web apps - DGPS surveys - met stations - wetlands mapping coastal erosion - decision support - local expertise & capacity

Allison Gaylordnunatech@usa.net

baid.utep.edu

1St International Polar Year, 1882-1883

Preserving the legacy of research at Barrow

1973 2000 2008

• Initiated in Microsoft Access in 2000.• Data collection sites with info on investigators, site name, project title,

lat / long, URLs, grant number, data links, web site, start date/end data, keywords, etc.

• Visualizes the location of research projects (1947-2008) funded by NSF and other agencies (9,800+), plus ancillary layers

Research Sites and Instrumentation

…data collection sites, with links to project info

Directory of Arctic Researchers

Photos

Arctic Research Logistics Support Service

NSF

Preserve the legacy of research at Barrow through cyberinfrastructure

Academic scientist,local stakeholders

Barrow based data collection activities

CIAP

Applied/directed research: Sustainable community development

Local land managers

Barrow Area (UIC Lands)

Funding

Focus

Audience

Area of interest

Complementary, parallel efforts

Both kicked off in mid-2013

Craig Tweedie, postdoc, and students

Allison Gaylord

William Manley,Leanne Lestak

Lars Nelson and Qaiyaan Aiken

The Team

Craig Tweedie, and students

Allison Gaylord

NSIDC, Julia Collins

NSF CIAP

“This project will continue to develop an end-to-end operational cyberinfrastructure (CI) that provides users with tools and systems for sustained access and analysis of current and diverse information and data about the Barrow area. Our overarching goal is to enhance virtual scientific and other collaboration and to meet the current and growing needs of our user community through the maintenance, development of the Barrow Area Information Database”

BAID

Renewal Award Funded by NSF

Continue to liaise with users to identify, prioritize and meet their needs for field data collection, data layer generation, and DGPS surveys and mapping support.

Maintain the existing suite of BAID applications and develop a new mapping application that will update the former BAID Internet Map Server (BAID-IMS) to offer a faster, user-friendly web interface with improved scalability, functionality and stability.

Update aging hardware supporting BAID.

Improve the interoperability of BAID with other Arctic data and CI through improved work flows, web services, and use of controlled vocabularies

Establish direct links from BAID to external data at the NSIDC and develop, test and establish a range of protocols that will enable CI like BAID to link to data archived at such data centers.

Train the next generation of environmental and computer scientists at a leading minority-majority university and conduct extensive education and outreach to advertise BAID and better inform and train the BAID user community.

Objectives:

BAID

Web Mapping Application

Improve upon the old BAID

• new fast, stable, and intuitive interface

• new map layers• more functionality• decision making tools

Met StationsInstalled in test mode with lower sampling rate this first winterPlan to support output in multiple data formats Beta data visualization for AGU

Soil Temp / MoistureLeaf WetnessPrecipitationWindspeed / DirectionAir Temp / MoistureSolar Radiation-PAR

Interoperability

Provide “data collection sites” to other efforts

ADIwg Project metadata schema for ISO, use ADIwg translator

Publish OGC webservices

Hope to integrate with other North Slope Met stations

“Expand capacity for informed, multi-stakeholder

environmental decision making on Ukpeaġvik

Iñupiat Corporation lands in the coastal zone near

Barrow, Alaska.”

Goal:

BAID Decision Support Tools Development

New Project (CIAP)

• Develop a high spatial resolution map of wetlands and

conduct coastal erosion studies

• Expand on an existing web mapping application to develop a

new interactive decision support tool for erosion monitoring

and coastal development and land management

• Develop an office with newly trained staff in Barrow capable

of improved local mapping and analytical capabilities

Objectives:

BAID Decision Support Tools Development

BAID CIAP Area of Interest:UIC Lands

2002 QuickBird imageryNew Satellite Imagery-new 2013 WorldView-2 imagery-50cm resolution-entire UIC area-basis for wetlands map and coastal erosion studies-ground control points used for orthorectification of satellite imagery surveyed with DGPS.

