TY - GEN
T1 - Advancing educational capacity using the SCOOP educational virtual appliance
AU - Davis, Justin R.
AU - Paramygin, Vladimir
AU - Tutak, Bilge
AU - St. Juste, Pierre
AU - Figueiredo, Renato J.
AU - Sheng, Y. Peter
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - To meet the challenge of developing a more accessible educational content delivery system for the Southeastern Universities Research Association's (SURA) Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction Program (SCOOP), a SCOOP Educational Virtual Appliance (EVA) is being developed. The EVA is based on the Grid Appliance (http://www.grid-appliance.org) which is a self-configuring Virtual Machine (VM) appliance that contains all necessary cyberinfrastructure, applications and tools to demonstrate a variety of SCOOP services in a single easy-to-use container. Applications and tools contained within the EVA include examples of how to find, download, and plot SCOOP data as well as the ability to perform simulations of storm surge and inundation. The storm surge application includes the ability to setup, perform and visualize the simulation of storm surge and inundation using CH3D-SSMS in several hypothetical domains as well in Charlotte Harbor, FL during the landfall of Hurricane Charley (2004). In addition to the EVA, a companion web-based tutorial is also under development. Lessons plans cover many aspects of the SCOOP program including: file naming conventions; how to find, download and plot archived data; how to use SCOOP web services; how to use the EVA; and an introduction to hurricane storm surge. The EVA is currently being used in several educational and research settings and is publically available on the Internet (http://www.grid-appliance.org/scoopwiki/ index.php/Main-Page).
AB - To meet the challenge of developing a more accessible educational content delivery system for the Southeastern Universities Research Association's (SURA) Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction Program (SCOOP), a SCOOP Educational Virtual Appliance (EVA) is being developed. The EVA is based on the Grid Appliance (http://www.grid-appliance.org) which is a self-configuring Virtual Machine (VM) appliance that contains all necessary cyberinfrastructure, applications and tools to demonstrate a variety of SCOOP services in a single easy-to-use container. Applications and tools contained within the EVA include examples of how to find, download, and plot SCOOP data as well as the ability to perform simulations of storm surge and inundation. The storm surge application includes the ability to setup, perform and visualize the simulation of storm surge and inundation using CH3D-SSMS in several hypothetical domains as well in Charlotte Harbor, FL during the landfall of Hurricane Charley (2004). In addition to the EVA, a companion web-based tutorial is also under development. Lessons plans cover many aspects of the SCOOP program including: file naming conventions; how to find, download and plot archived data; how to use SCOOP web services; how to use the EVA; and an introduction to hurricane storm surge. The EVA is currently being used in several educational and research settings and is publically available on the Internet (http://www.grid-appliance.org/scoopwiki/ index.php/Main-Page).
KW - Coastal engineering
KW - Engineering education
KW - Internet
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78951470696&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/41121(388)13
DO - 10.1061/41121(388)13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78951470696
SN - 9780784411216
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
SP - 201
EP - 220
BT - Estuarine and Coastal Modeling - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
T2 - 11th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
Y2 - 4 November 2009 through 6 November 2009
ER -
