Delaware Environmental Observing System
The Delaware Environmental Observing System
A Real-Time System Dedicated to Monitoring Environmental Conditions Across Delmarva
Delaware Solid Waste Authority Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
NWS
? Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve
DEOS Is A Partnership Among:
Mt. Holly, NJ
The University of Delaware Office of the State Climatologist Center for Climatic Research Department of Geography
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR)
The Delaware Environmental Observing System
DEOS Environmental Monitoring & Observing Network A “data clearinghouse” for both real-time and archived information
DEOS Environmental Monitoring and Observing Network • A “data clearinghouse” site for all environmental
data from in/around the State • Meteorological Data – 5-min, hourly, daily – precipitation (gage & radar), wind vector, air temperature, humidity, solar radiation, air pressure, air quality measurements • Hydrologic Data – USGS & DGS stream gauges, water quality measurements, well levels, soil moisture and soil temperature • Oceanographic Data – USGS & DGS tide gauges, wave height and period, water temperature, buoy and coastal observing systems
DEOS Porter Reservoir Station
DEOS Bethany Beach Boardwalk Station
DEOS SECCRA Station
Approximately 150 Total Observational Platforms Monitored
Current DEOS station distribution – includes NWS, DNERR, DSWA, DSWA Ag Coop sites as well as those installed by DEOS.
DEOS Integrated Visualization & Analysis System Ensure timely delivery and analysis of consistent quality-controlled data in a common data format
We are on the web at: WWW.DEOS.UDEL.EDU
DEOS Operational Data Display ODD-DIVAS
DEOS OPERATIONAL CONTROL FACILITY
Air Temperature @ 1:10PM • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Bethany Beach Blackbird Bridgeville Dover – Fire School Georgetown REC Harrington Raceway Hockessin Kitts Hummock Laurel London Grove Longwood Gardens Newark Ag Farm Townsend Wilmington Porter Reservoir
63.7°F 68.2° 68.2 F 66.8° 66.8 F 68.0° 68.0 F 68.0° 68.0 F 65.8° 65.8 F 64.9° 64.9 F 63.6° 63.6 F 69.2° 69.2 F 64.1° 64.1 F 65.7° 65.7 F 66.7° 66.7 F 63.9° 63.9 F 65.6° 65.6 F
DEOS Integrated Visualization and Analysis System • Provide real-time, spatially-integrated assessments of meteorologically-, climatologically-, and hydrologically-important variables • Hourly and daily updates with the capability of updating at 5 or 6-minute intervals in emergency situations • Integration of WSR-88D radar estimates of precipitation with data acquired by the Environmental Observation Network • Re-engineering of the High-Resolution Weather Data System – SMARTS
Spatial Meteorological Analysis in RealTime Provide analysis and integration tools – using Geographical System Information Systems (GIS) capabilities for analysis and export
SMARTS • A real-time, operational environmental information system • Client-Server architecture – Server-side computations • Provides a suite of observed and derived meteorological, climatological, and hydrological products: – air temperature, wind vector and gust, atmospheric humidity and pressure, solar radiation, soil moisture – precipitation – hourly, 12- and 24-hour total, storm-total – from both WSR-88D-derived, gage-measured, and composite – estimates of snow cover, soil moisture content, potential and actual evapotranspiration, apparent temperature, etc.
• All products provided at approximately a 0.02° lat/lon grid • Output available in a GIS-compatible format for integration with existing applications • Animation and retrieval capabilities
Some Example Products Sept. 18, 10:00 AM
Apparent Temperature
Air Temperature 0.02° X 0.02° Resolution (≈ 2km x 2km)
Wind Vector 7:00AM, 3/21/01
Coastal Flooding Potential
WSR-88D Weather Radars (NEXRAD)
10 cm wavelength
Ellendale Forest (DAFB) Delaware Also radars located at Manchester NJ, Sterling VA, and Wakefield VA
Twenty-four hour precipitation total for central Delmarva on August 11, 2001 at 7PM EDT. This corresponds to the time that a dam at Hearn’s Pond near Seaford failed due to excessive rainfall. Rainfall estimates in some locations exceeded 14 inches, although the official gage at Georgetown airport measured less than 5 inches. Note the high spatial variability in rainfall.
“Bethany Beach” Precipitation Event, July 19, 2002
“Red Clay Creek” Precipitation Event, September 15, 2003
Monthly Accumulated Rainfall, July 13, 2002 jf
Used in Governors Drought Advisory Committee Meeting
48-hour Rainfall Total from Tropical Storm Cindy – July 2005
Database Operational Control & Triggers for Emergency Response
Allow real-time warning, notification, monitoring, and quality-control of all forms of environmental data
Coming Soon Web-based Data Retrieval RSS and XML Data Feeds
Delaware Environmental Observing System The combination of the DEMON and the DIVAS will make possible a number of Decision Support and Analysis Systems .
