An ECOOP web portal for visualising and comparing distributed coastal oceanography model and in situ data

摘要

As part of a large European coastal operational oceanography project(ECOOP), we have developed a web portal for the display and comparison ofmodel and in situ marine data. The distributed model and in situ datasetsare accessed via an Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) and WebFeature Service (WFS) respectively. These services were developedindependently and readily integrated for the purposes of the ECOOP project,illustrating the ease of interoperability resulting from adherence tointernational standards.The key feature of the portal is the ability to display co-plottedtimeseries of the in situ and model data and the quantification of misfitsbetween the two. By using standards-based web technology we allow the userto quickly and easily explore over twenty model data feeds and compare thesewith dozens of in situ data feeds without being concerned with the low leveldetails of differing file formats or the physical location of the data.Scientific and operational benefits to this work include model validation,quality control of observations, data assimilation and decision support innear real time. In these areas it is essential to be able to bring differentdata streams together from often disparate locations.