Transcript A New Tool for Analyzing CMAQ Modeling Results: Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI) Donna Schwede NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory Atmospheric Modeling Division *In partnership with the.

A New Tool for Analyzing CMAQ
Modeling Results:
Visualization Environment for Rich Data
Interpretation (VERDI)
Donna Schwede
NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory
Atmospheric Modeling Division
*In partnership with the U.S. EPA
Research Triangle Park, NC
Nicholson Collier, Jayne Dolph, Mary Ann Bitz Widing, Thomas Howe
Argonne National Laboratory,
Decision and Information Sciences Division,
Argonne, IL, USA
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National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division
Design Specifications
• All functionalities of PAVE
• Additional or improved features compared to
PAVE (e.g. easier vertical cross-sections)
• Allow additional input file formats (e.g. WRF)
• Platform-independent (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc)
• Open source
• Java
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Features
• Data input formats
– Models-3 IOAPI, netCDF
– CMAQ output, MCIP output, WRF files
• Plots
– Tile, vertical cross-section, time series (line
and bar), scatter, vector, contour, overlays
– Animations
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Features
• Data manipulation
– Windowing, formulas
• Output formats
– Plots: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP
– Animations: Animated GIF, QuickTime
– Probing results: TXT, CSV
• Scripting
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Future Development
• Community-based development encouraged
• EPA near-term focus
–Speed issues, bug fixes, additional features
• New IAG with ANL
– Spatial analysis component (bring in
Watershed Deposition Tool capability)
• CMAS support
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Where can I get VERDI?
• EPA’s Atmospheric Modeling Division
Anonymous FTP site
ftp://ftp.epa.gov/amd/asmd/VERDI/
• Eventually CMAS
Comments/suggestions?
[email protected]
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Live Software
Demonstration
Disclaimer: The research presented here was performed under the Memorandum
of Understanding between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the
U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) and under agreement number DW13921548. This work constitutes a
contribution to the NOAA Air Quality and Global Climate Programs. Although it has
been reviewed by EPA and NOAA and approved for publication, it does not
necessarily reflect their policies or views. Argonne National Laboratory's work was
supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) though U.S.
Department of Energy contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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