IPRC Theme-5: APDRC Overview Theme 5: To increase understanding of climate variability in the Asia-Pacific region by: developing the computational, data management, and networking infrastructure necessary to make data resources readily accessible and usable; developing the computational, data management, and networking infrastructure necessary to make data resources readily accessible and usable; undertaking data-intensive research activities that will both advance knowledge and lead to improvements in data preparation and data products. undertaking data-intensive research activities that will both advance knowledge and lead to improvements in data preparation and data products.

Organization: 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM) Peter Hacker Sharon DeCarlo Systems Admin, Web design and maintenance, Yingshou Shen s/w server manager, implementation Yongshen Zhang Atmospheric Data Specialist Jan Hafner Air-sea flux, satellite Data Specialist

Organization: 2. Product development and Basic Research Yanli Jia Regional modeling (HYCOM) Tommy Jensen Regional modeling (POM) Max Yaremchuk Data Assimilation Sachiko Yoshida GODAE N. Pacific intercomparison Konstantin Lebedev Argo product development

Overview: 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM) Identify, download, serve climate data sets for research scientists (remote and local) Identify, download, serve climate data sets for research scientists (remote and local) Maintain web-based searching, subsetting, plotting and downloading capabilities Maintain web-based searching, subsetting, plotting and downloading capabilities Provide direct, binary access to data sets via OPeNDAP, ftp, http Provide direct, binary access to data sets via OPeNDAP, ftp, http Document all data sets Document all data sets

Overview: 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM), cont’d Large output serving (hi-res models) Large output serving (hi-res models) Support to JAMSTEC, U Tokyo Support to JAMSTEC, U Tokyo Integrate/implement server technology Integrate/implement server technology Technology transfer (web services at SOPAC, S. China Sea Institute, U. Tokyo) Technology transfer (web services at SOPAC, S. China Sea Institute, U. Tokyo) Web support for Observing Systems (PI- GOOS, PI-GCOS, HYCOS) Web support for Observing Systems (PI- GOOS, PI-GCOS, HYCOS)

APDRC Server Design Scientific users  emphasis on server technology Scientific users  emphasis on server technology direct access to data direct access to data typically large (long timeseries and/or large spatial extents) typically large (long timeseries and/or large spatial extents) OPeNDAP/DAPPER OPeNDAP/DAPPER Non-scientific users  emphasis on web interface/access Non-scientific users  emphasis on web interface/access Plot generation More co-ordinated approach LAS/DCHART

2. DATA DISCOVERY

2. DATA DISCOVERY; 3. METADATA

Overview: 2. Basic and applied research Basic research in support of IPRC themes Basic research in support of IPRC themes Research leading to product development: Research leading to product development: PRIDE PRIDE GODAE GODAE Argo Argo Model downscaling Model downscaling