LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep NVODS and the Live Access Server (LAS) Steve Hankin, PI (NOAA/PMEL) Jon Callahan (U of WA/JISAO) Ansley Manke (NOAA/PMEL) Joe Mclean (U of WA/JISAO) Kevin O’Brien (U of WA/JISAO) Richard Rogers (U of WA/JISAO) Roland Schweitzer (U of CO/CIRES) Joe Sirott (contractor) NVODS National Workshop, Sep , 2003
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep Our goal: Provide a uniform, minimum guaranteed level of geo- and time-referenced on-line browse access for all NVODS data Provide a uniform, minimum guaranteed level of geo- and time-referenced on-line browse access for all NVODS data
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep Why is this important to NVODS? On-line browse is the bridge to desktop access: discover browse access On-line browse is the bridge to desktop access: discover browse access Broadens the reach of the data Broadens the reach of the data –educators, recreationalists, policy makers … Increases visibility and tangible success Increases visibility and tangible success
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep Metadata (XML) contains the “intelligence” Back end applications do the real work OPeNDAP provides remote data access LAS is an “Information Product Server”
Tour of NVODS on-line browse via LAS …
e.g. convert to Fahrenheit
(new in v6.2) customizable interfaces
basic transformations
“Sequence” (in-situ) data
configurable constraints
OPeNDAP output
discover browse access
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep LAS “sisters” share metadata to form a unified (virtual) site. OPeNDAP allows LAS to difference distributed fields. Scalability and robust comparison
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep FDS – Ferret DODS (“Data”) Server Under development (NOAA/HPCC funded) Supplies OPeNDAP output from LAS (via Ferret) Supplies OPeNDAP output from LAS (via Ferret) Based upon COLA’s “anagram” (GDS) Based upon COLA’s “anagram” (GDS) Acts as an OPeNDAP “AIS” (e.g. fix mangled coordinates) Acts as an OPeNDAP “AIS” (e.g. fix mangled coordinates) Inputs include (tab-)delimited, OPeNDAP, FORTRAN, … Inputs include (tab-)delimited, OPeNDAP, FORTRAN, … “Constraint-free” server-side data transformations “Constraint-free” server-side data transformations
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep Query available data sets: Query variables in data set “model_1”: Query space-time domain: Request a subset of data as a file: (“asc” for ASCII format) “Batch” access to products >lasls >lasls model_1 >lasls model_1 sst >lasget -x 20:60 -y 20:60 -t 11-Dec f asc model_1 sst
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep “Web Service” access to products XML request protocol implemented and documented XML “package” out implemented and documented XML query protocol under development formal SOAP interface under development
LAS & NVODS S.Hankin -- Sep Summary: LAS has gone a considerable way towards achieving its goal of providing on-line browse access to all NVODS data Pressing Challenges Use new OPeNDAP aggregation capabilities (GoMOOS, NDBC and NAVO are in our development server now) Use new OPeNDAP aggregation capabilities (GoMOOS, NDBC and NAVO are in our development server now) Use OPeNDAP Translation to access add’l HDF data Use OPeNDAP Translation to access add’l HDF data Use v6.2 configurability (esp. clickable map interfaces) Use v6.2 configurability (esp. clickable map interfaces) Easier configuration of new data sets (AIS!) Easier configuration of new data sets (AIS!) Improved sychronization (real-time updates and sister servers) Improved sychronization (real-time updates and sister servers) Fusion of Sequence and gridded data Fusion of Sequence and gridded data Incorporation of FDS – full bi-directional OPeNDAP Incorporation of FDS – full bi-directional OPeNDAP
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