Extending the Common Framework for Earth Observation Data to

ExtendingtheCommonFrameworkForEarthObserva7onDatatootherDisciplinaryDataandProgramma7cAccess

BenEvans,KelseyDruken,ClareRichards,ClaireTrenham,JingboWang,LesleyWyborn

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Earth Observa,on Common Data Framework

TheCOMMONFRAMEWORKFOREARTH-OBSERVATIONDATAwasfinalisedonMarch23,2016hRps://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/common_framework_for_earth_observaYon_data.pdfAfewkeystatements:•  FederalEarth-observa0ondataarepublicgoods,paidforbytheAmericanpeople,andthatfree,full,andopenaccess

tothesedatasignificantlyenhancestheirvalue.ThereturnonourannualEarth-observa0oninvestmentincreasesinaccordancewiththedata’swidespreaduseinpublicandprivatesectordecision-making.“

•  Eachyear,thememberagenciesoftheU.S.GrouponEarthObserva0ons(USGEO)investmorethan$4billiondollarsincivilEarthobserva0ons.“

•  ….interna0onalengagementprovidesU.S.en00eswithaccesstovaluablenewsourcesofEarth-observa0ondata.•  Thesuccess(…)restsoneffec0ve(…)datamanagementprac0ces,ata0mewhenincreasingdatavolumesintroduce

newmanagementchallenges.•  The(..)FrameworkforEarthObserva0onsDataprovidesguidance(…)forimprovingandstandardizingtheirdata

managementprac0ces.•  Bystandardizingtheprotocols(…)willmakeiteasiertoobtainandassembledatafromdiversesourcesforimproved

analysis,understanding,decision-making,communityresilience,andcommercialuse.

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Thereare10DataManagementPrinciples(DMP1-10)thattheInternaYonalGrouponEarthObservaYon(GEO)havedevelopedandtheCommonDataFrameworkconsidered5oftheseindetail.TherecommendaYons(…)arefocusedonthediscoverability,accessibility,andusabilityofEarthobservaYonsandderiveddataproducts.Topicsaddressedinclude•  DataSearchandDiscoveryServices,•  DataAccessServices,•  DataDocumenta7on,and•  Compa7bleFormatsandVocabularies.

Focus of the recommenda,ons


WithineachsecYonthereare:•  StandardsandProtocols-officiallyendorsedstandardsfor

useinEarth-observaYondatamanagement•  MethodsandPrac7ces-recommendedwaystousethe

endorsedstandards,includingmakingdataopenbydefault•  Implementa7ons-availablesoawaretouseinrealizingthe

standardsandexamplesofuseofthestandards

FAIR(Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable)issimilar.

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TropicalCyclones

CycloneWinston20-21Feb,2016

VolcanicAsh

ManamErupYon31July,2015

BushFires

Requirescross-domainresearch•  ModellingExtreme&HighImpactevents–BoM•  NWP,ClimateCoupledSystems&DataAssimilaYon–BoM,CSIRO,ResearchCollaboraYons•  Hazards-GeoscienceAustralia,BoM,States•  Geophysics,PotenYalFields,Seismic,Electromag–GeoscienceAustralia,UniversiYes•  MonitoringtheEnvironment&Ocean–ANU,BoM,CSIRO,GA,Research,Fed/State•  Agriculture/foodsecurityissues

Flooding

StGeorge,QLDFebruary,2011

WyeValley&LorneFires25-31Dec,2015

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Earth and Solid Earth Examples of priority areas for research at NCI

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3DGeophysicalModels

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DataCollecYons Approx.Capacity

CMIP5,CORDEX,ACCESSModels 5Pbytes

SatelliteEarthObs:LANDSAT,Himawari-8,SenYnel,MODIS,INSAR 2Pbytes

DigitalElevaYon,BathymetryOnshore/OffshoreGeophysics

1Pbytes

SeasonalClimate 700Tbytes

BureauofMeteorologyObservaYons 350Tbytes

BureauofMeteorologyOcean-Marine 350Tbytes

TerrestrialEcosystem 290Tbytes

Reanalysisproducts 100Tbytes

1. Climate/ESSModelAssetsandDataProducts2. EarthandMarineObservaYonsandDataProducts3. GeoscienceCollecYons4. TerrestrialEcosystemsCollecYons5.WaterManagementandHydrologyCollecYonshRps://datacatalogue.nci.org.au

NCI Na,onal Earth Systems Research Data Collec,ons


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Paradigm shiE: Data easily accessible across disciplines

AspresentedatAGUlastyear,wehasbeenworkingon“Transdisciplinary”approachtoitsData


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10+ PB of Data for across the different Science domains

BOM GA CSIRO ANU Inter-na7onal

OtherNa7onal

CMIP5 3PB

Astronomy (Optical) 200 TB

Water Ocean 1.5 PB

Atmosphere 2.4 PB

Earth Observ.

