Developing Marine Research Data Management Infrastructure in WA Luke Edwards WALIS Forum 11th Nov 09

WAMSI research $51 million investment (State, federal, industry and research entities) until scientists working on 87 research projects WAMSI Data and Information Management Policy Data stored and made accessible through iVEC infrastructure (1) All data must be documented (metadata) (2)

iVEC infrastructure Currently ~9 TB data (just fraction of WAMSI projects) on Petascale Data Store Uses HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) – Disk and tape Open to organisations who wish to share data

iVEC facilities Petascale data storage

Data Access Link to WAMSI portal based on IMOS portal Underlying use of open-source technologies e.g. Geoserver, OpENDAP servers and MEST / GeoNetwork

$80 million Super Science funding for Pawsey HPC Centre for SKA Science Federal Budget announcement 12th May 2009 “… to be established in Perth to host new high performance computing facilities and expertise to support SKA research and other high-end science” The Centre will be part of iVEC Eastern Australian telescopes only Eastern Australian telescopes + ASKAP in WA Steve Tingay, 2009

IMOS - 11 National Facilities Provide the information for 5 regional nodes 1) ARGO 2) Ships of opportunity 3) Southern Ocean Automated Timeseries Observations 4) Ocean gliders 5) AUV 6) National Mooring Network 7) Coastal Ocean Radar Network 8) Acoustic tagging 9) Automated Intelligent Monitoring 10) Satellite 11) eMII - data

ARGO (Argo Australia) – measures vertical profiles, physical & O m SOOP (Ships of Opportunity Programme) – surface & sub-surface physical & biochemical data along ship-tracks SOTS (Southern Ocean Automated Timeseries Observations) – extreme climate, the southern ocean moorings ANFOG (Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders) – gliders, ocean and shelf repeat transects, phys & biol AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) – underwater vehicle, close up view of benthic biodiversity + phys ANMN (Australian National Mooring Network) – coastal (NRS) & shelf-edge moorings, surface, sub-surface & acoustics ACORN (Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network) – HF radar, surface currents & waves to 75km offshore AATAMS (Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System) – acoustic tagging, fish, sharks, sea mammal detection FAIMMS (Facility for Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems) – networked sensors on the GBR (Scott Bainbridge) SRS (Satellite Remote Sensing) – satellites, SST and ocean colour for Australian region eMII (eMarine Information Infrastructure) – data management, integration, bringing it all together

Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) Money has been made available for next step after IMOS - move toward a sustainable system … Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility (AODC-JF) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research; Geosciences Australia; Royal Australian Navy; Bureau of Meteorology; Australian Government Antarctic Division, and Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

AODN vision AODN Portal AAD Portal University Portal TERN Portal AUSCOPE Portal WA-Marine Portal CSIRO Portal EPA Portal IMOS Portal AODCJF NCRIS US-IOOS Portal EU-Myocean Portal BlueNet Portal

2007 workshop outcomes VotesIssues 1Useable marine data for decision making 2High resolution data for coastal waters (3d DEM +20m to – 20m, Habitat maps, coastal vulnerability assessments at the fine scale for priority areas) 3Integration of marine datasets ie. WALIS, iVEC, Commonwealth Agencies, WASTAC 2Access Platform – availability, interoperability 1Landgate – Future investment in Marine Data eg. New component of SLIP 1State Agency Integration of marine data and marine data requirements 1Better definition of the Big Issues of the day and match the data requirements accordingly 3Future commitment and solid strategy for moving forward, not piecemeal 1Custodianship issues fully in place and understood 1Awareness of what is going on ie. not duplicating effort in collection and maintenance 1Common view across agencies as to priorities and fundamental datasets 1Need the message and vision to establish something robust and long-lived 1Balancing the short-term with longer-term programs, but noting that fundamental datasets underpin nearly all marine projects and issues 1 vote per person

Some results from Q & A Marine data management in WA 27 th October 2009

Where are you from? 1.Federal Govt 2.State Govt 3.Private industry 4.Education 5.Other

I think marine data management is resourced and handled well in my agency 1.Strongly Agree 2.Agree 3.Disagree 4.Strongly Disagree 5.N/A

If you had to choose one dataset that you would like to see funded as a state-wide dataset it would be.. 1.Bathymetry 2.Benthic habitat 3.Coastal geomorpholgy / geology 4.Physical oceanography 5.Not listed

What would you choose as most important issue? 1.Getting high res DEM for coastal 2.Integration of marine datasets 3.Future commitment in WA, not piecemeal projects 4.Better communication 5.State agency integration of marine requirements 6.Better definition of priorities across state 7.Other 8.Don’t know

Summary WAMSI: Better science, better decisions Need to ensure the existing infrastructure is best used – this requires tools e.g. visualisation and collaboration DataInformationKnowledgeWisdom