GIS Applications at WFO Oxnard

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GIS Applications at WFO Oxnard

Jayme Laber Senior Service Hydrologist
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Samples of GIS Products at WFO Oxnard
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QPF Locations
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TWEB Routes
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Forecast Zones
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Burn Area Perimeters
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Mapping Burn Areas

• Need to obtain burn area perimeter shapefiles
  from fire agencies
• USFS typically will have burn intensity
  shapefiles
• no standard projection used by agencies
• Will need to know the original projection and
  then re-project into Geographical Coordinates,
  NAD 83 (for display in D2D)
• Burn area shapefiles available from the USGS
  GEOMAC ftp site
• ftp//ftp.geomac.gov/outgoing/
• State and local fire and emergency management
  agencies may also have shapefiles

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Displaying Custom Shapefiles in D2D

• Copy shapefile to AWIPS
• /data/fxa/nationalData
• Copy the three files associated with the data
• .shp, .shx, and .dbf
• Need to be in Geographic Coordinates, NAD 83
• Modify the 4 configuration files in
  /data/fxa/customFiles
• localDataKeys.txt
• localDepictKeys.txt
• localProductButtons.txt
• otherBackgroundMenus.txt

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Shapefiles in D2D cont.

• Modify the localDataKeys.txt file

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Shapefiles in D2D cont.

• Modify the localDepictKeys.txt file

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Shapefiles in D2D cont.

• Modify the localProductButtons.txt file

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Shapefiles in D2D cont.

• Modify the otherBackgroundMenus.txt file

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Shapefiles in D2D cont.

• Initialize the new files for D2D
• cd to /awips/fxa/data/localization/scripts
• run ./mainScript.csh f auxFiles radar tables
  maps
• This script needs to run on each lx and xt
  machine.
• For more information contact your ITO or AWIPS
  focal point
• Also a good instructional document from the NCRFC

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National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) and
GIS use by Local Customers
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Customer Collaboration on NDFD and GIS

• Local customers evaluating and using NDFD
  information
• Los Angeles City Fire Department
• GIS-based Incident Planning/Action Map System
• Army Corps of Engineers LA District
• Use of QPF grids
• Southern California Edison
• Max and Min Temperature grids
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Los Angeles County Joint Regional Intelligence
  Center
• Disaster preparedness
• ClearMesh Networks
• 3 Hourly T/Td grids
• City of Oxnard
• Southern California Geographic Area Coordination
  Center (GACC)

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Southern California EdisonThe power of the NDFD
in GIS!
WFO LOX provided assistance in using NDFD in
their interruptible power program
(rolling blackouts) Cannot disrupt power for
areas over 105o or below 25o Previous
system One meteorologist forecasting for
over 400 individual cities
May 1, 2007
Fiscal Year 07 Midterm Review - LOX
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Southern California EdisonThe power of the NDFD
in GIS!
GIS allows them to show areas where power cannot
be disrupted In this case, this graphic shows
all areas over 105o Saves them time and money!
May 1, 2007
Fiscal Year 07 Midterm Review - LOX
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Wind Speed and Direction in ArcGISVarying wind
vector symbol sizes and colors
Piru (2003)
Fire boundaries
Simi (2003)
Topanga (2005)
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Southern California Geographic Area Coordination
Center (GACC)
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Shapefile Access via Webwww.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/gis
/shape.php
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Relative Flash Flood Potential
Index(FFPI)Developed by CBRFC
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Slope
Assign grid cell FFPI values of 1-10 Based on
attributes of the data layer
Vegetation
Soil Type
Land Use
Output Mean of all the data layers
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Relative Flash Flood Potential Index (FFPI) for
LOX

• Developed by CBRFC and adapted to the LOX HSA
• Installed an open-source GIS application at each
  operational forecast desk
• Quantum GIS
• Very similar to ESRIs ArcExplorer
• Allows user to customize view
• Pan, zoom, turn layers on or off

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Downtown Los Angeles
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Chuchupate (cuddy valley)
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Carrizo Plain
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Saddleback Butte