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Data Management in your National Parks
Erik Stabenau, PhDOceanographer & Coastal Ocean ModelerEverglades, Biscayne, and Dry Tortugas National [email protected]: 305.224.4209
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National Park Service Mission“…conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such
means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations…”
-National Park Service Organic Act, 1916
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Yellowstone National Park
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Yosemite National Park
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Thomas Edison National Historic Park
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San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
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Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg
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Dry Tortugas National Park
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How Many National Parks Are There?
401
85 Ocean and Great Lakes Parkswith
11,000 miles of coastsand
2.5 million acres of water
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National Park Service Mission“…conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such
means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations…”
-National Park Service Organic Act, 1916
At its core, it’s a clear, well-focused, mission.
Features: • Unimpaired was interpreted as ‘unchanged’ (The Leopold Report)• Balances preservation and access• Recognizes significant of both natural and cultural resources
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The Leopold Report’s Impact
1963 Leopold ReportKey feature:
“A national park should present a vignette of primitive America…if the goal cannot be fully achieved it can be approached. A reasonable illusion of primitive America could be recreated, using the utmost in skill, judgment, and ecologic sensitivity.”
• Snapshot, frozen in time• Illusion is acceptable, if needed
2013 Leopold RevisitedKey feature:
“The overarching goal of NPS resource management should be to steward NPS resources for continuous change that is not yet fully understood, in order to preserve ecological integrity and cultural and historical authenticity, provide visitors with transformative experiences, and form the core of a national conservation land- and seascape”
• Provide for change• Recognize connections across park
boundaries
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Resource management
• Primarily a data-related effort– Balancing need of visitors, natural systems– Recognizing climate change– Recognizing connectivity – Benefiting from the expertise of non-NPS
scientists and resource managers• Goal oriented
– Support diversity and ecosystem function
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Environmental data-related items in NPS FY14 Budget
CLIMATE CHANGE
New climate change adaptation data and decision tools relating to:• predicting and anticipating wildland fire trends,• predicting the spread or introduction of invasive species, and• tracking changes in wildlife abundance and distribution;• Integrated vegetation surveys representing the entire lower 48 states; and• Creation of a web-based searchable database
PROJECTS (examples)
UC-Berkley spatial data development related to carbon storageAlaska – Interferometric synthetic aperature radar mapping dataPark-wide – improved GIS coverage of park assets in centralized GIS catalogs
FEDERAL PARTNERS
USGS, EPA, USACE, NOAA
INTERNAL PROGRAMS
Inventory and monitoring – NPS effort to systematically record environmental data, managed in divisions by discipline and/or region
GIS support – improved GIS coverage for selected park units each year, data incorporated into centralized GIS data catalog
Soundscapes, Water Resources, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program
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Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA @ NPS)
Data storage and retrieval with services for machine-to-machine query
Portal to access multiple independent data tools
Key feature: Data store with both web search and REST services
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{searchTerm} GET
advancedSearch GETsavedSearch/{id} GETschemas/BasicSearchResult GET
schemas/ReferenceFull GETschemas/ReferenceProfile GETupdatedSince/{yyyymmdd} GETurlOptions/detail GETurlOptions/format GETurlOptions/paging GETurlOptions/searchField GETurlOptions/type GETurlOptions/typegroups GET
IRMA @ NPS REST services endpoint
checklist/{unitCode}/{categories=null} GET
detaillist/{unitCode}/{categories=null} GET
fulllist/{unitCode}/{categories=null} GET
schemas/SpeciesListItem GET
urlOptions/categories GET
urlOptions/format GET
Supports HTTP ‘get’ requests and JSONP responses
Limited set of options but expanding based on user feedback
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IRMA and the Aquarius Database
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IRMA and the Aquarius Database
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Big Cypress
1974
Biscayne
1968
Everglades
1934
Dry Tortugas
1935
South Florida National Parks
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Everglades Mission“…shall be permanently reserved as a
wilderness, and [nothing] shall be undertaken which will interfere with the preservation
intact of the unique flora and fauna and the essential primitive natural conditions now
prevailing in this area…”
-Everglades National Park Enabling Legislation, 1934
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Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program (CERP) Data Integration Efforts• Primarily document sharing services
(submit, check-out, update, return)• Project based approach
– Each project has definite start/end dates– Multi-year projects stored as separate
datasets– Limited use of standards and those that are
used are often modified as-needed
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• USGS – primarily SOFIA (South Florida Information Access) database and products– Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) depth maps
• SFWMD – internal database with web based query– Extensive use of DBKeys, breakpoint data, and aggregation for large
data requests– Separate search routes for current vs. historic data
• USACE – funding and contract based data requirements– Supporting others but has $ so influences data sharing and storage
Comprehensive Evergaldes Restoration Program (CERP) Data Integration Efforts
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S. Florida NPS Monitoring Network
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Biscayne National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve
Dry Tortugas National Park (not shown)
… and, we are not alone.
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Partners involved in Everglades Restoration Initiatives in South Florida:
NOAAUSGSSFWMD
(Water management)Miami-Dade County
(Environmental Quality)UniversitiesNon-profit organizationsState FWCFederal FWS
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Data Collection Platforms, Marsh• Primary emphasis on data
to ‘get the water right’, meaning…– Quality, quantity, and timing
of freshwater – Mostly 2 parameter stations:
stage and rain– Sustainability
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Data Collection Platform, Marine
• Expansion of management effort– Recognition of management
influence on coastal regions– Multiple parameters:
• stage, rain, conductivity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll A, turbidity, wind….
