Converging Seismic and Geodetic Data Services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry A Carter ◽  
Charles Meertens ◽  
Chad Trabant ◽  
James Riley
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Geodetic Data ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Sage Data ◽  
Combined Data

<p>One of the fundamental tenets of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology’s (IRIS’s) mission is to “Promote exchange of seismic and other geophysical data … through pursuing policies of free and unrestricted data access.”  UNAVCO also adheres to a data policy that promotes free and unrestricted use of data.  A major outcome of these policies has been to reduce the time that researchers spend finding, obtaining, and reformatting data.  While rapid, easy access to large archives of data has been successfully achieved in seismology, geodesy and many other distinct disciplines, integrating different data types in a converged data center that promotes interdisciplinary research remains a challenge.  This challenge will be addressed in an integrated seismological and geodetic data services facility that is being mandated by the National Science Foundation (NSF).  NSF’s Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE), which is managed by IRIS, will be integrated with NSF’s Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE), which is managed by UNAVCO.  The combined data services portion of the facility, for which a prototype will be developed over the next two to three years, will host a number of different data types including seismic, GNSS, magnetotelluric, SAR, infrasonic, hydroacoustic, and many others.  Although IRIS and UNAVCO have worked closely for many years on mutually beneficial projects and have shared their experience with each other, combining the seismic and geodetic data services presents challenges to the well-functioning SAGE and GAGE data facilities that have served their respective scientific communities for more than 30 years. This presentation describes some preliminary thoughts and guiding principles to ensure that we build upon the demonstrated success of both facilities and how an integrated GAGE and SAGE data services facility might address the challenges of fostering interdisciplinary research. </p>

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the NOAA CoastWatch Ocean Satellite Course Developed for Integrating Oceanographic Satellite Data into Operational Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Wilson ◽  
Dale H. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Data ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Course Effectiveness ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Operational Activities

Satellite data are underutilized in many branches of operational oceanography. Users outside of the satellite community often encounter difficulty in discovering the types of satellite measurements that are available, and determining which satellite products are best for operational activities. In addition, the large choice of satellite data providers, each with their own data access protocols and formats, can make data access challenging. The mission of the NOAA CoastWatch Program is to make ocean satellite data easier to access and to apply to operational uses. As part of this mission, the West Coast Node of CoastWatch developed the NOAA Ocean Satellite Course, which introduces scientists and resource managers to ocean satellite products, and provides them tools to facilitate data access when using common analysis software. These tools leverage the data services provided by ERDDAP, a data distribution system designed to make data access easier via a graphical user interface and via machine-to-machine connections. The course has been offered annually since 2006 and has been attended by over 350 participants. Results of post-course surveys are analyzed to measure course effectiveness. The lessons learned from conducting these courses include using the preferred software of the course participants, providing easy access to datasets that are appropriate (fit for purpose) for operation applications, developing tools that address common tasks of the target audience, and minimizing the financial barriers to attend the course.

The CDGP Repository for Geothermal Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Turlure ◽  
Marc Schaming ◽  
Alice Fremand ◽  
Marc Grunberg ◽  
Jean Schmittbuhl
Keyword(s):  
Data Access ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Shared Data ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Distribution Rules ◽  
Deep Geothermal Energy ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Geothermal Plant

<p><strong>The CDGP Repository for Geothermal Data</strong></p><p>The Data Center for Deep Geothermal Energy (CDGP – Centre de Données de Géothermie Profonde, https://cdgp.u-strasbg.fr) was launched in 2016 by the LabEx G-EAU-THERMIE PROFONDE (http://labex-geothermie.unistra.fr) to preserve, archive and distribute data acquired on geothermal sites in Alsace. Since the beginning of the project, specific procedures are followed to respect international requirements for data management. In particular, FAIR recommendations are used to distribute Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data.</p><p>Data currently available on the CDGP mainly consist of seismological and hydraulic data acquired at the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal plant pilot project. Data on the website are gathered in episodes. Episodes 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2010 from Soultz-sous-Forêts have been recently added to the episodes already available on the CDGP (1988, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005). All data are described with metadata and interoperability is promoted with use of open or community-shared data formats: SEED, csv, pdf, etc. Episodes have DOIs.</p><p>To secure Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) set by data providers that partly come from Industry, an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting Infrastructure (AAAI) grants data access depending to distribution rules and user’s affiliation (i.e. academic, industrial, …).</p><p>The CDGP is also a local node for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) Anthropogenic Hazards platform (https://tcs.ah-epos.eu). The platform provides an environment and facilities (data, services, software) for research onto anthropogenic hazards, especially related to the exploration and exploitation of geo-resources. Some episodes from Soultz-sous-Forêts are already available and the missing-ones will be soon on the platform.</p><p>The next step for the CDGP is first to complete data from Soultz-sous-Forêts. Some data are still missing and must be recovered from the industrial partners. Then, data from the other geothermal sites in Alsace (Rittershoffen, Illkirch, Vendenheim) need to be collected in order to be distributed. Finally, with other French data centers, we are on track to apply the CoreTrustSeal certification (ANR Cedre).</p><p>The preservation of data can be very challenging and time-consuming. We had to deal with obsolete tapes and formats, even incomplete data. Old data are frequently not well documented and the identification of owner is sometimes difficult. However, the hard work to retrieve, collect old geothermal data and make them FAIR is necessary for new analysis and the valorization of these patrimonial data. The re-use of data (e.g. Cauchie et al, 2020) demonstrates the importance of the CDGP.</p>

