BarKode: the Barents and Kara Seas oceanographic data base

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ACSYS/CliC Data Management and Information Panel
(DMIP) History and Perspective
James A. Moore UCAR Joint Office for Science
Support
ACSYS Final Conference
St. Petersburg, Russia
11-14 November 2003
http//www.joss.ucar.edu
jmoore_at_ucar.edu
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• Historical Highlights
• DMIP initial meeting March 1998 (St. Petersburg)
• DMIP now active for 6 years
• Development of ACSYS Data and Information System
  (ADIS) as a clearinghouse for project data and
  information
• Provides data management coordination with other
  WCRP projects
• Assists other ACSYS Panels with data management
  related activities
• Provides recommendations to SSG on project data
  management
• International ACSYS/CliC Project Office (IACPO)
  and DMIP provide team support for data issues

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• Functions of the ACSYS Data and Information
  System (ADIS)
• Provide information about and access to ACSYS and
  related datasets and information (location,
  discipline, time, archive source, author, contact
  information, etc)
• Establish single point of contact for information
  on ACSYS
• Develop and maintain meta-database describing
  datasets and related information, keeping current
  on the status of data collection campaigns and
  the status of ACSYS data projects
• Facilitate communication between user groups,
  information providers, and collaborating
  scientists
• Remain reference site for ACSYS Project legacy

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• ADIS Holdings and Reference Materials Available
• 17 reports for ACSYS Project (Past issues of
  ACSYS Arctic Forecast and Ice and Climate News)
• 418 links to other archive centers,
  organizations, institutions and others involved
  in arctic research or activities
• 6130 publication references on research and
  activities in the Arctic (Journals, Conference
  volumes, etc.)
• 1012 datasets from ACSYS and ACSYS related
  projects during the 10 year lifetime
• 61 Reports from ACSYS meetings and sponsored
  gatherings

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Coverage Map of ACSYS/Related datasets (eastern
hemisphere)
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Coverage Map of ACSYS/Related datasets (western
hemisphere)
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ACSYS Historical Ice Chart Archive (quicklook
samples)
April 2002
April 1866
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BarKode the Barents and Kara Seas oceanographic
data base

• 2-year project, IACPO and MMBI (1998 2000)
• Funding European Polar Board, Norwegian
  Transport Fate Program
• T-S profiles, 1898 1998, good coverage after
  1920
• 206 300 stations from 11 institutions and 6
  countries, civil and military
• original plus 9 standard layers (0 300 m depth)

Cumulative station distribution
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Average monthly SST, and data coverage
SST C
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• DMIP Highlights for ACSYS Conference
• Development of consistent support for WCRP
  component began in 1998
• Development of single point of contact for
  general information (publications, organization,
  etc.) and dataset information on ACSYS (ADIS web
  site)
• Preparation of ACSYS Legacy and ACSYS Final
  Conference Summary CDs
• Facilitate the preparation of special ACSYS
  datasets (e.g. historical sea ice charts,
  BarKode, runoff)

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• ACSYS Project Legacy CDs
• To be distributed after the Final ACSYS
  Conference and includes abstracts, publications,
  reports, organization, etc.
• A second CD will be the proceedings of the
  conference including extended abstracts and
  presentations
• Questionnaire to gain more data/information
  about ACSYS datasets, papers, etc. to be
  distributed prior to and during conference

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The Future for DMIP in the Support of CliC

• Develop and maintain the Data and information
• Service for CliC (DISC)
• Coordinate data management related activities
  with other WCRP programmes (e.g. GEWEX, CLIVAR)
• Develop and maintain links with global data
  centers responsible for cryospheric data and
  information
• Utilize new capabilities in data archive exchange
  interoperability including metadata inventories,
  GIS applications, search tools and world wide web
  capabilities

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• Continuing Development of DISC Services
• Establish key contacts in all of the data
  centres
• where cryospheric data is managed to develop
  inventory of available data and information
• Develop list of researchers, organizations etc.
  that
• create and/or use cryospheric data
• Forum for CliC data providers, operators/managers
  and researchers on DISC
• Facilitate getting CliC relevant data to a data
  centre
• Agreed to continue with metadata about datasets
  in DISC

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• Continuing Development of DISC (Services)
• Prepare reference inventory of journals focusing
  on cryosphere
• Require continuing input from the science and
  monitoring
• community as well as staff effort to maintain a
  complete
• set of information.
• DISC development must be user driven

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• How do we respond to the data management
  challenges of CliC?
• The Philosophy
• Ensure a global perspective
• Keep an interdisciplinary view
• Facilitate international data and information
  exchange
• Take advantage of the new tools at our disposal
• Tap the knowledge and capabilities of the
  international partners
• Cooperate/collaborate with other projects and
  programs
• The Implementation (next steps)
• Data management support in CliC must be user
  driven
• Establish contacts at the cryospheric data
  centers
• Provide a forum on DISC for researchers, data
  providers and managers
• Encourage use of metadata standards for CliC
  datasets
• Facilitate the preparation of high priority CliC
  datasets

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What Matters is What Gets Measured, Ensure the
CliC Data Legacy
From The Economist, July 2003
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