{"id":155842,"date":"2022-03-03T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=155842"},"modified":"2022-03-03T08:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:52:20","slug":"climate-data-portal-critical-to-future-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/03\/climate-data-portal-critical-to-future-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary climate data portal critical to future planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_18237\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5V-1Ujb67P0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Revolutionary climate data portal critical to future planning\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Knowledge of climate patterns is critically important for a variety of resource management issues, including groundwater and surface water development and protection, controlling and eradicating invasive species, protecting and restoring native ecosystems, and planning for the effects of global warming. Resource managers, climate researchers, educators and students have a powerful new tool with the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/climate-data-portal\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Climate Data Portal<\/a> (<abbr>HCDP<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155845\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-rainbow-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Various measuring instruments in valley with a rainbow\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-155845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-rainbow-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-rainbow-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-rainbow.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate Station located at Lyon Artoretum, Honolulu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In support of closing data gaps and providing easy public access to climate data and information for the state, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/epscor\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research<\/a> (<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> ESPCoR) &#699;Ike Wai project and the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Data Science Institute<\/a> have partnered with the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrrc.hawaii.edu\/\">Water Resources Research Center<\/a> (<abbr>WRRC<\/abbr>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/\">East-West Center<\/a> on this online open-source platform that hosts a wide range of data products, climate tools and resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Climate Data Portal provides streamlined access to high-quality reliable data and information that can be utilized by a range of stakeholders and be incorporated into near-real-time planning activities and management decisions,&rdquo; said East-West Center Fellow and &#699;Ike Wai researcher <strong>Ryan Longman<\/strong>, who worked on the development of the portal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/climate-data-portal\/team\/\">a team of about 20 from across <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> and the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Demonstrating the portal\u2019s power<\/h2>\n<p>After almost a decade of development, the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr> launched on March 3, 2022, during a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> EPSCoR and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Data Science Institute virtual event. Longman, <abbr>WRRC<\/abbr> director and &#699;Ike Wai project co-investigator <strong>Thomas Giambelluca<\/strong>, <strong>Sean Cleveland<\/strong>, lead software engineer from <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Information Technology Services, and a team of climate and data scientists who contributed to the development of the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr>, demonstrated the data, tools and information available through the portal. These included the data visualization and download tool, Indigenous climate knowledge perspectives, and a variety of gridded climate products.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155849\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-climate-portal-rainfall-map-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic with rainfall maps\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-155849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-climate-portal-rainfall-map-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-climate-portal-rainfall-map-130x68.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-climate-portal-rainfall-map.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainfall mapping on the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Climate Data Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Climate data available through the portal include more than 100 years of monthly rainfall maps, 30 years of daily temperature maps and a range of other variables and products, most of which are updated in near-real-time. Other features of the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr> include climate map visualization and download tools, a library of related journal publications and reports, climate research highlights, information on Indigenous knowledge and climate perspectives, and links to decision support tools and resources.<\/p>\n<h2>Fire risk, drought forecasting in the future<\/h2>\n<p>In the near future, the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr> will host data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/10\/hawaii-mesonet-project\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Mesonet project<\/a> which will deploy more than 90 climate stations statewide. Other features under development include near-real-time fire risk and early warning, drought forecasting and an avian malaria risk warning tool.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155844\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-collection-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Rain gauge on the side of a mountain\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-155844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-collection-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-collection-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-hawaii-climate-portal-collection.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain gauge located at high elevation on East Maui.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Improving weather and climate monitoring in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> through the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Mesonet and providing easy access to the data and data products through the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr> will revolutionize <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>-based research across a broad range of disciplines and provide much needed information to resource managers, emergency response agencies, decision makers and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> residents,&rdquo; said Giambelluca.<\/p>\n<p>Future features are being supported by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the <abbr>HCDP<\/abbr> and related <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> research can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/epscor\/\">EPSCoR <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By Tori Miranda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Climate Data Portal will aid water resource managers and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[93,665,10,521,1314,73,947,56,347],"class_list":["post-155842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-climate-change","tag-conservation","tag-east-west-center","tag-epscor","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","tag-water-resources-research-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155842"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156076,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155842\/revisions\/156076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}