V-FOR-WaTer: A Virtual Research Environment for Environmental Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Strobl ◽  
Elnaz Azmi ◽  
Sibylle K. Hassler ◽  
Mirko Mälicke ◽  
Jörg Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Access ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Research Environment ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Virtual Research Environment ◽  
The Web

<p>The virtual research environment V-FOR-WaTer aims at simplifying data access for environmental sciences, fostering data publications and facilitating data analyses. By giving scientists from universities, research facilities and state offices easy access to data, appropriate pre-processing and analysis tools and workflows, we want to accelerate scientific work and facilitate the reproducibility of analyses.</p><p>The prototype of the virtual research environment consists of a database with a detailed metadata scheme that is adapted to water and terrestrial environmental data. Present datasets in the web portal originate from university projects and state offices. We are also finalising the connection of V-FOR-WaTer to GFZ Data Services, an established repository for geoscientific data. This will ease publication of data from the portal and in turn give access to datasets stored in this repository. Key to being compatible with GFZ Data Services and other systems is the compliance of the metadata scheme with international standards (INSPIRE, ISO19115).</p><p>The web portal is designed to facilitate typical workflows in environmental sciences. Map operations and filter options ensure easy selection of the data, while the workspace area provides tools for data pre-processing, scaling, and common hydrological applications. The toolbox also contains more specific tools, e.g. for geostatistics and soon for evapotranspiration. It is easily extendable and will ultimately also include user-developed tools, reflecting the current research topics and methodologies in the hydrology community. Tools are accessed through Web Processing Services (WPS) and can be joined, saved and shared as workflows, enabling more complex analyses and ensuring reproducibility of the results.</p>

scholarly journals Touching at a Distance: Digital Intimacies, Haptic Platforms, and the Ethics of Consent

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelaine Ley ◽  
Nathan Rambukkana
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Cloud Storage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ethics Of Technology ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Haptic Communication ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Sense Of Touch

AbstractThe last decade has seen rise in technologies that allow humans to send and receive intimate touch across long distances. Drawing together platform studies, digital intimacy studies, phenomenology of touch, and ethics of technology, we argue that these new haptic communication devices require specific ethical consideration of consent. The paper describes several technologies, including Kiiroo teledildonics, the Kissenger, the Apple Watch, and Hey Bracelet, highlighting how the sense of touch is used in marketing to evoke a feeling of connection within the digital sphere. We then discuss the ambiguity of skin-to-skin touch and how it is further complicated in digital touch by remediation through platforms, companies, developers, manufacturers, cloud storage sites, the collection and use of data, research, satellites, and the internet. Lastly, we raise concerns about how consent of data collection and physical consent between users will be determined, draw on examples in virtual reality and sex-robotics, and ultimately arguing for further interdisciplinary research into this area.

Towards a Rwandan NSDI

2013 ◽  
pp. 2040-2050
Author(s):  
Felicia O. Akinyemi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Geographic Information Technologies ◽  
Key Players ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

Awareness of the importance of spatial data in achieving development strategies is high in Rwanda. Government and non-governmental institutions are aspiring to use Geographic Information Technologies (GITs) in their day-to-day activities. The non-existence of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Rwanda brings to light serious issues for consideration. Still lacking is a spatial data policy relating to spatial data use. A mechanism to ease spatial data access and sharing is imperative. This paper describes SDI related efforts in Rwanda in a bid to establish the NSDI. Employing a multi-stakeholder approach to drive the process is advocated. To support this, SDI models in some countries are presented that could be applicable to the Rwandan context. Key players with potential roles in the NSDI were identified.

Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Types as a Foundation for Representing Space-Time Data in GIS

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Spatial Databases ◽  
Query Languages ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Spatiotemporal Data ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Use Of Data

A data type comprises a set of homogeneous values together with a collection of operations defined on them. This chapter emphasizes the importance of crisp spatial data types, fuzzy spatial data types, and spatiotemporal data types for representing static, vague, and time-varying geometries in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). These data types provide a fundamental abstraction for modeling the geometric structure of crisp spatial, fuzzy spatial, and moving objects in space and time as well as their relationships, properties, and operations. The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview and description of these data types and their operations that have been proposed in research and can be found in GIS, spatial databases, moving objects databases, and other spatial software tools. The use of data types, operations, and predicates will be illustrated by their embedding into query languages.

