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National Ice Center Sea Ice Processing System (SIMS): Vision, Overview, and Future Plans

This brief outline provides an overview of the National Ice Center Sea Ice Processing System (SIMS), including its vision, functionality, lessons learned, and future plans. It explores the hardware and software components of the system, as well as the main modules of SIMS: Ingest/Batcher, Analysis, and Dissemination. It also discusses the advantages of using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications and the lessons learned from implementing SIMS. The outline concludes with a look at the future of SIMS and the importance of international cooperation.

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National Ice Center Sea Ice Processing System (SIMS): Vision, Overview, and Future Plans

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  1. National Ice CenterSea Ice Processing System (SIMS) Paul A. Seymour

  2. SIMS Brief Outline • Vision • Overview of the System • Functionality • Lessons Learned • Future Plans

  3. SIMS Vision • All Input Data in the Same Format and Available in the Same System in the Same Projection • Image Analysis and Spatial Data in Same Format • Analyze and Attribute on Imagery/Ancillary Data • Disseminate User Defined Products Fm Database • Maximum Use of Commercial Software (COTS)

  4. Overview of the SIMS SystemHardware • Servers • Unix 450 Server w/ 90 Ghz Raid • Workstatiions • PCs. NT. Dual Monitor. Single or Dual Ghz • 12 in Ops/1 in Science on LAN • 2 Stand-alone in Spaces Not on LAN • Network • Gigabyte Network

  5. Overview of the SIMS SystemSoftware • Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Software • Image Analysis: Remote View/Imagine • GIS: ARCINFO, ARCVIEW, ARCMAP • Database: Oracle • Integration: Lockheed Martin CARTERRA

  6. Overview of the SystemMain Components • Ingest Batcher Module • Analysis Module • Dissemination Module

  7. SIMS Ingest/Batcher Module • Linux Batcher for OLS, AVHRR, SSM/I, QuikScat, PIPS (Grib) • Unix Batcher for RADARSAT • Imagery Available to Analysts in .img Format

  8. SIMS Analysis Module • Sensor Systems – Remote View is the Main Image Analysis Application • Search Engine • Area, Filename, Date • Line Drawing, Annotation On Imagery • Concurrent Line and Attribute Files • Uses Common Shape File Open Standard

  9. SIMS Analysis Module • Robust Line Drawing and Editing Tools • Robust Zoom, Roam and Rotate Tools • Robust Enhancement and Navigation Tools • Robust Annotation Tools • “Two-Headed” System Allows for GIS Functions on One CRT and Image Analysis on the Other

  10. SIMS Analysis Module • SIMS Output Products: • Graphical – Currently JPEG • Spatial Data • ESRI .e00 Format For All Charts • SIGRID III For Hemispherics/Great Lakes • Messages (Lat/Long ASCII Text) • Annotated Imagery

  11. Main Menu

  12. Global Search

  13. Area Zoom

  14. Image matches for the selected area

  15. Vector matches for the search area

  16. Image selected

  17. Image Analysis

  18. Questions - Comments Attribution on Imagery

  19. NIC GIS Products

  20. SIMS Dissemination Module • Graphic (JPEG) Production Currently Separate From SIMS COTS System • Government Off The Shelf Application • Based on ArcView • Population of WWW Site Currently Separate from SIMS COTS System • Archive/Warehousing Data- NCDC/NSIDC

  21. NIC Raster Products

  22. IICWG Color Code NIC Raster Products - New Color Code

  23. Sea Ice Mapping SystemAdvantages to Analysts COTS Applications – Sensor Systems and ESRI Applications • Annotation of Imagery. Concurrent Production of Lines and Attributes Files Using Drop Down Menus Vice Typing • Compatible File Formats • Ingest/Display of Ancillary Data as Images

  24. SIMS Lessons Learned • Stay Away From Custom Software • The Future Is Now? • Make Your Requirements Super-specific • Makes Contract Compliance Easier • We Had A Lot Of Problems • Manage Change For the Analysts • Include Comprehensive Training In The Original Proposal and Manage Closely

  25. SIMS – The Near FutureFundamental Changes • New Ingest/Batchers – WIPE by ACT, Inc. • Upgrade to New Version of Remote View • Move to ARCGIS (Object Oriented) • Requires Lots of Modifications to Scripts, etc. • Increased Use of Full/Semi Automated QC • Dissemination Using Database/www Portal

  26. International Co-operation • Look For Ways To Make Data Exchange Easy • International Coastline • Common Spatial Data Format • Common Attribution Format • Use of SIGRID III • Move Toward Common Architectures • Move Toward Common Systems • JIWG Learned Lots of Lessons in Moving Toward Common System – NAIS

  27. Questions?

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