Meeting Stakeholder Needs in the Pacific Northwest US via the NANOOS Visualization System

Dr. Jan A Newton, PhD, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, United States, Craig M Risien, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Troy Tanner, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Emilio Mayorga, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Jonathan C Allan, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Portland, OR, United States, Michael Kosro, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Charles M Seaton, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, United States
Abstract:
The U.S. IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observing System) was established to connect coastal ocean data with diverse sectors of society that need or benefit from access that enables decisions. Uses include ecosystem assessment, maritime operations, safe marine recreation, coastal hazards, and climate variation. The past three decades have witnessed a significant increase in local, regional and national ocean observing programs as well as forecast systems that are able to more accurately predict events and environmental changes at a range of spatial and temporal scales. These efforts now produce growing amounts of heterogenous information that needs to disseminated to a wide variety of stakeholder groups. While the use of standard data models, metadata and data server applications have helped reduce the heterogeneity and improved the distribution of these data, delivering information to stakeholders in common, consistent formats via intuitive interfaces remains a challenge.
In 2009, the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, NANOOS, began to address this challenge by developing the NANOOS Visualization System (NVS). NVS is a map-based platform that aggregates a multitude of diverse data sets and forecast model fields into one system with the goal of delivering a more seamless, one-stop-shopping experience for regional stakeholders. Over the past decade NVS has evolved from a single, somewhat monolithic, application to one that consists of several applications that are developed in close collaboration with targeted stakeholders to explicitly meet the needs of a particular community.
We will offer lessons learned and examples of how NANOOS is meeting diverse stakeholder needs.

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