Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD Research Data Archives Archiving, Maintenance, Access Steven Worley, Scientific Computing Division 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD Data Archiving Definition: Research data archive Meteorological and physical oceanographic data Built over 35+ years 500+ datasets, 25 TB Eight data stewards (grad. degrees in met./ocn.) 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD Data Maintenance Practices Track lineage - Use change control system Creation File additions, fixes, replacement Metadata updates The data and metadata remain tightly linked Keep user information current Changes trigger web page updates 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD Data Maintenance Concerns Fact: Huge collections of web based documentation. Text, Images, Links Embedded scripting (e.g. java script …) HOW DO WE ARCHIVE WEB SITES? Access content 20 years from now? Data in DBMS’s Software dependent Not viable for long-term archive, technology trap 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD Data Access Discovery Community Data Portal (NCAR/UCAR wide) Standardized metadata Divisional Section Server Detailed metadata, all documentation Four access modes MSS Only for users with MSS connection (NCAR/UCAR) By individual request Handled by data stewards CDROM Section Data Server Popular data only, metadata (open to the public) 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
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Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD ERA-40 Data Basic Facts Global atmospheric reanalysis T159, 60 level, 4x/day, ( 1.1° resolution) 1958 2002 (45 years) 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD ERA-40 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD
Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD ERA-40 Monthly Mean Air Temperature at 2m Odds and ends 2 to 3 FTE’s focused on ERA-40 SCD is ERA-40 archive backup for ECMWF Primary U.S. source NASA collaboration CCSP Contribution, NASA Global Reanalysis, at GMAO/GSFC Modern Era Reanalyses for Research and Applications (MERRA) We will provide input data used in ERA-40 MERRA output at NCAR/UCAR? 23 February 2019 Steven Worley, NSF/NCAR/SCD