GINA is a mechanism within the University of Alaska (UA) for sharing data and technical capacity among Alaskan, Arctic, and world communities.

Established in 2001 as an initiative of UA’s President, GINA promotes collaboration at the local, state, and federal levels by increasing community-wide participation in the discovery and use of geospatial data. GINA’s products and services greatly expand the range of available analysis capabilities in order to better address research and management requirements.

Volcanic lightning. A just plain awesome photo from Astronomy...
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Volcanic lightning. A just plain awesome photo from Astronomy Picture of the Day. (Taken by Martin Rietze.)

Our colleagues Mike Pavolonis (NOAA-NESDIS STAR) and Peter Webley (UAF AVO) will be using volcanic lightning detections from the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument. This exciting new instrument, developed by GOES-R Program Scientist Steve Goodman, will be used to supplement the detection, mapping, and modelling of hazardous volcanic ash clouds. Optical and infrared ABI imagery will be used for detecting and quantifying volcanic ash and SO2. a baseline product capability for the GOES-R mission.

-Tom

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GINA receives numerous geospatial data sets, many in real time. Information is then rapidly processed and managed for use by scientific researchers, state and federal agencies, and the general public.

DATA RECEIVED
Suomi-NPP
AVHRR
MODIS

DATA MANAGED
Alaska Orthoimagery
Gtopo, DEM, Bathemetry
IfSAR
LIDAR
ShoreZone
SPOT 5

NATIONAL DATA
DMSP
GOES-R
Landsat

SERVICES
Web Services
Puffin Feeder

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GINA is involved with many Alaskan, Arctic and International projects.  Our goal is to increase community-wide participation in the discovery and sharing of geospatial data.

Amaru
Alaska Mapped
Alaska View
Arctic Transportation Network
North Slope Science Catalog
Pacman
Shorezone
Sizonet
SwathViewer
Geospatial Training Lab
AlaskaView
Ecological Mapping and Field Data
MODIS-derived NDVI metrics
North Slope Lakes Winter SAR Analysis
Puffin Feeder

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GINA teams with partner institutions and agencies to create information products and services that are used in a variety of projects to better display and understand spatial information.

Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC)
Cooperative Institute for Meteorolgical Satellite Studest (CIMSS)
Fairbanks Command & Data Acquisition Station
International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
NOAA National Weather Service
North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS)
USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
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