points of contact: rudolf husar ( rhusar@wustl ), martin schultz ( [email protected] )
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Workshop on Networking Air Quality Observations and Models: Motivation: “ From Observations to Decision Support ” at session 34-3, ISRSE 33, May 2009, Stresa, IT Challenge: The road to data driven decisions support is littered with wrecks. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Workshop on
Networking Air Quality Observations and Models:
Motivation: “From Observations to Decision Support” at session 34-3, ISRSE 33, May 2009, Stresa, IT
Challenge: The road to data driven decisions support is littered with wrecks.
Points of Contact: Rudolf Husar ([email protected]), Martin Schultz ([email protected])
Šolta, Croatia, August 24-26, 2011
Day 1: State of AQ InteroperabilityDay 2: Technical Discussion Day 3: Consensus? What Next?
Workshop Goals (Bravo Martin!)
•Get to know each other•Identify core AQ applications and sharable data sets•Exchange state-of-the-art, interoperability practices •Address technical and programmatic issues•Have fun
Preliminary Agenda•Wednesday, 25 Aug: State of AQ Interoperability
– Participant presentations– Integrating Initiatives, Agencies, ‘End Users’, their needs, roles – GEO AQ CoP role, relationships, contributions
•Thursday, 26 Aug: Technical Realization of Interoperability– Syntactic issues (Improved standards? WCS, WMS, CSW…; netcdf, other formats)– Semantic issues (Metadata for finding and understanding data? CF? )– Programmatic issues (Which data can be shared by whom? Data versions, etc.?)
•Friday, 27 Aug: Outcomes. Consensus? Next?– What few things must be the SAME, so that everything else can be DIFFERENT?– How can we collaborate? Interact with other Initiatives, Agencies, Users? – Do we have common long-term goals? Next steps?
Air Quality Data Network
• Uses OGC standards (.. netCDF), CF Conventions, ISO metadata
• Share software code, best practices• Seven servers, three clients (HTAP, MACC,
ACP, EE, EMEP, VIEWS, PHAROS, CIERA,RSIG,..)
• AQ Community Catalog for finding
• Test app. for EPA Except. Events
AQ Data Network is still fragile, incomplete and inadequate for real apps, but
demonstratesfine grained data networking with GEOSS
infrastructure and process
AQ Data Network: Servers
AQ Data Find & Access
MARKET
GEOSS Goal:
Facilitate access and integration of a broad range of EOs to SBAs, including Air Quality
Spectrum of User Communities
From Observations to Decisions
Measuring& Modeling
Earth Obs. & Modeler
InfoProc. & Distributi
EO Service Provider
SciKnow Creation
Discipline Scientist
Decision Support
EnvHealth Model, Res
Decision Making
EnvPolicy & Manager
Assessing Benefit
Public & Officials
Spectrum of Activities and Approach
Maps on to the GEO Framework
Value-adding processes color chart here
Problem: Which distributor? Sci Team? Decision Support – herre the cocneptual breaks down..need to go experimental - observationalIn there pattern in the emerging information ecosystem
Spectrum of User Communities
From Observations to Decisions
Measuring& Modeling
Earth Obs. & Modeler
InfoProc. & Distribution
EO Service Provider
SciKnow Creation
Discipline Scientist
Decision Support
EnvHealth Model, Res
Decision Making
EnvPolicy & Manager
Assessing Benefit
Public & Officials
Spectrum of Activities and Approach
Data PortalsVIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web System
EPA RSIG - Remote Sensing Information Gateway
EPA AQS - Air Quality System
NASA GIOVANNI - Data & Information Services Center
EBAS - Norwegian Institute of Air Research
CEOS ACP: Atmospheric Composition Portal
CIERA: Comm. Initiative for Emissions Res. & Apps.
GMES MACC: Monitoring Atm. Composition and Climate
AQ Decision Support Sys. VIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web System
TF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisDataFed - Federated Data Systems for Air Quality Data
AQ Science TeamsTF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsNASA AQAST - Quality Applied Science TeamESA CCI Aerosol: Climate Change Initiative for AerosolsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisAeroCom - Aerosol Model Inter-comparison Project
Data Portals
Data Aggregators for Easier Access
VIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web System
EPA RSIG - Remote Sensing Information Gateway
EPA AQS - Air Quality System
NASA GIOVANNI - Data & Information Services Center
EBAS - Norwegian Institute of Air Research
CEOS ACP: Atmospheric Composition Portal
CIERA: Comm. Initiative for Emissions Res. & Apps.
