ACISApplied Climate Information System

ACIS System Architecture

System design is optimized for the Internet

Distributed/Synchronized data bases

Resiliency built-in to handle system failures

Object-oriented programming design allows for extension of capabilities

Flexible interfaces can link to all ACIS components

All information is delivered as products developed through user interaction

Integrated Data Sources

Time-integrated datasets IDD and NOAAport (SHEF, DSM) Coop-3206, 3200 (final, preliminary, keyed) 9641 (normals) 3280 (surface airways) 3220 (monthly) – planned

Integrated with other data sources Mesonets: AWDN, Oklahoma Mesonet RAWS, SNOTEL, SCAN, USGS, CoCoRaHS (Jan

2010) Local key entry

Meta data to support all stations

ACIS Data Picture

Synchronized Data

Services and Interfaces

Web Services• A web service is traditionally defined as:

...a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format and preferred data formats to facilitate information exchange

• Web services today are frequently just Application Programming Interfaces (API) or web APIs that can be accessed over a network and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services

• Within ACIS, web services are a new area of development that will reduce the development hurdles for climate partners