New Wetlands Map Layer

• new 2013 data layer• 50 cm resolution• entire UIC area• wetlands and other

land cover classes

NPR-A Landcover

• New vegetation classification scheme built from plot based species cover and abundance data

• 250 new vegetation survey sites were established in 2013; will be used as training classes

84 km coastline (all but 7 km captured in 2013)

Shoreline Reference Features

-bluff edge

-waterline

-coastal engineering

Long term monitoring sites on Elson Lagoon

Coastal Erosion Mapping

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1948

Coastal Erosion Analysis

• Add new shorelines• analyze rates of erosion• Identify areas of

greatest impact• NOAA Digital

Shoreline Analysis System

Web Mapping Application

Erosion Assessment Tool

Help assess vulnerability

Take advantage of digital shorelines and other data layers

land cover type, bathymetry, sea ice, etc.

Potentially with “widgets” to interactively customize analysis of

erosion rates

Help enable sustained community development

New Web Mapping Application (Mock up)

CommunityResearchHome

Time Slider Erosion Sustainable Development

Barrow Peninsula

Zoom to…

ToolsDrawMeasurePlot XY SaveShare

Ice Viewer

Show 2013 imagery

Calculate Erosion (wizard)1. Select Area 2. Select Years 3. View Results

> Back

Shorelineo Bluff Edgeo Waterline Topography

Distance from Shore

Land Cover Transportation

Learn more

0 30 6015 Kilometers

BAID

Web Mapping Application

Community Development Tool

To assist with NSB and community tasks

coastal development, conservation priorities, endangered and subsistence species

protection, oil spill response, planning and zoning for vulnerable areas, etc.

Visualize and synthesize from map layers and other input

existing development, infrastructure, land ownership, wetland types, habitat preference for

endangered wildlife, height above sea level, etc.

Provide specific output for printing or saving maps, information, and reports

Help enable sustained community development

Kenai Decision Support Tool

North Slope Decision Support System

Local Expertise & Capacity

Handbook and Outreach

• Advisory Council and community presentations

• Training for implementation

• Decision Support Tools Handbook

• Build local capacity

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

• Specific recommendations for the tools?

• Where are the most important areas?

Community Feedback

Lars NelsonBarrow Office Manager

Umiaq

Next Steps

New website

Acquire/Orthorectify WorldView2 imagery

Create wetlands map

Analyze coastal surveys to determine erosion rates

Provide access to data from Met stations

Phased software development

iterative process

periodic opportunities for stakeholder feedback

a focus on tool development and refinement

Advisory Council meetings

Project Objectives

BAID and NSSI

BAID NSSI

Area of Interest Barrow based data collection activities (NSF), UIC Lands (CIAP)

North Slope

Mapping DGPS mapping of data collection sites, detailed coastlines, wetlands, high-res. imagery, ...

General project areas/locations, Land cover mapping

Cyberinfrastructure Web mapping application with Decision Support Tools

Data Catalog, Project Tracking, Monitoring Summary, and potential Scenario Planning

Other Aspects Local capacity building

Guidance BAID Advisory Council Oversight Group, Science Advisory Panel

Funding NSF, DOI USFWS CIAP DOI BLM

different but complementary, synergistic efforts ...

Opportunities for collaboration?BAID contributions to NSSI Data Catalog: WetlandsVegetation plotsErosion dataGCPsData collection sitesImproved locations for project areasTie into North Slope network of met stations

2013 WV2 partner for license uplift?= Better imagery coverage for Barrow Peninsula in the AlaskaMapped BDL

Additional Feedback Appreciated

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This study is funded with qualified outer continental shelf oil and gas revenues by the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Science Foundation

Extra slides

High Res Imagery for Time Slider coverage (requested for community development tool)

Orthorectified imagery of the Barrow Peninsula2013 WorldView2 (pending)2011 SPOT52002 Quickbird2001 IKONOS1997 Aerometric photography1984 Aerometric1979 AHAP1964 CRREL1962 CRREL1955 USGS1948 NARL BAR

Various Landsat scenes..Other?

** Proposed additions to accommodate data collection sites

• Project title• Project start date• Project end date• Current status• Last updated• Keywords• Place key words• Primary Contact• Information Contacts• Conducting Entity• Regions• Boundaries (N,S,E,W)• Abstract• Short Project Description• Web Links

• Metadata Steward• Note• Data Availability• Access Limitations• Publications• Global Unique ID• Primary Agency Code• Primary Agency Project ID• Metadata Agency Code• Metadata Agency Project ID• Host Agency Code• Host Agency Project ID• Type of Site• Spatial Resolution• Timestamp

ADIwg “Project” Metadata Common Fields