GCE Site and Information Management Overview

Wade SheldonWade SheldonGCE Information ManagerGCE Information Manager

GCE LTER Study Area

Altamaha River

Sapelo Island

Intertidal Marsh

Reynolds Mansion

Coastal Development

Marsh &Creek Monitoring Sites

Water/salt transportWater/salt transport Nutrient fluxesNutrient fluxes Plant biomass and Plant biomass and

productivityproductivity Soil organicsSoil organics Decomposer activity Decomposer activity

and diversityand diversity Climate (3-4 sites)Climate (3-4 sites)

Hydrographic Survey Locations(Quarterly surveys, moored instruments)

Tidal Surveys:Tidal Surveys: Surface SalinitySurface Salinity Surface TemperatureSurface Temperature DOM/ChlA fluorescence?DOM/ChlA fluorescence? Depth Profiles (2-4km stations)Depth Profiles (2-4km stations)

SalinitySalinity TemperatureTemperature PAR?PAR?

Moored InstrumentsMoored Instruments CT sensorsCT sensors ADCP (Altamaha Sound)ADCP (Altamaha Sound)

GCE Information Management IM Staff: 1 manager (.75 time)IM Staff: 1 manager (.75 time)

IT InfrastructureIT Infrastructure UGA: Campus Networking ServicesUGA: Campus Networking Services

IMAP, SMTP, listserv, personal WWWIMAP, SMTP, listserv, personal WWW Ethernet backbone (Gigabit fiber)Ethernet backbone (Gigabit fiber) high bandwidth switch (new)high bandwidth switch (new)

Sapelo (field station): UGAMI LANSapelo (field station): UGAMI LAN Modem and ISDN (new)Modem and ISDN (new)

Remote Sensor ConnectivityRemote Sensor Connectivity mostly offline (dataloggers)mostly offline (dataloggers) USGS microwave (1 Met/Hydro station)USGS microwave (1 Met/Hydro station)

GCE ServerGCE Server Web (HTML, ASP, Matlab Web Server)Web (HTML, ASP, Matlab Web Server) Database (SQL Server)Database (SQL Server) File sharing, FTP (very limited)File sharing, FTP (very limited)

Management Strategy Concentrate on core data management Concentrate on core data management (not IT)(not IT)

Development of standards and protocolsDevelopment of standards and protocols Data processing, validationData processing, validation Data documentation templates, web applicationsData documentation templates, web applications Data set, data product disseminationData set, data product dissemination Maintain web sites for public relations, project participantsMaintain web sites for public relations, project participants

Automate extensivelyAutomate extensively Database-driven web pagesDatabase-driven web pages Web-based data entry with client- & server-side scriptingWeb-based data entry with client- & server-side scripting Automated tabular data set processing, formatting, statistical analysis Automated tabular data set processing, formatting, statistical analysis

(GCE Data Tools/Data Structures)(GCE Data Tools/Data Structures)

Provide research support to encourage participationProvide research support to encourage participation Custom statistical reports for submitted data setsCustom statistical reports for submitted data sets Data analysis/visualization applications (Windows/Unix GUIs)Data analysis/visualization applications (Windows/Unix GUIs) General resources (tide tables, site maps, aerial photos, external data)General resources (tide tables, site maps, aerial photos, external data)

Data Processing Scheme

Data Structure(Data, Descriptors, Metadata)

Data Acquisition System

Data Table

Data SetDocumentation

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MergedASCII File

ImportFilter

Data Parsing/ValidationQA/QC Flagging

Metadata Parsing/EmbeddingData Analysis/Statistics

Data Visualization/PlottingFormatted Output

Data Set Documentation

GCE Data Tools

Static Files(ASCII, Matlab)

RDMS

WWW

GUI Applications

Progress and Plans Public and private web sites in operationPublic and private web sites in operation Data standards and policies publishedData standards and policies published 6 data sets processed to date6 data sets processed to date Climate and hydrographic data coming inClimate and hydrographic data coming in Data submission web application under Data submission web application under

development (templates in use)development (templates in use) End-user GUIs for GCE Data Tools in testingEnd-user GUIs for GCE Data Tools in testing Web-based programs for manipulating, Web-based programs for manipulating,

analyzing Data Structures plannedanalyzing Data Structures planned

GCE Data Tools