TUTORIAL-02: Preparatory working with Biome-BGC Projects database (BBGCDB) Eszter Lellei-Kovács, Dóra Krasser & Ferenc Horváth Training WS for Ecosystem Modelling studies Budapest, 29-30 of May, 2014

Box wrote that „Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful"

MODULE 4: Biome-BGC Projects database (BBGCDB) registration, login, menu 1) http://ecos.okologia.mta.hu/bbgcdb/

MODULE 4: Biome-BGC Projects database (BBGCDB) registration, login, menu 1) http://ecos.okologia.mta.hu/bbgcdb/

2) ‘Content’ menu block - view and browse - all existing contents 2) ‘Content’ menu block - view and browse - all existing contents Projects Inputs Model outputs Sites . . . and ‘User’ menu block My account My contents Create content . . . .

MODULE 5: BBGCDB – explore the main content groups 1) INPUTS

MODULE 5: BBGCDB – explore the main content groups 2) MODEL OUTPUTS

MODULE 5: BBGCDB – explore the main content groups 3) SITES – please have a look 4) MODELS … 5) REFERENCES …

MODULE 5: BBGCDB – explore the main content groups 6) PROJECTS

MODULE 5: BBGCDB – explore the main content groups 6) PROJECTS

MODULE 6: Explore sites and define new site 1) Explore an existing SITE (e.g. TEST DEMO HHS)

MODULE 6: Explore sites and define new site 2) Add new SITE

MODULE 7: Add various inputs 1) Choose/download Your input (i. e MODULE 7: Add various inputs 1) Choose/download Your input (i.e. EPC, METDATA file) from ‘Preparatory working with Biome-BGC Projects database PACK’ myExperiment site http://www.myexperiment.org/packs/621.html

MODULE 7: Add various inputs 2) Choose/download Your input (i. e MODULE 7: Add various inputs 2) Choose/download Your input (i.e. EPC, METDATA file) from ‘Preparatory working with Biome-BGC Projects database PACK’ myExperiment site

MODULE 7: Add various inputs 3) Add, upload YOUR selected input (i. e MODULE 7: Add various inputs 3) Add, upload YOUR selected input (i.e. EPC GRASSLAND MuSo …)

MODULE 7: Add various inputs 4) Choose a TEST DEMO Daily Observation Data, 2001-2002 5) Add, upload YOUR selected observation data