Weather Solutions: Integrating Weather Content into your GIS

Smart Information for a Sustainable World

Weather Solutions: Integrating Weather Content Integrating Weather Content

Services Into Your GIS

Alain FrémauxAlain FrémauxAlain FrémauxAlain Frémaux

ESRI European User Conference ESRI European User Conference ESRI European User Conference ESRI European User Conference

Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid –––– October 2011October 2011October 2011October 2011


AgendaWho is Telvent?

What is the value of weather data?

Why is weather data challenging?

Demonstrate content and application examples


Telvent EnvironmentLeading Provider of Business Weather Solutions

� Largest commercial weather company in USA, Largest commercial weather company in USA, Largest commercial weather company in USA, Largest commercial weather company in USA, gone global in past 3 yearsgone global in past 3 yearsgone global in past 3 yearsgone global in past 3 years

� Independently rated “most accurate” weather Independently rated “most accurate” weather Independently rated “most accurate” weather Independently rated “most accurate” weather forecastsforecastsforecastsforecasts

� Advanced weather decision support systems Advanced weather decision support systems Advanced weather decision support systems Advanced weather decision support systems with delivery via online, mobile, text/email with delivery via online, mobile, text/email with delivery via online, mobile, text/email with delivery via online, mobile, text/email alert, web services & GISalert, web services & GISalert, web services & GISalert, web services & GIS

Representative Customers

alert, web services & GISalert, web services & GISalert, web services & GISalert, web services & GIS

� Now part of Schneider Electric, FrenchNow part of Schneider Electric, FrenchNow part of Schneider Electric, FrenchNow part of Schneider Electric, French----based based based based 20 billion Euro energy company20 billion Euro energy company20 billion Euro energy company20 billion Euro energy company

� Load Forecasting and services for electric/gas utilities and renewables

� Transmission and Distribution Crew Management

� Wind Farm Safety

Energy

� Pavement Forecasting and alerting services for state and local government

� Weather for Intelligent Transportation Systems (e.g. 511)

Transportation Aviation� Aviation Forecasting

for commercial, corporate, and specialized flight operations

� Helicopter Decision Support Systems


Weather Impacts Almost Everything

Energy: demand, supply (renewables), outages

Aviation

Transportation

Public and commercial safety

Insurance (floods, lightning, wind damage, etc.)Insurance (floods, lightning, wind damage, etc.)

Defense

Agriculture

Trading & finance


Weather Information Value Chain

Instruments

& Network

Network

Operations

Value

Added

Services

Decision

Support

SystemsServices Systems

AWS

AWOS

RWIS

Climate

Air Quality

Radar

Satellite

. . .

IP

UDP

Wireless

Wireline

Maintenance

Operations

. . .

Data QC

Forecasting

Distribution

Customize

Integrate

DSS

. . .

Energy

Aviation

Transport

Gov’t

Agriculture

. . .

Value increases with integration


Enabling Customer EfficienciesWeather data has no value until a decision is made from it

The role of a weather information service is to enable decisions that engender efficiencies and optimization efficiencies and optimization efficiencies and optimization efficiencies and optimization based on the integration of weather and weather related information

Examples:

Electricity demand forecasts based on weather forecast input

Wind Farm maintenance crew evacuation based on lightning alertsWind Farm maintenance crew evacuation based on lightning alerts

Roadway treatment recommendations based on weather and pavement forecasts

Professional sports games cancelled based on real-time weather and expert forecasts

Enabling weather based efficiencies at businesses and governments

Web-based Customized SystemsMobile GIS/Shapefile 3rd Party Systems

Requires a comprehensive solution based on data, display, and analytics


Examples of GIS Weather Data Integration

Electric utility outage management

Wind power operations and maintenance

Helicopter flight tracking systems

Insurance response team planning and claims validation

Intelligent transportation systems – road conditions and traffic Intelligent transportation systems – road conditions and traffic control

Agricultural commodities trading


Weather is Challenging to DeliverObviously geo-spatial, often high resolution

Highly dynamic (5 or 10 minute radar, up to the minute lightning, etc.)

Temporal: current, past and future (forecast)

Visualization challenges (animation)

All this globallyAll this globally

Many type of data:

Current observations, Radar, satellite, warnings and bulletins, specialized aviation weather, forecasts, historical and climatological data, hurricanes/cyclones

Many sources of dynamic data:

National meteorological agencies

WMO (World Meteorological Organization)

Commercial sources

Proprietary methods


Decision Support Analytics

Data, Information & Analysis Delivery

Surface Observations

Satellite Model DataRadar Prop. DataLightning

Pvmt Fcst/MDSS

Alerting

Decision SupportContent

Sources

Internet-based Delivery

Web-based Customized SystemsMobile Web Services 3rd Party Systems

Forecasts

Consulting

Delivery Technologies

Human


Telvent GIS Weather

We’ve been delivering GIS weather data for over 10 years

Use GIS weather data in our own sophisticated weather applications, including alerting

Highest-quality weather data, for integrationHighest-quality weather data, for integration

GIS data for mapping and analysis

Both SOAP and REST XML services for forecasts and observations

Global in coverage


Available Global Content Includes…

Weather radar

Europe

Canada

Australia

US

Global satellite

0-2 day local forecast conditions

0-9 day local forecast conditions

Forecast thunderstorm coverageGlobal satellite

Current observed surface conditions

Temperature

Precipitation

Wind speed

Direction

Humidity

Pressure

Weather condition

coverage

Historical weather

Yesterday’s observed surface conditions

Yesterday’s observed precipitation totals

Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Package – current and forecast


Telvent Example of GIS Weather Application (“WeatherSentry”)

Goal is to make all content available via GIS web services as well


ESRI France Example Using Telvent’s Content

Questions?Questions?

Thank you

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