SLIDE 4 Importance of nowCOAST
- NOAA’s nowCOAST has become a critical data source for NOAA and NOAA
users, many of which provide 24 x 7 decision support function to theirs users.
I am a charter boat captain and the first weather I check every day is nowCOAST…I’m loyal user and advocate.
- Capt. Dan Ryder, sailchannelisland.com
Thanks for the service John, the CG makes operation use of it every day. Robert Netsch CTR, USGS The NOAA nowCOAST information is critical to the Chevron Gulf of Mexico BU Persons-On-Board Hurricane Evacuation Decision Support Center, to ensure proper evacuation decision making in an attempt to protect human lives on-board our off-shore platforms. Costas Kotzabassis, GOM GIS Coordinator …the web services exposed via nowcoast are great…[the maps from nowcoast were used] to produce hourly maps in the Washington State DOT EOC….to brief the Sec. of Transportation. Rich Daniels, GIS Product Support
…it works great in our emergency operation app for our
Police & Fire Dept.…Thanks for making this information available to the public. Gerald Lee II, GIS Coord., City of Mufreesboro, TN The Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center (NOC) frequently uses geospatial web content from NOAA NowCOAST, via the DHS Common Operating Picture (COP), to enhance situational awareness on emerging weather hazards to the homeland. NowCOAST WMS services are used daily by the NOC to assist in briefing DHS senior decision makers, to include the White House Situation Room, on potential environmental impacts to the homeland. NowCOAST’s value is evidenced by its use not just in the DHS COP, but in many other homeland security enterprise user-defined operating pictures such as DHS Geospatial Information Infrastructure, OneView, USCG E-GIS, and many others. Michael Donnnelly, Geospatial Data Architect DHS/OCIO/Geospatial Management Office