– Remote data transmission (GOES, RF, cellular)
– Sustainability
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NPS - Data Management at EVER• MySQL based system with web
interface– GOES and RF data delivery systems
with hourly/daily updates– Monthly site visits and rigorous
validation– Excellent searching, stats, and 2D
plotting capabilities– Web interface allows database design
and management dependent on access rights
– Data back-up and off-site archiving
• Currently behind NPS firewall– One-way data sharing to ftp– Multiple custom data downloads– Always initiated by NPS system
RF (poled):Marsh Network
Parse & LoadTo MySQL databaseWith basic QA/QC
Internal BrowserInterface
DataForEVER(NPS employees)
External FTPTransfer
toNOAAUSGS
SFWMDothers
GOES (timed): Marine Network
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Products
Station Datatype Elevation Threshold YearWetting Event Count
Discontinuous Minimum Average Maximum
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 1999 3 302 9 100.7 216
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2000 6 265 1 44.2 99
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2001 3 208 9 69.3 181
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2002 3 268 16 89.3 223
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2003 3 281 16 93.7 245
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2004 4 272 1 68.0 181
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2005 3 227 7 75.7 213
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2006 4 239 4 59.8 160
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2007 8 216 1 27.0 182
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2008 1 183 183 183.0 183
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2009 2 253 26 126.5 227
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2010 5 240 13 48.0 162
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2011 2 188 77 94.0 111
NP205 stage 6.07 6.07 2012 3 252 7 84.0 229
Period 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Minim
umAvera
geMaximum
JAN 27.31 37.06 26.14 33.45 29.81 42.44 32.22 33.20 29.52 36.67 32.55 33.33 32.60 26.14 32.79 42.44
FEB 30.22 36.00 28.06 33.01 32.53 40.18 33.89 33.47 32.81 39.13 31.37 33.97 33.39 28.06 33.69 40.18
MAR 31.53 39.45 29.72 34.44 33.46 37.37 36.39 35.10 37.99 40.31 33.14 36.76 33.26 29.72 35.30 40.31
APR 36.59 43.46 32.25 36.93 37.02 39.99 39.33 37.08 36.75 44.06 35.33 41.29 35.69 32.25 38.14 44.06
MAY 40.12 42.69 36.83 37.77 37.28 44.88 41.86 40.79 41.81 45.56 37.54 43.12 33.47 33.47 40.29 45.56
JUN 41.88 47.40 35.11 36.87 43.06 45.83 39.10 37.14 45.29 42.68 39.82 45.12 33.35 33.35 40.97 47.40
JUL 42.99 46.34 29.15 38.14 49.57 43.83 36.86 35.06 44.68 39.52 38.53 44.85 32.52 29.15 40.16 49.57
AUG 44.51 39.56 28.54 39.12 40.94 45.89 37.64 38.78 44.54 40.78 39.82 40.46 32.37 28.54 39.46 45.89
SEP 45.48 36.54 28.73 35.78 38.14 35.52 30.92 40.65 38.53 40.69 35.57 37.74 31.00 28.73 36.56 45.48
OCT 36.56 29.35 28.78 30.81 39.42 29.89 30.50 30.26 34.72 38.24 26.75 36.97 30.02 26.75 32.48 39.42
NOV 34.95 24.36 28.90 25.36 43.25 27.87 31.07 27.29 34.17 37.13 27.60 32.35 29.99 24.36 31.10 43.25
DEC 34.94 25.12 31.72 25.28 44.19 30.35 32.53 28.11 35.22 34.69 29.71 30.34 30.89 25.12 31.78 44.19
Average 37.26 37.28 30.33 33.91 39.06 38.67 35.19 34.74 38.00 39.96 33.98 38.02 32.38 28.80 36.06 43.98
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Case: Evaluate agricultural drawdown impact on salinity in Biscayne National Park
Challenges: • Data required collected by different agencies
and stored in different systems• Incomplete data – human observations not
recorded or stored• Short timeline and requires analysis of current
conditions
Assessment: • Manual search through web interface to
determine database keys• Data grab and load to local database• Produce products• Human dimension, a primary driver of the
operation in question, is ignored.
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Case: Evaluate agricultural drawdown impact on salinity in Biscayne National Park
Working solution: • Still requires current data as input so manual
data agglomeration • Model output is manually extracted and
graphical products are built in ArcGIS• Fairly simple relationships (flow vs salinity)
calculated manually
Slow, politically complex, process that requires extensive documentation and persistence.
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• Predicting ecosystem response under several climate change scenarios
• Managing access to Florida Bay to minimize seagrass damage
• Assessing impact of water management actions on salinity in Florida Bay relative to paleo-records
Additional case studies
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National-level NPS data management systems
• Integrated product has to provide functionality that meets or exceeds the local interim solution
• Interface has to be familiar • System must be stable and fast• System must support machine-to-machine
communication
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SummaryIndividual NPS units have extensive data management needs.
The variety across the park service has acted as a barrier to centralized solutions to park-level issues.
New efforts, aimed at recognizing NPS units as part of corridors of connectivity, require improved data sharing.
NPS response to climate change has brought data sharing and long term data management to the forefront.
Anticipate changes in NPS data management systems within the next decade.
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Presentation would not have been possible without the helpful input of many NPS employees, including:
Kevin Whelan and members of the South Florida/ Caribbean Network offices of NPS. Jeff Seleck, NPS, CO Editor of Park Science. Thom Curdts, NPS, CO. Cliff McCreedy, NPS, WASO.