Final Workshop September 20, 2012 Anchorage , Alaska

Final Workshop

September 20, 2012Anchorage, Alaska

NSDSS Final Workshop - Agenda

• Introductions

1:00 – 1:45 Project Overview and Tool Functionality1:45 – 2:30 Case Study #1 – White Hills Ice Road2:30 – 2:45 Coffee Break2:45 – 3:15 Ice Road Design, Live Demo3:15 – 3:45 Case Study #2 – Landscape Ice Road

Suitability Assessment3:45 – 4:00 Stakeholder Feedback4:00 End

Ice Roads are Critical for Resource Exploration in the

Arctic…• Relatively Inexpensive• Relatively Reliable• Require Little Remediation

Distribution of NorthSlope Lakes

Question: How can we do a better job of Planning,

Permitting, and Communicating Information about Ice Roads on Alaska’s North Slope?

Answer:The North Slope Decision Support System

Stakeholder Workshops

• First Workshop: Anchorage, Jan. 2009• Introduce project• Brainstorm Functionality of NSDSS

• Second Workshop: Fairbanks, Nov. 2009• Reviewed Prototype NSDSS Tool• Feedback on Functionality

• Third Workshop: Fairbanks, April, 2011• Rolled out Working NSDSS Web Tool• Brainstormed Case Study Ideas

• Final Workshop: Fairbanks & Anchorage, Sept. 2012• Presenting Completed Tool• Presenting Case Study Results• Brainstorm future enhancements

NSDSS Today: NSDSS Website• Nsdss.ine.uaf.edu

• Project Overview• Description• Team• Stakeholders• Contact

• Literature• Overview• Ice Road Planning• Natural Systems Models• Technology• Workshops• Case Studies

• Web Tool• Tool requirements• Launching Pad

NSDSS System Architecture

Catalog Service

Metadata for all Databases

Field Data: WERC, Publish(ODM-based)

North Slope DSSWeb Portal

GIS-based

Climate ForecastsReAnalysis(NetCDF)

GIS Data(WMS, WFS)

Cyber InfrastructureData, Tools, Reports

LocalCache Combination of

new and Existing Databases, owned by data partners

Model Data: Publish

The NSDSS Web Tool: NSDSS.net

Search for all data within the NSDSS CyberinfrastructureUses Semantic Mediation

NSDSS.net

• MS Silverlight-based web application

• Enables exploration of data, analysis, and publication of findings

• Data stored in statewide cyber infrastructure, and is accessed directly through the web portal through web services

• Map-based application containing four modules that interact with map:

• Data Exploration• Data Publishing• Environmental Analysis• Ice Road Planning

An example of how it Works?

Catalog Service

Metadata for all information

FieldData

NorthSlopeDSSWorkbench

GIS-basedDesktop Tool

Climate Data

GINAGIS Node

CyberInfrastructureData, Tools, Reports

LocalCache

Intent is to Evaluate Potential Ice Road

Route(s)

1

Decide to do Ice Road Planning Study; select

start and end point

2

Ask Catalog Service for Data Nodes that contain

suitable data (Terrain, GIS – Lakes, Sensitive Areas)

3

Catalog Service provides names and call methods

and parameters for Nodes

4

Workbench Requests Data5

Node Serves Data6

User Conducts Analysis and documents findings

7

User Completes Evaluation Report

8User saves findings and

brings into decision process.

9

NSDSS Data Sources

NSF Data Conservancy/ EOL

Endangered Species ServiceNSDSS ArcGIS

-Lakes DB-Transportation-Hydrography-DEM

Catalog ServiceMetadata for all

Databases

WERC Field Data(ODM-based)

NorthSlopeDSSWorkbench

GIS-basedDesktop Tool

NSDSS NetCDF-GCM Climate Scenarios-Re-Analysis

CyberInfrastructure

LocalCacheData

Models

NSDSS Publish Database

(ODM-based)

NSDSS ModelDatabase

(xml-based model descriptions)

ESRI World Map(ODM-based)

Read-Only Publishable External

NSDSS Web Tool: Data Publishing

• Add your own data• Point-based• Meteorological Data• Hydrologic Data• Any Data Can be published• Copy and Paste from Excel• Upload to Publish Database• Can be used by others in their analysis

NSDSS Web Tool: Ice Road Planning• Ice Road Planning

• Planning Level Assessment to Determine Potential Ice Road Routes based on:

• Cost• Length• Construction Time• Water Haul Distance• Grade• Water Availability• Environmental Impact

• Advanced Analyses:• Find best place to start

from along road• Landscape Iceroad

Suitability Analysis

NSDSS Web Tool: Environmental Analysis• Used to Assess Environmental Impact and Risk

• Lake Water Budget Analysis• Potential impact to lake water supply given uncertain weather• Takes into account fish presence and regulatory requirement

95% of models predict this much water will be available

5% of models predict this much water will be available

Water Required to build road

Because min level for blue line is higher than 55M gal, shows that 50% of models agree that there will be sufficient water, even in dry years.

50% of models predict this much water will be available

Because red line crosses 55M gal at 65%, shows that 5% of models predict there will be a 65% chance of insufficient water.

NSDSS Web Tool: Environmental Analysis• Used to Assess Environmental Impact and Risk

• Lake Dissolved Oxygen Analysis• Potential impact to lake water quality given uncertain weather• Takes into account impact of thickening ice and extraction of water’s impact to

total liquid lake volume and resulting DO level.