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 Functionality

1:45 – 2:30 Case Study #1 – White Hills Ice Road

2:30 – 2:45 Coffee Break

2:45 – 3:15 Ice Road Design, Live Demo

3:15 – 3:45 Case Study #2 – Landscape Ice Road Suitability Assessment

3:45 – 4:00 Stakeholder Feedback

4:00 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 Data

5

Node Serves Data6

User Conducts Analysis and documents findings

7

User Completes Evaluation Report

8

User 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.