Abby Frazier
Thomas Giambelluca
Qi Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Donna Delparte
Jonathan Price
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth. Knowledge of these patterns is vitally important for a number of resource management issues, including the restoration and protection of native ecosystems, ground water and surface water development and protection, and planning for the effects of global warming. A new set of digital maps of mean monthly and annual rainfall from 1978-2007 for the major Hawaiian Islands has been developed. A monthly rainfall database was assembled with over 1,000 stations, using several gap-filling techniques to address missing values in the station records. "Virtual raingage" sites were estimated in remote areas based on patterns of natural vegetation. The final gridded maps were created using a Bayesian data fusion method that merged the station data with three predictor maps derived from Radar rainfall, MM5 model rainfall, and PRISM rainfall maps.
A new interactive website was created to make the rainfall maps, data, and related information easily accessible. Users can download map images, GIS and Google Earth layers, and station data or obtain information via an interactive map. To access the website, visit:
http://rainfall.geography.hawaii.edu/.
Showing posts with label coastal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coastal. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Hawai'i's fluvial systems: Using GIS to assess current conditions and identify management strategies in a changing climate
Ralph Tingley
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
KEYNOTE: Positioning the Pacific
Juliana Blackwell
Director, NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
This presentation will highlight NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and other NOAA geospatial activities in the Pacific Region. Topics to be covered include an overview of selected NOAA geospatial data and services supporting mapping and charting, comprehensive ocean and coastal planning, new approaches for visualizing and using NOAA data, including the latest mobile applications, and the development of a new NOAA Geospatial Platform for access to the breadth of NOAA's geospatial data, services, and applications.
Director, NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
This presentation will highlight NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and other NOAA geospatial activities in the Pacific Region. Topics to be covered include an overview of selected NOAA geospatial data and services supporting mapping and charting, comprehensive ocean and coastal planning, new approaches for visualizing and using NOAA data, including the latest mobile applications, and the development of a new NOAA Geospatial Platform for access to the breadth of NOAA's geospatial data, services, and applications.
Natural Resources Applications of GIS/GPS on Guam
Ken Cochrane
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Hagatna, GU
Tanya Johnson
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Survey and Positioning
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
This presentation will discuss lessons learned from diverse GIS/GPS applications on Guam including the use of high resolution digital imagery for seagrass delineation and some of the strengths/weaknesses we have come across while using a GPS in conjunction with a rangefinder in the field.
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Hagatna, GU
Tanya Johnson
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Survey and Positioning
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
This presentation will discuss lessons learned from diverse GIS/GPS applications on Guam including the use of high resolution digital imagery for seagrass delineation and some of the strengths/weaknesses we have come across while using a GPS in conjunction with a rangefinder in the field.
Using Participatory Mapping Techniques to Characterize Coastal Uses in West Maui
Jamie Carter
NOAA Pacific Services Center, Honolulu, HI
Christine Feinholz
I.M. Systems Group, Honolulu, HI
Kalisi Fa`anunu Mausio
NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, Honolulu, HI
Participatory and Place-Based GIS
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Coral reefs in Hawaii are facing increasing pressures from a growing variety of ocean uses, as well as increased coastal development and watershed impacts. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a first step to improving regional coastal and watershed management activities. This project leveraged participatory mapping methods developed at NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Center to interactively and digitally map coastal uses with the participation of the public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project documents human coastal and marine uses in the area extending from the Honolua watershed to the Wahikuli watershed and from the coast to the state jurisdictional boundary of three nautical miles out to sea. In September 2011, three full-day workshops were held at the Lahaina Senior Center in Maui with 47 local stakeholders to map coastal uses in this region. Seventeen extractive and non-extractive activities were mapped throughout the region, and the results are presented online for use by federal, local and state governments, NGO’s and the general public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a partnership of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), and NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Pacific Services Center (PSC). This is a project of the Hawaii Coral Program’s Local Action Strategies (LAS), with funding from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
NOAA Pacific Services Center, Honolulu, HI
Christine Feinholz
I.M. Systems Group, Honolulu, HI
Kalisi Fa`anunu Mausio
NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, Honolulu, HI
Participatory and Place-Based GIS
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Coral reefs in Hawaii are facing increasing pressures from a growing variety of ocean uses, as well as increased coastal development and watershed impacts. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a first step to improving regional coastal and watershed management activities. This project leveraged participatory mapping methods developed at NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Center to interactively and digitally map coastal uses with the participation of the public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project documents human coastal and marine uses in the area extending from the Honolua watershed to the Wahikuli watershed and from the coast to the state jurisdictional boundary of three nautical miles out to sea. In September 2011, three full-day workshops were held at the Lahaina Senior Center in Maui with 47 local stakeholders to map coastal uses in this region. Seventeen extractive and non-extractive activities were mapped throughout the region, and the results are presented online for use by federal, local and state governments, NGO’s and the general public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a partnership of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), and NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Pacific Services Center (PSC). This is a project of the Hawaii Coral Program’s Local Action Strategies (LAS), with funding from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Open Source Applications in Web Mapping
Abe Coughlin
John Maurer
University of Hawaii/SOEST/PacIOOS
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Two parallel approaches to sharing and displaying spatial data will be presented. One approach is building your own open-source stack of GIS software using the Postgresql database with the POSTGIS extension, the GIS platform Quantum GIS, the map server Geoserver and the viewer GeoExplorer.
The other approach leverages the Google Maps API via JavaScript programming and may touch upon jQuery, server-side scripting with Python, and Ajax along the way.
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event is free, but separate registration is required.
Click here for more information
John Maurer
University of Hawaii/SOEST/PacIOOS
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Two parallel approaches to sharing and displaying spatial data will be presented. One approach is building your own open-source stack of GIS software using the Postgresql database with the POSTGIS extension, the GIS platform Quantum GIS, the map server Geoserver and the viewer GeoExplorer.
The other approach leverages the Google Maps API via JavaScript programming and may touch upon jQuery, server-side scripting with Python, and Ajax along the way.
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event is free, but separate registration is required.
Click here for more information
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