This is a recording of a webinar covering a comprehensive introduction to the HCDP’s tools, resources, and functionality. Beginning with an overview of HCDP and the Hawaii Mesonetʻs history and objectives, participants will be guided through a quick tour of the HCDP website, exploring its data visualization capabilities and various functionalities. The session delves into the available data products, focusing on daily and monthly rainfall as well as air temperature and relative humidity. The webinar highlights the types and the additional data available for each climate product and the three main pathways for accessing HCDP data: through the Visualization Tab, the Export Tab, and the HCDP API. A preview of upcoming developments, including new variables and decision support products will be covered.

HCDP Webinar Agenda
-HCDP and Hawaii Mesonet Intro and History
-HCDP Quick website tour: data available, data visualization and functionalities
-Deep dive into available data products:
-Rainfall (daily and monthly)
-Air Temp & RH (daily and monthly)
-Three fold path to HCDP data access:
-Visualization Tab
-Export Tab
-HCDP API access
-Coming soon: New and old climate variables coming to the HCDP including novel decision support products in development!
-Developers Q & A with Open Discussion