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Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering Home PRISM Climate Data Projects and Portals What We Do Research Staff Contact Us QUICKLINKS PRISM Climate Data Data Explorer Drought Monitor Plant Hardiness Zones National Lichens & Air Quality Database - Advanced IT for Scientists and Engineers Usable Systems & Tools Trusted source for high-resolution historical climate data Tools & community portals make it easier to analyze complex data At the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (, pronounced "knacks") we apply new technologies to the needs of scientists, engineers, and natural resource managers. We design, implement, and deploy large-scale software systems that integrate complex data from diverse sources to enable science-based decision-making. Each system is targeted to the needs of a specific interdisciplinary partnership, most of them addressing a critical issue like weather and climate, alternative energies, or tsunamis. That means the data is typically very large-scale and a heterogenous mix of formats (grids, natural language, raster/vector datasets, real-time data feeds, etc.). We work directly with our target users to make sure we understand not just their needs, but how they will apply specific functionality in their daily tasks. Most activities fall into two categories: Weather and climate data Data usability projects and portals © 2006, Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (), based at Oregon State University ....