GMES MACC: Monitoring Atm. Composition and Climate
AQ Science TeamsScience Collectives and CollaborativesTF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsNASA AQAST - Quality Applied Science TeamESA CCI Aerosol: Climate Change Initiative for AerosolsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisAeroCom - Aerosol Model Inter-comparison Project
AQ Decision Support SystemsData Driven Analysis and
PrognosisVIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web SystemTF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisDataFed - Federated Data Systems for Air Quality Data
The era of a single data provider, the individual scientist or the lone decision supporter is over.There is a new pattern emerging in the maturing information ecosystem
Data Portals aggregators of many data streams
This is a good thin for the Earth System & GEOSS since it does not have to support individuals but can fucus on fewer groupings Implicit structure Cascading multi-stage process al la the economy-of-scale
Data PortalsVIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web System
EPA RSIG - Remote Sensing Information Gateway
EPA AQS - Air Quality System
NASA GIOVANNI - Data & Information Services Center
EBAS - Norwegian Institute of Air Research
CEOS ACP: Atmospheric Composition Portal
CIERA: Comm. Initiative for Emissions Res. & Apps.
GMES MACC: Monitoring Atm. Composition and Climate
AQ Science TeamsTF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsNASA AQAST - Quality Applied Science TeamESA CCI Aerosol: Climate Change Initiative for AerosolsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisAeroCom - Aerosol Model Inter-comparison Project
AQ Decision Support SystemsVIEWS - Visibility Information Exchange Web SystemTF HTAP Task Force, Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutantsGMES MACC: Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and ClimateEPA - Exceptional Air Pollution Event AnalysisDataFed - Federated Data Systems for Air Quality Data
Value Adding Groups
Felicitators, ConnectorsGEOSS AIP Architecture Implementation Pilot | OGC NetworkEPA Data SummitGO-ESSP: Global Org. for Earth System Science PortalsEU EGIDA - Coord. Cross-Disciplinary Projects to Promote GEOSSEPA CyAir: Cyberinfratructure for Air Quality ManagmentCIERA: Community Initiative for Emissions Research and ApplicationsGEO AQ CoP: GEO Air Quality Community of PracticeCOST ES0602: EU Network on Chemical Weather Forecasting..AeroCom - Aerosol Model Inter-comparison ProjectESIP Earth Science Information Partners, AQ Work Group
GEO Air Quality Community of Practice
Main Value Adding Activity:Interoperable Network
• The GEO AQ CoP is a self-organized voluntary group that fosters the use of Earth observations to air quality management and science by leveraging synergies of sharing and collaboration.
• Community activities include collaborative website; workshops; gathering user requirements; sharing tools and best practices as well as aiding other communities: data portals, science teams and decision support activities.
• A persistent output facilitated by the AQ CoP is a network of air quality/atmospheric composition data servers that use OGC-standard protocols and the GEOSS interoperability process.
• Searching, browsing and accessing data from monitoring networks, satellite sensors, emissions, as well as from AQ models is through a Community Catalog.
• We know that information systems like libraries and the internet provide useful services
• The technologies and the engineering of these systems is understood but the science is not in hand…
– What causes information to be generated, transmitted and ‘consumed’?
– What are the driving forces to the flow of information? Provider push, consumer pull? Impediments.. …Can you push a rope?
– What are there suitable ‘laws of nature’, equivalent to conservation of mass and energy?
• Earth Science info systems are still in the pre-scientific era• Hence, first need to observe these info systems ..
The of GEOSS (and most other EO integrating initiatives) is create more societal benefit from Earth Observations and Models
Effective creation of societal benefit hinges on seamless data flow and re-use, so a universal value is the ability the share and re-use data.
Hence AQ CoP chose to focus on facilitating Air Quality Data Network.
• We also understand that the creation of an Earth Science information system has been a grand challenge for decades….
• …and that the “The road toward integrated Earth Science info systems is littered with wrecks of well-intended attempts..”
• So, challenge is how to make more progress this time..•