United States and United Kingdom Sign the First Bilateral Agreement Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Facilitating Cross-Border Access to Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-128
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Majority Vote ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Data Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Bilateral Agreement ◽  
Efficient Data ◽  
Access To Data

On October 3, 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom reached a bilateral agreement to facilitate more efficient data access between the two countries for law enforcement purposes. The Agreement on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement) was signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. This is the first such agreement made by the United States after the passage of the 2018 Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, which authorizes and structures future bilateral agreements on data sharing. Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Congress has 180 days following receipt of a notification regarding the U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement to block its entry into force via a joint resolution, which would require a majority vote in both houses of Congress and either presidential signature or a subsequent congressional override of a presidential veto.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Satellite Data Rescue

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 1471-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Poli ◽  
Dick P. Dee ◽  
Roger Saunders ◽  
Viju O. John ◽  
Peter Rayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Data ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
In Situ Sensors ◽  
In Situ Observations ◽  
Satellite Meteorology ◽  
Accurate Observation ◽  
Meteorological Satellite ◽  
Unpublished Information

Abstract To better understand the impacts of climate change, environmental monitoring capabilities must be enhanced by deploying additional and more accurate satellite- and ground-based (including in situ) sensors. In addition, reanalysis of observations collected decades ago but long forgotten can unlock precious information about the recent past. Historical, in situ observations mainly cover densely inhabited areas and frequently traveled routes. In contrast, large selections of early meteorological satellite data, waiting to be exploited today, provide information about remote areas unavailable from any other source. When initially collected, these satellite data posed great challenges to transmission and archiving facilities. As a result, data access was limited to the main teams of scientific investigators associated with the instruments. As archive media have aged, so have the mission scientists and other pioneers of satellite meteorology, who sometimes retired in possession of unique and unpublished information. This paper presents examples of recently recovered satellite data records, including satellite imagery, early infrared hyperspectral soundings, and early microwave humidity soundings. Their value for climate applications today can be realized using methods and techniques that were not yet available when the data were first collected, including efficient and accurate observation simulators and data assimilation into reanalyses. Modern technical infrastructure allows serving entire mission datasets online, enabling easy access and exploration by a broad range of users, including new and old generations of climate scientists.

It’s a Snap! An Inquiry-Based, Snapping Shrimp Bioacoustics Activity

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 470-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley K. Fox ◽  
Kelvin D. Gorospe ◽  
Roxanne D. Haverkort-Yeh ◽  
Malia Ana J. Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Animal Communication ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Snapping Shrimp

This bioacoustics activity combines concepts in invertebrate taxonomy, animal communication, and acoustical physics while providing a unique opportunity for physics and biology teachers to collaborate and introduce their students to an exciting, interdisciplinary research field. Here, we propose a lab- and field-based activity that uses hydrophones to explore how shrimp snapping behavior changes in response to different stimuli and introduces students to the process of scientific inquiry. Using free software, students use spectrograms to visualize and analyze their experimental data. Furthermore, we propose potential modifications to the lab for classrooms without easy access to marine environments or snapping shrimp.

scholarly journals A UKSeRP for SAIL: striking a balance

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerina Jones ◽  
David Ford ◽  
Caroline Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Data Linkage ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Access System ◽  
Data User ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Uk

ABSTRACT ObjectivesWhilst the current expansion of health-related big data and data linkage research are exciting developments with great potential, they bring a major challenge. This is how to strike an appropriate balance between making the data accessible for beneficial uses, whilst respecting the rights of individuals, the duty of confidentiality and protecting the privacy of person-level data, without undue burden to research. ApproachUsing a case study approach, we describe how the UK Secure Research Platform (UKSeRP) for the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank addresses this challenge. We outline the principles, features and operating model of the SAIL UKSeRP, and how we are addressing the challenges of making health-related data safely accessible to increasing numbers of research users within a secure environment. ResultsThe SAIL UKSeRP has four basic principles to ensure that it is able to meet the needs of the growing data user community, and these are to: A) operate a remote access system that provides secure data access to approved data users; B) host an environment that provides a powerful platform for data analysis activities; (C) have a robust mechanism for the safe transfer of approved files in and out of the system; and (D) ensure that the system is efficient and scalable to accommodate a growing data user base. Subject to independent Information Governance approval and within a robust, proportionate Governance framework, the SAIL UKSeRP provides data users with a familiar Windows interface and their usual toolsets to access anonymously-linked datasets for research and evaluation. ConclusionThe SAIL UKSeRP represents a powerful analytical environment within a privacy-protecting safe haven and secure remote access system which has been designed to be scalable and adaptable to meet the needs of the rapidly growing data linkage community. Further challenges lie ahead as the landscape develops and emerging data types become more available. UKSeRP technology is available and customisable for other use cases within the UK and international jurisdictions, to operate within their respective governance frameworks.

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