Integration of Environmental Datasets, Formats & Software in the IODE Resource Kit Murray Brown Phoenix Training Consultants New Orleans This PPT presentation complies with the Vanden Berghe Belgian Standard

Search for the Holy Grail OceanPC Approach (early 90s) –Lots of “little programs” –Very loose integration Planning for the next generation (95) –Central Engine versus Daisy Chain –Integration of relational databases

PLAN A: Central Engine One program does it all Import and export all important formats Perform all analyses Perform all QC work Impossible to plan Impossible to fund Dead on arrival

PLAN B: Daisy Chain Small suite of robust analysis and QC programs Only major formats Write format conversion programs when necessary Good documentation Well-funded training program

Late 90s Resource Explosion Black Sea CD (98) –ArcExplorer, Ocean Data View, OceanPC for Windows, WOD98 –One-page HTML interface ODINEA Training (98-00) –Web interface –Integration diagrams ODINAFRICA (01-03) –Manuals & “roadmap tutorials”

Data Analysis and Products Three main elements: data, formats, software Three domains General progression from station data to GIS

Ocean Station Domain Two main routes: –Raw data to ODV –Global databases to ODV Main “data products’ are spreadsheets Use of ACCESS is optional

Gridded Data Domain Matrix data & images Some routes are complicated Requires SURFER license but everything else is free

Spatial Data Domain Requires only a free GIS browser Allows simple integration of Cartesian images Provides plan for creation of atlases

Tutorials & Schematics 50 step-by-step, illustrated tutorials Tutorials go from raw data to GIS synthesis All resources are 100% integrated –8 main formats –6 main software programs Target platforms –ArcExplorer (free) –Other GIS programs ($)

Current Scope Classical Hydrography Bathymetry/Topography Satellite Analyses (climatologies) Physical Oceanography Basic Meteorology Ecological Basemaps

Not Included (Yet?) Biology & Fisheries Data Time Series (scalar or vector) Satellite Analyses (synoptic) Lagrangian Platforms Active Database Server Construction XML etc.

Current Applications New or expanded Ocean Data Center collections in 27 countries

Data Flow Paradigms

Data Flow “Stages” SURVEY GLOBALLEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVELS 0,1 PROGRAM

Ocean Teacher/Resource Kit Today SURVEYPROGRAMGLOBALSAT 0,1 SAT 2 SAT 3 Hydrography SOMEYES Bathy/Topo YES Phys/O SOMEYES Meteorology YES Ecology YES Satellite YES

BILKO & the Resource Kit Same Approach –Reference materials –Extensive tutorials –Real-world anchors Robust Connections –Formats: HDF, BMP, GIF –Projection: Cartesian BILKO –Level 2 analyses  NODCs –Re-projection Resource Kit –Ocean data products  BILKO

The End (Product) WOD 01 GEBCO97 SHIPDRIFT PATHFINDER SST ESRI ATLAS DCW