jennifer boehnert
Jennifer Boehnert spent FY2006 conducting research in the integration of Earth System Science with Geographic Information System (GIS) environments. Jennifer worked on a number of projects which involved visualizing, analyzing, and animation of atmospheric models with GIS tools. One of these projects was funded by the U.S Air Force Weather Agency to investigate the use of GIS as an early warning system for decision makers in flight operations. Using AFWA Weather Warning and Advisory (WWA) criteria as thresholds for probabilistic evaluation, the ensemble output was processed with three different techniques: (1) voting, (2) fuzzy algorithms, and (3) direct propagation of ensemble results through the WWA. Results were displayed, animated, and analyzed with GIS, which enabled users to easily understand the processed ensemble output and assess the degree to which Air Force assets were impacted. We demonstrate how GIS facilitates and enhances decision support through the use of probabilistic forecasts and underlying infrastructure information. Another project, which Jennifer has been working on is to test and evaluate the use of GIS tools with output from dispersion plume models at a scale of turbulence in urban street canyons. Using GIS to visualize the plumes reaction to infrastructure as well as using the analytic tools in GIS for foresenic analysis and impacts of population effected. And finally, Jennifer has been working with MMM's hurricane WRF model output to develop web-based tools for decision makers to quickly and easily view and investigate infrastructural and social impacts of the hurricane's forecasted path.
Conference Presentations
Jennifer Boehnert, Olga Wilhelmi. "Weather and Climate Special Interest Group Meeting", ESRI International Conference, June 18-22, 2006 , San Diego, CA.
Jennifer Boehnert, Olga Wilhelmi. "Weather and Climate Technical Workshop", ESRI International Conference, June 18-22, 2006 , San Diego, CA.
Funding sources:
These activities were supported by the National Science Foundation , the U.S Air Force Weather Agency, and the Department of Defense.