noaawatch an environmental monitor ron jones national weather service office of the cio
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3 Sources of Information Web site NWS Warnings, Radar, Forecasts WFO Local reports NHC Hurricane Track forecasts NESDIS Satellite Images NOS Storm Tide Prediction NDBC Buoy Reports Hydro Prediction Center OMAO Aircraft ops OAR Research and Modeling FEMA/DHS Health and Human Services Department of Defense Department of Agriculture Census Bureau State and local Governments Red Cross Other national meteorological servicesTRANSCRIPT
NOAAWatchAn Environmental Monitor
Ron JonesNational Weather Service Office of the CIO
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Why a “Storm Portal”?
Hurricane Isabel Assessment - “NOAA has really good information, if you can find it”
• “one-stop shopping” that informs people – before, during, and after hazardous events
• enhances the value of integrated coast, ocean, and atmospheric data .
• The site was not intended to create new content • Point customers to sites where detailed information
can be accessed.
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Sources of Information
OARResearch
and Modeling
OMAOAircraft
ops
Hydro Prediction
CenterNDBCBuoy
Reports
NOSStorm Tide Prediction
NESDISSatelliteImages
NHCHurricane
Track forecasts
WFOLocal
reports
NWSWarnings,
Radar, Forecasts
Website
FEMA/DHS
Health and Human Services
Department of Defense
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
State and local Governments
Red Cross
Other national meteorological services
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NOAAWatch “Storm Page” provides links to information on a specific significant environmental hazard.
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A variety of environmental hazards
Tropical CyclonesSevere WeatherEarthquakesTsunamisFloodingExcessive HeatDroughtWild FiresVolcanoesEl Niño/Southern Oscillation
Storm Tide/Coastal Flooding (non-tropical)HABs/Red Tide EventsMonsoonRip Current Oil SpillsTransport/navigation hazardsSpace WeatherWinter Weather
Air QualityDebris Flow/ LandslidesIce flowCoral BleachingIncidents of National SignificanceOther Significant Environmental Events
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The main page provides an brief synopsis of top environmental hazard news, updated daily (or more frequently as conditions dictate).
This main page allows users to quickly scan the top news stories of the day.
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Theme Pages provide an overview of NOAA’s role in a specific type of environmental hazard and provide links to other sources of information about the hazard.
In addition, other government agency information related to the topic is highlighted.
RSS Syndication
Archived by Year
NOAA Information
Event Specific Page
Theme Page
Web URL’s, Images, RSS feeds, etc
Theme pages provide an overview of
NOAA’s role in a particular type of
hazard and has links to existing sites to
learn more
NOAAWatch.gov has info on current hazards and links to
educational resources
Significant event pages (hurricanes, etc) are linked from NOAAWatch and are archived
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Editorial Process for NOAAWatch
Editor in Chief
Line Office Editor
Subject Matter Editor (SME)
Content Developers
Content Developers
Editor In Chief primary POC for NOAA management
Line Office Editors coordinate with other LO Editors to identify “Top Story” on NOAAWatch
Subject Matter Editors - QC of content/feeds from “reporters” and identify links to be added
to NOAAWatch pages
Content developers are the “reporters” – posting web pages to their existing sites and
updating news (RSS) feeds
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But what about topics with no available feed?
• NOAAWatch team set up a web based tool to generate and administer news feeds
• Had to be simple to use• Had to be cross platform compatible• Had to generate RSS feeds that conform to RSS
2.0 standards• Had to provide a review and approval process
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Administration of NOAAWatch
Admin Log in
Editor In Chief/Editorial Board
Editor
Reporter”
Review/Update RSS Feed/
Image URL info
Update RSS Feed/ Image URL info
Review/Update RSS Feed/
Image URL info, Create new channel
Approves Updates from Staging
Server to Production
Move Updates from Staging
Server to Production
Adds Editors/Updates Permissions
Permissions forStaging Server
Permissions for Staging Server
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The Subject Matter Expert(The Reporter)Subject Matter Experts/Reporters are allowed to edit existing RSS feeds. They may edit news items in the feed, or create new news items for the feeds.
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The Reporters’ ScreenElements required
Title
Description
Link
Author
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The Editors
Editors edit existing news feeds, create new items, and approve items submitted in specific channels. Editors may also assign Reporters permissions to specific feeds.
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The Editor’s ScreenThe main difference in the Editor’s screen and the Reporters screen is the “Active” box (an approval box for the Editor)
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The Benefits of Syndication• Information from the authoritative source• Consistent updates of information• Avoids multiple sites having to duplicate efforts to post
the same information• There are advantages compared to receiving frequently
published content via email• Feed readers are used in personalized home page
services like iGoogle or My Yahoo or My MSN to put content such as news, weather and stock quotes appear on the user’s personal page.
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Some myths about syndication• If we syndicate our content, no one will visit our site
• Allowing other agencies to post content to our Website poses risks
• It’s too much trouble to syndicate our content, and besides, no one really uses it
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User Comments• WOW! The new website (www.noaawatch.gov) is
fantastic! Excellent graphic design, too! Outstanding work! Brilliant! Almost everything I like to track is right there and completely easy to find.
• GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE IN IMPROVING THE WEBSITE, ESPECIALLY THE GRAPHICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE - TROPICAL STORM TRACKING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SUPER. THIS PUBLIC ADVISORY PAGE I JUST PRINTED (CHARTS) HAS IT ALL! THANK YOU.