.
Flooding of Land Under Storm and Surge
DAS FLUSS Who is at risk? What roads will potentially be flooded? What is the safest evacuation route to advise?
Example of DAS-FLUSS and its use in Estimating Coastal Flooding with a 5-foot Tidal Surge
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve Real–Time and Historical Environmental Data
Abiotic WQ • 6 Locations – 2 Currently Real-Time – 2 Future Real-Time
• Data Set Length (years) – St. Jones 12, 5, 5 – Blackbird 12, 5, 1
• Sampling Interval – 1997-2006 30 minute – Post-2006 15 minute
• Parameters – – – –
Temperature pH Turbidity Dissolved Oxygen • Percent • mg/L
– – –
Depth Salinity Specific Conductance
“Nutrient” WQ • Sampling Interval
• Parameters
– Monthly grab
– Basic
• Slack low tide • All sites
– Monthly diel sampling • 2.5 hours interval • Scotton Landing SJ
• Data Sets – Basic from 1/02 – Expanded 9/05
• • • • •
NH3 NO2 NO3 OP Chl-A Pheo Silcate
– Expanded • • • • •
TDN TDP POC TSS TVS
PN PP FSS TDS
Meteorological
• 2 Locations – Real-time
• Sampling Interval – NERRS 15 minute – DEOS 5 minute
• Data Sets – St. Jones 10/97 – Blackbird 9/02
• Parameters – – – – – – –
Temperature Relative Humidity Wind Speed Wind Direction Barometric Pressure Rainfall PAR
St. Jones Watershed
Blackbird Creek Watershed
Directional Wave Buoy • Lower Delaware Bay – Broadkill Slough – 38º 53’ 00” N, 75º 11’ 34” W
• Hourly Low Resolution Transmission – –
Hmax, Hmo, Hav, Tp, T13, Tav Mean Dir., Spread, Water Temp.
• Quarterly High Resolution Downloads – Complete wave spectra data
• Availability – NDBC – DEOS
Real-Time Access • DEOS – http://www.deos.udel.edu/
• NERR CDMO – http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/
• NDBC – http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
The Delaware Environmental Observing System
http://www.deos.udel.edu
A Real-Time System Dedicated to Monitoring Environmental Conditions Across Delmarva
Delaware Solid Waste Authority Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
NWS
? Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve
DEOS Is A Partnership Among:
Mt. Holly, NJ
The University of Delaware Office of the State Climatologist Center for Climatic Research Department of Geography
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR)
The Delaware Environmental Observing System
DEOS Environmental Monitoring & Observing Network A “data clearinghouse” for both real-time and archived information
DEOS Environmental Monitoring and Observing Network • A “data clearinghouse” site for all environmental
data from in/around the State • Meteorological Data – 5-min, hourly, daily – precipitation (gage & radar), wind vector, air temperature, humidity, solar radiation, air pressure, air quality measurements • Hydrologic Data – USGS & DGS stream gauges, water quality measurements, well levels, soil moisture and soil temperature • Oceanographic Data – USGS & DGS tide gauges, wave height and period, water temperature, buoy and coastal observing systems
DEOS Porter Reservoir Station
DEOS Bethany Beach Boardwalk Station
DEOS SECCRA Station
Approximately 150 Total Observational Platforms Monitored
Current DEOS station distribution – includes NWS, DNERR, DSWA, DSWA Ag Coop sites as well as those installed by DEOS.
DEOS Integrated Visualization & Analysis System Ensure timely delivery and analysis of consistent quality-controlled data in a common data format
We are on the web at: WWW.DEOS.UDEL.EDU
DEOS Operational Data Display ODD-DIVAS
DEOS OPERATIONAL CONTROL FACILITY
Air Temperature @ 1:10PM • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Bethany Beach Blackbird Bridgeville Dover – Fire School Georgetown REC Harrington Raceway Hockessin Kitts Hummock Laurel London Grove Longwood Gardens Newark Ag Farm Townsend Wilmington Porter Reservoir
63.7°F 68.2° 68.2 F 66.8° 66.8 F 68.0° 68.0 F 68.0° 68.0 F 65.8° 65.8 F 64.9° 64.9 F 63.6° 63.6 F 69.2° 69.2 F 64.1° 64.1 F 65.7° 65.7 F 66.7° 66.7 F 63.9° 63.9 F 65.6° 65.6 F
DEOS Integrated Visualization and Analysis System • Provide real-time, spatially-integrated assessments of meteorologically-, climatologically-, and hydrologically-important variables • Hourly and daily updates with the capability of updating at 5 or 6-minute intervals in emergency situations • Integration of WSR-88D radar estimates of precipitation with data acquired by the Environmental Observation Network • Re-engineering of the High-Resolution Weather Data System – SMARTS
Spatial Meteorological Analysis in RealTime Provide analysis and integration tools – using Geographical System Information Systems (GIS) capabilities for analysis and export
SMARTS • A real-time, operational environmental information system • Client-Server architecture – Server-side computations • Provides a suite of observed and derived meteorological, climatological, and hydrological products: – air temperature, wind vector and gust, atmospheric humidity and pressure, solar radiation, soil moisture – precipitation – hourly, 12- and 24-hour total, storm-total – from both WSR-88D-derived, gage-measured, and composite – estimates of snow cover, soil moisture content, potential and actual evapotranspiration, apparent temperature, etc.
