Standardization Promotes Biogeochemical Data Management and Use in Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Yaxing Wei, Suresh Vannan, Robert B. Cook, Tammy Beaty, Alison G. Boyer, Makhan L. Virdi, Leslie A. Hook ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) Climate Change Science Institute Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN weiy@ornl.gov
Outline Challenges Introduction to ORNL DAAC ORNL DAAC Data Management Workflow Practices & Benefits for Standardization Data QA/QC & Reformat Metadata DOI & Citation Data Discovery, Visualization, and Distribution Conclusion
Proper Data Management Challenges Proper Data Management Source: DataONE
ORNL DAAC The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) archives data produced by NASA’s Terrestrial Ecology Program in support of NASA’s Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Focus Area. http://daac.ornl.gov ORNL DAAC Field Campaign Model Code Land Validation Regional and Global
ORNL DAAC Data Management Workflow
Various Historical Data Formats at the ORNL DAAC Data QA/QC & Reformat Various Historical Data Formats at the ORNL DAAC Vannan et al., 2016
Benefits: Basis for Everything Data QA/QC & Reformat Push toward standard data formats Open and self-descriptive formats Tabular: CSV ASCII Feature: Shapefile, KML, etc. Raster: GeoTIFF, CF-netCDF Enforce QA/QC Spatial & temporal information Data summary & statistics Benefits: Basis for Everything
Wrong coordinates for soil respiration measurement QA/QC Examples Wrong coordinates for soil respiration measurement Incorrect Time Zone
Metadata Fine granularity of metadata Descriptive metadata data set data file data parameter Descriptive metadata Embedded inside data files Consistent tabular data headers Climate & Forecast (CF) convention Discovery metadata Mapping to common metadata models Unified Metadata Model (UMM) ISO 19115 FGDC CSDGM
Benefits: Promote Discovery Standard metadata and discovery service interface enables the integration of ORNL DAAC data products into larger systems.
DOI & Citation Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for each data set Combined with UUID to provide identifiability for files/variables Formal citations http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1225?urlappend=%3Fgid%3Dd44a4e3d-953f-4279-98ca-8975bc93733b Thornton, P.E., M.M. Thornton, B.W. Mayer, Y. Wei, R. Devarakonda, R.S. Vose, and R.B. Cook. 2016. Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 3. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. Time period: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. Spatial Range: N=DD.DD, S=DD.DD, E=DDD.DD, W=DDD.DD. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1328
Benefits: Ensure Authors Receive Credit
Benefits: Promote Data Use
Standards-based Data Visualization & Access Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web services Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) ORNL DAAC Spatial Data Access Tool (SDAT)
Benefits: Enable Data Exploration Interactively visualize data before downloading
Subset 2004 Forest Disturbance Data in San Diego Benefits: Enable On-demand Data Access Original projection is Albers Original extent is CONUS Original resolution is 30 meters Subset 2004 Forest Disturbance Data in San Diego You want data in Geographic Lat/Lon You want a resolution of 0.001 degree You want data in geotiff format This is the spatial extent you want to subset Click “Download Data” button to get data
Benefits: Promotes Data Integration Standard Web services promote distributed data products to be dynamically integrated Dynamic integration of ORNL DAAC Daymet data in USGS Geo Data Portal through OPeNDAP service
Conclusion Data centers, like ORNL DAAC, are the fundamental component to ensure smoother scientific data lifecycle Well-curated and quality scientific data are basis of future reuse Standardization ensures the connection of ORNL DAAC to broader data systems Standardization makes data management more effective and eases the usability of the data
ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) Questions? Yaxing Wei ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) weiy@ornl.gov