The new NOAA Climate Explorer developed with the Esri JS API launched publicly this week. Climate Explorer is a rich resource featuring more than just maps. This link will take you to an example map view in the new version …
In short;
- NOAA Climate Program Office, with NEMAC, created the original US Climate Explorer in 2014 with opensource tech
- NEMAC and NOAA, with support from Fernleaf, have rewritten the Climate Explorer with the Esri JS API, and are integrating Living Atlas content directly into it.
o The new site has an impressive multi-scale explorer interface for various layers, swipe tools, charts…. 6k grids for US/ or options for county-level aggregation
- An update is planned with deeper Living Atlas and Story Map integration, launching early fall
- Current case studies on the Climate Explorer site are being transitioned to Story Maps, including integration with the National Water Model for example.
- NOAA Climate Program Office Director is pleased with the change to the ArcGIS JS API, and supportive of the planned Living Atlas enhancements
- The new site is hosted on a NEMAC server, to ensure continuity during potential government shutdowns
Primary collaborators include;
- NOAA’s Climate Program Office
- UNC-Asheville’s NEMAC (National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center – 2016 SAG Award for Research and Science),
- Fernleaf Interactive, an Esri Startup co-located with NEMAC at Asheville’s Climate Collider (collaborative office space)
- NEMAC spun-off Fernleaf two years ago to handle commercial demand for resilience consulting to local gov market
- Fernleaf now supports a product, AccelAdapt, an SAS resilience assessment solution for ArcGIS incorporating parcel and building data into the “Six Steps for Resilience” process. Workflows deliver ArcGIS Web Services as products to hundreds of communities
Related,
- Fernleaf is sharing AccelAdapt workflows (which leverage the Climate Explorer)
- Climate Explorer will feed inputs to AccelAdapt via the living Atlas in fall release
- Fernleaf will be in the StartUp Zone at the Esri UC for the 2nd year.
This is an exemplar of an academic research team spinning-off a thriving Esri Startup, then providing the Climate Explorer as a critical public/ private partnership.
