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"One-Stop Shopping" for Ocean Remote-Sensing and Model DataOurOcean Portal 2.0 (http:// ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov) is a software system designed to enable users to easily gain access to ocean observation data, both remote-sensing and in-situ, configure and run an Ocean Model with observation data assimilated on a remote computer, and visualize both the observation data and the model outputs. At present, the observation data and models focus on the California coastal regions and Prince William Sound in Alaska. This system can be used to perform both real-time and retrospective analyses of remote-sensing data and model outputs. OurOcean Portal 2.0 incorporates state-of-the-art information technologies (IT) such as MySQL database, Java Web Server (Apache/Tomcat), Live Access Server (LAS), interactive graphics with Java Applet at the Client site and MatLab/GMT at the server site, and distributed computing. OurOcean currently serves over 20 real-time or historical ocean data products. The data are served in pre-generated plots or their native data format. For some of the datasets, users can choose different plotting parameters and produce customized graphics. OurOcean also serves 3D Ocean Model outputs generated by ROMS (Regional Ocean Model System) using LAS. The Live Access Server (LAS) software, developed by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is a configurable Web-server program designed to provide flexible access to geo-referenced scientific data. The model output can be views as plots in horizontal slices, depth profiles or time sequences, or can be downloaded as raw data in different data formats, such as NetCDF, ASCII, Binary, etc. The interactive visualization is provided by graphic software, Ferret, also developed by PMEL. In addition, OurOcean allows users with minimal computing resources to configure and run an Ocean Model with data assimilation on a remote computer. Users may select the forcing input, the data to be assimilated, the simulation period, and the output variables and submit the model to run on a backend parallel computer. When the run is complete, the output will be added to the LAS server for
Document ID
20110013120
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
External Source(s)
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/2205-doc-2874
Authors
Li, P. Peggy (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Vu, Quoc (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Chao, Yi (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Li, Zhi-Jin (Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services Pasadena, CA, United States)
Choi, Jei-Kook (Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2006
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, September 2006
Subject Category
Computer Systems
Report/Patent Number
NPO-41761
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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