Annotated Listing of Web Resources

What follows is a short and non-comprehensive inventory of web-based spatial data, visualization, and analysis resources in use by the isoscapes community, as summarized from the Isoscapes 2011 breakout sessions. We will ultimately try to migrate this to a Wiki-type forum, but for now please send any questions or requests for updates to isomap@purdue.edu.

Isotopes and Chemistry

WISER
http://nds121.iaea.org/wiser/
Access and visualize IAEA water isotope data

IsoMAP
http://isomap.org
Analysis and modeling of stable isotope distributions

Waterisotopes.org
http://waterisotopes.org
Download and query water isoscapes

EarthChem
http://www.earthchem.org/
Search and access rock geochemistry data, including isotope ratios

NOAA-ESRL-GMD
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/
Atmospheric composition data and visualization, including CO2 and CH4 isotope ratios

NADP
http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/
Atmospheric deposition data

General web-GIS Visualization, Analysis, and Collaboration Support

Google Fusion Tables
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home
Quick map display, mashup and sharing of tabular data

Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Access, display and mashup geospatial data (desktop-based)

Data Basin
http://databasin.org
Visualize and share geospatial data

GeoCommons
http://geocommons.com
Visualize, share, and conduct basic analysis of geospatial data

CyberGIS Gateway
https://gisolve2.cigi.illinois.edu/home/
Grid-enabled analysis of geospatial data

Climate and Environment - analysis

KNMI Climate Explorer
http://climexp.knmi.nl/start.cgi?someone@somewhere
Identify and analyze climate data, especially time series and spatial correlation

Giovanni
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/
Web-based analysis, visualization, and download of NASA remote-sensing climate data sets

HYSPLIT
http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/HYSPLIT_traj.php
Web-based atmospheric forward and back-trajectory analysis

Climate and Environment – Data and Visualization

CRU
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/
Download gridded global climate data (monthly time series and climatology) derived from station observations

PRISM
http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
High spatial resolution (2.5') regional climate maps and gridded data

NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/reanalysis/reanalysis.shtml
Large number of climate system variables at up to 6hr resolution and 2.5° spatial resolution in netCDF format

ERA-40 Reanalysis
http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/archive/descriptions/e4/index.html
Large number of climate system variables at up to 6hr resolution and 2.5° spatial resolution

NOMADS
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/#narr_datasets
Download gridded climate and weather data from a large number of models, paleoclimate models, and reanalysis projects including the high-resolution (32km) NARR reanalysis

WorldClim
http://www.worldclim.org/
High-resolution (1 km) global climate normal gridded datasets for current, future, and past climate states

GeoMapApp
http://www.geomapapp.org/
Identify and visualize a large number of (mostly marine) environmental datasets

Australian Megafauna Explorer
http://www.australiamegafauna.org/index.html
Visualize isotope-based environmental reconstructions

USGS Water Watch
http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/new/
Visualization and download of water level and hydroclimate data

USGS EROS
http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data
Download USGS geospatial data, including aerial imagery, DEMs, and land cover data. Also includes links to several web-GIS based data discovery tools.

USGS state level digital geological maps
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geology/state/
Access and visualize maps in a variety of formats

 

 

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Annotated list of web-based resources for spatial analysis


IsoMAP: WebGIS for Isotopes

IsoMAP is a dynamic, online workspace for spatial analysis, modeling and prediction of stable isotope ratio variation in the natural environment. The initial realease of the IsoMAP gateway is now live and supports precipitation isotope ratio modeling and geographic assignment using H and O isotopes. Visit IsoMAP to learn more or to start making isoscapes today!

IsoMAP