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Dynamic Generation of Online Interactive Ecosystem Report Cards
Microsoft eScience 2008
Jane Hunter, The University of Qld
OverviewBackground and ObjectivesArchitecture and ImplementationUser interface and functionalityDemoConclusions and Future Work
Microsoft eScience 2008
Health-e-Waterways ProjectCollaboration between:
Microsoft Research (Catharine van Ingen) Healthy Waterways Partnership (Eva Abal)
DNRW, EPA, Local Councils, Universities University of Qld (Jane Hunter)
3 years funding – MSR, ARC Linkage, SmartState Integrated Water Information Management for
SEQ-HWP
Where are we?Fast growing populationSevere water shortagesSensitive ecosystemsClimate change and drought
Implemented a cost-effective and integrated regional monitoring programme
254 estuarine and marine sites(sampled monthly)127 freshwater sites (sampled 2x/yr)
Health-e-Waterways DatabasesFreshWater EHMP - Dept. Natural
Resources and Water (DNRW)Estuarine Marine EHMP - EPAEvent Monitoring – DNRWManagement Action Database – SEQ-HWPModels – many different sources/locations
Receiving Water, EMSS, E2
Freshwater DataThe data is being captured and managed by DNRW 127 freshwater sites across the catchments.16 Indicators from 5 categories:
Physical and chemical – pH, Conductivity, temp, dissolved O2 Nutrients - Ratio of nitrogen stable isotopes (δ15N), algal growth Ecosystem processes - Algal growth, Ratio of carbon stable
isotopes (δ13C), Benthic respiration (R24) Primary production GPPAquatic macroinvertebrates – No. taxa, PET, SIGNALFish- % of native species expected (PONSE), Observed to expected
native species (O/E50), Proportion of alien fishSurveys are conducted every 6 months, spring and autumn.Survey data stored in Oracle relational database.
Estuarine/MarineThe data is being captured and managed by the Environmental
Protection Agency254 Sites in South East Queensland:
168 sites from 19 estuaries86 from Moreton Bay
14 Indicators :Turbidity , Salinity, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Secchi
depth, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Chlorophyll.Lyngbya Majuscula (seaweed) cover. Sewage plume mappingCoral Cover
Surveys are conducted monthly, biannually and annually. Survey results will be stored in an Oracle relational database.
Event MonitoringThe data is being captured and managed by the
Dept of NRW 60 to 100 sites across South East QueenslandProprietary software known has HYDSTRA by the
Kisters group is used to store the dataCompressed files store time-series data for each
siteRiver height, Daily Min/Mean/Max flowPollutantsEvents - floods
Supporting information is also stored: E.g. water parameters, survey technicians
Raw data is less useful than interpreted data
Managed by SEQ-HWPTracks Action Plans that are part of the
Healthy Waterways Strategy Approximately 550 actions are stored in the
database2003 Access database:
Access relational tables back-endAccess forms front-end Interface and actions is organised through a 4
tier hierarchy
Management Action Database (MAD)
Many different models used for catchment hydrology
The model simulations forecast and emulate climate scenarios
Written in many different languages for a variety of purposes and users - Fortran
Focus on 3 Models:EMSS (Environmental Management Support
System) Catchment ModelReceiving Water ModelE2
Models
www.healthywaterways.org
EHMP Estuarine/Marine
EHMP Freshwater
EHMP Event Monitoring
Model scenarios, outputs
Bureau of Meteorology
Landuse
Demography
Etc.
Health-e-Waterways•Web Portal• Water Wiki• VirtualEarth• SensorMap
General PublicExample Query:What will be the ecosystem health outcomes of the implementation of landscape restoration works in the Logan Albert System by 2026?
Management Actions
SEQ Water
State Government
Researchers
Local Governments
Water Resource Managers
RemoteSensors
ScientistsHydrologists
• Data Ontology and Server• Web Services
• Data Integration• Data Lineage• Uncertainty Propagation• Models and Workflows
QCIF Grid Computing &Storage
SECURITY
LAYER
ApproachStreamline Annual EHMP Report Card GenerationSearch, analysis, reporting interface to integrated
databasesIdentify common conceptual model (ODM, OpenGIS,
WRON-RM)Map datasets to common modelIdentify optimum data harvesting and storage
Store in SQLServer DB or Jena Web services interface to in-situ dataMetadata harvesting -> central catalogue
Develop VirtualEarth+ontology-based query interface
What
Publicised output of the SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership
Easy-to-understand snapshot of ecosystem health
A to F
Provides an insight into the effectiveness of investments in waterway and catchment management
Split into two reporting zones, freshwater and estuarine/marine
Each has it’s own objectives, parameters, methods and analysis
What is the Report Card?
Annual Ecosystem Report Cards
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007C # C # B+ # C C+ C- C-
Spring 2005 (Run 7) Autumn 2006 (Run 8)
Spring 2006 (Run 9) Autumn 2007 (Run 10)
-0.50
-0.30
-0.10
0.10
0.30
0.50
Mean-0.50
-0.30
-0.10
0.10
0.30
0.50
MeanMean
FRESHWATER REPORT CARD GRADESPumicestone CatchmentGrade history:# combined grade for Caboolture-Pumicestone catchments
snapshot of ecosystem health
A to F
insight into the effectiveness of investments in catchment management
How
How is the Report Card Used?
How the Report Card is Used
Common EHMP Ontology
Triple Store
Web Services
Statistical Processing
Reasoning Client
Silverlight & Virtual Earth Client
Interactive Ecosystem Report Card Application
EHMP Ontology
Remote Sensor
Reasoning Engine
Administrator
SPARQL Query Client
EHMP Databases
Jena .NET Plugin
OutcomesCommon Observational Data Model
ODM 2.0?Water data, climate data, vegetation, species distribution,
satellite imageryFramework for Semantic Integration of Ecosystem Health
Monitoring DataICT Framework for Web-based Environmental Reporting
Standardized methods for measuring and aggregating indicators -> Ecosystem reports
Comparison and longitudinal trendsWentworth Group – “an exemplar for environmental
reporting”
Future WorkLink monitoring data to management actions Integration of:
• MODIS satellite data, BoM climate data• Real-time sensor data• Community data – ReefCheck, CoralWatch, Caring for
Country• Socio-economic data - demographics
Extend to Great Barrier Reef /Centre for Marine StudiesAnalytical services
correlate ground data to derived data from satellite imagesLinking predictive models to integrated datasetsVisualizations of model outputEstimate uncertainty/reliability of results
Ranked search results
User-Driven/Ontology-based Spatio-temporal QueriesCombine monitoring data + Model outputs + socio-
economic models/data
“How will the mandatory adoption of rainwater tanks in the Logan Region effect domestic water requirements in 5 years time, taking into account the effects of climate change and population growth in the region?”
“What impact will a $20mill sewage treatment plant upgrade have on on the prawn industry in the Logan Estuary if implemented now?”
AcknowledgementsAbdul Alabri – University of QldMicrosoft Research – Catharine van Ingen, Bora BeranHealthy Waterways Partnership – Eva Abal, Jo Burton, Dave
MoffatCUAHSI – Dave Maidment, Michael PiaseckiCSIRO – Simon Cox, AWRIS
