D EVELOPING S YNERGIES B ETWEEN L ARGE -S CALE R ESEARCH AND G EODATABASES : N EOTOMA A ND P AL EON Simon Goring, John W. Williams, Eric C. Grimm, Russell W. Graham, Chris J Paciorek, Andria Dawson, Jason McLachlan, Brian Bills, Michael Anderson

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny

Databases aren’t just boxes Data input is critical So is data access

Databases aren’t just boxes Requirements change Dishes

Databases aren’t just boxes Requirements change Databases must change Dishes Sheets

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Expand User Support Tool Development Modify Structure

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Debugging Correct & Track Data Errors Improve Table Relationships Standardize Terminology

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Expand User Support Facilitate Data Input Improve User Interface Improve Search Capabilities Customize Data Outputs

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Tool Development Facilitate Data Input Improve Data Output Provide Multiple Platforms

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Modify Structure Support for New Data-Types Improve Metadata

Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Expand User Support Tool Development Modify Structure

Neotoma Paleoecological Database

Early collaboration in paleoclimatology/paleoclimate North American Pollen Database COHMAP Members Science, 241.

Early collaboration in paleoclimatology/paleoclimate European Pollen Database

North American Pollen Database Neotoma FAUNMAP

Ongoing but Periodic Contribution

How do you find user needs? ◦ Community development ◦ Ongoing review ◦ Ongoing development

PalEON: Paleoecological Observatory Network

PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al. 2012

PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al Cumulative Land Flux (PgC)

PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al Cumulative Land Flux (PgC)

Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Add Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

Debugging ◦ Age – Depth Models ◦ Need to characterize uncertainty ◦ Geochronology data limitations ◦ Age model limitations ◦ Improved API outputs

Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify Critical Development Add Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

Making Connections Neotoma Pollen Data Pollen Data User Data Generators

Making Connections Neotoma Pollen Data Pollen Data User Data Generators

Making Connections Neotoma PalEON neotoma

Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

Develop New Tools ◦ API Development (Neotoma Side) ◦ Package Development (PalEON Side) Goring et al. neotoma: A Programmatic Interface to the Neotoma Paleoecological Database. Open Quaternary. submitted

Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure