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• Data flows to:
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The Data Management Team is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

See information provided by the Anchorage Outreach team at www.aoos.org

AOOS Data Management

Data Support for AOOS

Let the data flow

The links to organizations above, open new windows. The graphic above mousesover to a medium sized image and links to a larger image with more data.

The purpose of storing and serving this data is far reaching. At present the following national customer programs are using the data listed above:

• Coastal Inundation
• Harmful Algal Blooms
• Hurricane Intensity
• Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
• Observing System Monitoring Center

What's new?

• 11/2/2009: We've added new staff -- welcome Andrew Lee, Programmer (IS Professional 2)
• We've added ZIPPED datafile links to the "Data by Investigator" page for PWSFE as well as the Deliverables page where we grouped all of them together (see the bottom of the table)
• We've added BSIERP and PWSFE Project Data to the Alaska Marine Information System (AMIS)
• 10/12/2009: We've added new staff -- welcome to Liz Dobbins; We've added an 'about us' page that has our contact information.

Welcome Liz Dobbins

Elizabeth Dobbins joined the AOOS Data Management team last week (October 2009). Her recent work as a Research Scientist at the University of Washington where she contracted with the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) supporting interdiciplinary research by configuring and running a physical oceanographic model with an ecosystem model to simulate salmon prey fits our needs perfectly. Please welcome Liz Dobbins.

Recent Happenings

AOOS Data Management has participated in the following recent events:

• International Polar Year Data Management: September 29 to October 1, 2009 Ottowa; Dr. John Calder, Director of NOAA’s Arctic Research Office, invited Mark Johnson to share lessons from AOOS DMAC with the international IPY data management community. IPY manages for data availability in 25 years and beyond. AOOS DMAC shares IPY’s long range vision ensuring data availability.
• Coast Managers Workshop: Oct 7-8 Anchorage; Janene McMahan presented the Alaska Marine Information System, Alaska Mapserver, Latest Data and the IOOS Core Variable Catalog. She interacted with others in brainstorming activities for the data needs for Coastal Managers.
• BEST/BSIERP PI Meeting: Oct 14-16 Girdwood; Ken Coyle represented AOOS Data Management asking PIs for input on data views and add-on previews of data as well as updating PIs on recent efforts made by the AOOS Data Management team. Essentially he was gathering information for future development of AMIS; what type of charts and views do the PIs use most?

Prince William Sound Field Experiment

AOOS works with oceanographers and other researchers on rapidly detecting changes in marine ecosystems and living resources. The Data Management team has staff in the field along with many researchers from various groups (AEFF, JPL, PWSCC) to sort the collected data and store it in formats that are usable in a variety of applications.

• Data by Investigator: Links to the data collected during the PWSFE. Recently updated with links to zipped files for the datasets.
• Deliverables from Field Experiment: a collection of materials about the PWSFE including links to photos, the summary of the internal blog all in once place, sample blank Power Point slides, a summary of all the links to where all the data is stored.
• Abstracts for papers: a collection of abstracts taken from PWSFE developmental materials; provided in one place for use in upcoming meetings and professional documents. Any changes should be sent to dm@aoos.org or Mark Johnson.
• Data Management for PWSFE: information on ingesting, processing, visualizing data in support of the Prince William Sound Field Experiment.

Photo credits: top - Port of Valdez: Arny Blanchard

Planning for the future

The 2009 Regional Coordination Workshop brought together for the first time a broad group of scientists and administrators to define common goals of the IOOS Regional Associations and to clarify our next objectives. A document is being prepared to be completed by December 2009. According to Zdenka Willis, NOAA IOOS, the next round of proposals will be due in Fall of 2010 for "starting fresh" under a "national competition" that places priority on observations and data management. Proposals will be reviewed via NOPP.

NOAA IOOS IPT

Eoin Howlett (MACOORA) and Rob Cermak (AOOS) represented the eleven Regional Assocations at the NOAA IOOS Integrated Products Team (IPT) meeting August 11-12, 2009 at Silver Spring, MD.

Meeting participants heard about recent IOOS work, provided strategic recommendations for next steps in FY2010 and identified technical problems. Eoin and Rob will provide a briefing to the regional representatives during the next IOOS Regional Data Integration Framework (DIF) conference call. We'll generate a report with action items for FY2010 once meeting notes are assimilated.

Updates

Read the July 2009 highlights (PDF) of the AOOS Data Management team by Mark Johnson. This short document showcases the team's accomplishments and plans. Our next highlight will come out just prior to the Board of Directors meeting. If you have any submission for Mark Johnson contact him no later than Monday, October 26, 2009.

Previous highlights: June 2009 highlights

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University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
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