applications can be used for many other purposes
Tested during 2002 and 2003 summer fire seasons
Operational for 2004 summer fire season
Geographic Area Coordination Centers
MesoWest: lifeblood of ROMAN
MesoWest: Cooperative sharing of real-time surface weather data around the nation
Application of “nontraditional” data in operational meteorology (ski areas, DOTs)
Real-time and retrospective access to weather information through state-of-the-art MySQL database
ADAS analyses over the West of current temperature, wind, and moisture based on surface observations
http://www.met.utah.edu/mesowest Horel et al. (2002) Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
2003 Fire Locations (Red); ROMAN stations (Grey)
Fire locations provided by Remote Sensing Applications Center from MODIS imagery
Applications of ROMAN Fire behavior analysts, fire management officers, GACC
meteorologists: Monitor weather conditions for strategic and tactical decision
making Determine impacts of weather on fire behavior and fire fighting
resources NWS meteorologists at WFOs
Monitor conditions within County Warning Areas, issue spot fire and general forecasts, verifying forecasts
NWS Incident Meteorologists Monitor weather conditions in vicinity of major wildland fires
Current ROMAN Web Portal: http://www.met.utah.edu/roman
States
States
Top-Level Organization
GACCsCWAs
FWZs
MODIS regions
ROMAN Structured by
GACC Predictive Service Areas NWS CWA Forecast Zones NWS Fire Weather Zones Counties within States
Intuitive, easily navigable interface Clickable maps Station Weather Weather Summary Trend Monitor Weather Monitor 5 Day Temp/RH Summary Precip Summary/Monitor Weather Near Fires Search by zip code, geographic
locationTriangles: RAWS
Major data providers: NWS/FAA; SNOTEL; RAWS
Sample of Data Access: Search by: maps (state, CWAs, GACCs, etc.)
Map Based Applications in ROMAN Powered by MapServer [ an OpenSource development
environment for building spatially enabled Internet applications.]
Or, Powered by IDL (Interactive Display Language, RSI) Imported data:
ROMAN database Shapefiles ( e.g. fire weather zones) RASTER files (e.g. GeoTIFF topography)
Surface Weather Data Plot
Shaded Relief from the National Atlas of the United States (GeoTIFF Format)
ROMAN MODIS Applications Active Fire Maps (Operational)
Maps (jpeg files) provided by Remote Sensing Applications Center
IDL based application produces station locations maps (static) MODIS Land Use (Demo)
MapServer Based (dynamic) 30+ tiles over North America
MODIS Leaf Area Index (Demo) MapServer Based (dynamic)
MODIS Active Fire Maps
October 29October 31
Mapserver Based Applications Allows for Dynamic
Integration of MODIS data sets and Weather GIS layering Querying capabilities
NOAA Coast Watch MODIS SST Demo
MODIS Land Products Data
Data Downloaded from EOS Data Gateway in HDF format.
Files converted to GeoTIFF format using HEG (HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF converter)
Pixel values converted to RGB values within MapServer Scripts.
MODIS Based Land Cover
The Land Cover Parameter recognizes 17 categories of land cover following the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) scheme.
MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day Global 1km
Provides context to observations.
GACC boundaries, land cover and weather
Zoom in, add more networks and changeChange boundaries
MODIS Based Land Cover
NWS Fire Wx Zones, land cover and weather
The Land Cover Parameter recognizes 17 categories of land cover following the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) scheme.
MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day Global 1km
Provides context to observations.
MODIS Based Land Cover Addition of “latest” fire
detects from NOAA's MODIS Near Real Time Processing System Shapefile format
modislatest24hr.shp Updated every 15 minutes, and
contain detcts from the past 24 hours.
Data obtained from NOAA/NESDIS/SSD Fire Products Page.
Land Cover Type with Added GIS Layer (fire detects)
MODIS Leaf Area Index
1km LAI Pixel value
proportional to LAI. Converted to green shading within MapServer.
Other MODIS Data Sets of Interest
Thermal Anomalies/Fires Vegetation Indices Net Primary Vegetation Production
Documentation ROMAN:
Horel et al. (2004) Submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire. Jan. 2004
Text: http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/ROMAN_text.pdf
Figures: http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/ROMAN_fig.pdf
Horel et al. (2004) IIPS Conference
On-line help: http://www.met.utah.edu/droman/help
MesoWest: Horel et al. (2002) Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. February 2002
Summary ROMAN under development for use by weather
professionals and the public Existing web resources can be used for many GIS
applications with access to both real-time and archival information. MODIS use evolving.
http://www.met.utah.edu/droman will continue as a testbed and ROMAN backup
Operational ROMAN will be located at http://roman.boi.noaa.gov
Feedback: [email protected]
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