• All products provided at approximately a 0.02° lat/lon grid • Output available in a GIS-compatible format for integration with existing applications • Animation and retrieval capabilities
Some Example Products Sept. 18, 10:00 AM
Apparent Temperature
Air Temperature 0.02° X 0.02° Resolution (≈ 2km x 2km)
Wind Vector 7:00AM, 3/21/01
Coastal Flooding Potential
WSR-88D Weather Radars (NEXRAD)
10 cm wavelength
Ellendale Forest (DAFB) Delaware Also radars located at Manchester NJ, Sterling VA, and Wakefield VA
Twenty-four hour precipitation total for central Delmarva on August 11, 2001 at 7PM EDT. This corresponds to the time that a dam at Hearn’s Pond near Seaford failed due to excessive rainfall. Rainfall estimates in some locations exceeded 14 inches, although the official gage at Georgetown airport measured less than 5 inches. Note the high spatial variability in rainfall.
“Bethany Beach” Precipitation Event, July 19, 2002
“Red Clay Creek” Precipitation Event, September 15, 2003
Monthly Accumulated Rainfall, July 13, 2002 jf
Used in Governors Drought Advisory Committee Meeting
48-hour Rainfall Total from Tropical Storm Cindy – July 2005
Database Operational Control & Triggers for Emergency Response
Allow real-time warning, notification, monitoring, and quality-control of all forms of environmental data
Coming Soon Web-based Data Retrieval RSS and XML Data Feeds
Delaware Environmental Observing System The combination of the DEMON and the DIVAS will make possible a number of Decision Support and Analysis Systems .
.
Flooding of Land Under Storm and Surge
DAS FLUSS Who is at risk? What roads will potentially be flooded? What is the safest evacuation route to advise?
Example of DAS-FLUSS and its use in Estimating Coastal Flooding with a 5-foot Tidal Surge
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve Real–Time and Historical Environmental Data
Abiotic WQ • 6 Locations – 2 Currently Real-Time – 2 Future Real-Time
• Data Set Length (years) – St. Jones 12, 5, 5 – Blackbird 12, 5, 1
• Sampling Interval – 1997-2006 30 minute – Post-2006 15 minute
• Parameters – – – –
Temperature pH Turbidity Dissolved Oxygen • Percent • mg/L
– – –
Depth Salinity Specific Conductance
“Nutrient” WQ • Sampling Interval
• Parameters
– Monthly grab
– Basic
• Slack low tide • All sites
– Monthly diel sampling • 2.5 hours interval • Scotton Landing SJ
• Data Sets – Basic from 1/02 – Expanded 9/05
• • • • •
NH3 NO2 NO3 OP Chl-A Pheo Silcate
– Expanded • • • • •
TDN TDP POC TSS TVS
PN PP FSS TDS
Meteorological
• 2 Locations – Real-time
• Sampling Interval – NERRS 15 minute – DEOS 5 minute
• Data Sets – St. Jones 10/97 – Blackbird 9/02
• Parameters – – – – – – –
Temperature Relative Humidity Wind Speed Wind Direction Barometric Pressure Rainfall PAR
St. Jones Watershed
Blackbird Creek Watershed
Directional Wave Buoy • Lower Delaware Bay – Broadkill Slough – 38º 53’ 00” N, 75º 11’ 34” W
• Hourly Low Resolution Transmission – –
Hmax, Hmo, Hav, Tp, T13, Tav Mean Dir., Spread, Water Temp.
• Quarterly High Resolution Downloads – Complete wave spectra data
• Availability – NDBC – DEOS
Real-Time Access • DEOS – http://www.deos.udel.edu/
• NERR CDMO – http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/
• NDBC – http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
The Delaware Environmental Observing System
http://www.deos.udel.edu