2 PB

Marine Videos 10 TB

Weather 340 TB

Bathy, DEM

100 TB

Geophysics


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Data Services

NERDIP Data Platform

Compute Intensive

Virtual Laboratories

NERDIP – simplified view

Fast/Deep Data Access

Portal views

Machine Connected

Program access

Server-side functions


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NaYonalEnvironmentalResearchDataInteroperabilityPlamorm(NERDIP)

HDF5

NetCDF-4 Climate

GDAL

APILayers

HPDataLibraryLayer

[SEG-Y] [AirborneGeophysics]

[FITS] [LAS LiDAR]

DataConven4ons netCDF-CF

[HDF4- EOS]

ISO19115,ACDD,RIF-CS,DCAT,etc.

VGLAGDCVL

ServicesLayer

Fast“whole-of-library”

catalogue

Lustre OtherStorage(e.g.,HDFS)

Na4onalEnvironmentalResearchDataInteroperabilityPla>orm(NERDIP)

Climate&WeatherScienceLab

Biodiversity&ClimateChangeVL

OGC

WFS

OGC

SWE

OGC

W*PS

OGC

WCS

OGC

WMS

OGC

W*TS

RDF,LD

VHIRLGlobeClaritas

WorkflowEngines,VirtualLaboratories(VL’s),ScienceGateways

AuScopePortal

TERNPortal

AODN/IMOSPortal

eMASTSpeddexes

AllSkyVirtualObservatory

ANDS/RDAPortal

eReefs

ModelsFortran,C,C++,MPI,OpenMP

Python,R,MatLab,IDL

Visualisa7onDrish7

Ferret,NCO,GDL,GDAL,GRASS,QGIS

DigitalBathymetry&Eleva4onPortal

Data.gov.au

OpenNavSurface

ToolsDataPortals

DirectAccess

CS-W

NetCDF-4 Weather

NetCDF-4 Oceans

NetCDF-4 EO

NetCDF-4 Bathy

HDF5??

VocabService

PROVService

Open

DAP


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Applying the Recommenda,ons – 1. Data Search and Discovery

DMP-1:DataandallassociatedmetadatawillbediscoverablethroughCatalogsandsearchengines,anddataaccessandusecondiYons,includinglicenses,willbeclearlyindicated.Interfaces:•  OpenGeospaYalConsorYum(OGC,hRp://www.opengeospaYal.org/)EasyCatalogServicesfortheWeb

(CSW,hRp://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/630)•  OpenSearch(hRp://www.opensearch.org/)•  OpenArchivesIniYaYveProtocolforMetadataHarvesYng(OAI-PMH,hRps://www.openarchives.org/pmh/)

Soaware:•  Geonetwork(hRp://geonetwork-opensource.org/)

SuggestedUpdatetoFramework•  ImprovedstandardsforAPIsforgeospaYalindexesthathaveemergedthatprovide“datacube”access.


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Applying the Recommenda,ons – 1. Data Search and Discovery (cont)

DMP-10:Datawillbeassignedappropriatepersistent,resolvableidenYfierstoenabledocumentstocitethedataonwhichtheyarebased,andtoenabledataproviderstoreceiveacknowledgementofuseoftheirdataInterfaces:•  DigitalObjectIdenYfiers(DOIs)usingDataCiteserviceareassignedtodatasets

Soaware:•  DOIServicesthroughAustralianNaYonalDataService(ANDS)thatiscompliantwithDataCite.

SuggestedUpdatetoFramework•  PersistentIdenYfierServices(PID)areneededtoenableprogrammaYcaccesstothatdataviadataserviceend

points.


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Applying the Recommenda,ons – 2. Data Access Services

DMP-2:Datawillbeaccessibleviaonlineservices,including,atminimum,directdownload,butpreferablyuser-customizableservicesforvisualizaYonandcomputaYonInterfaces:•  OGCWebMapService(WMS,hRp://www.opengeospaYal.org/standards/wms)•  Open-sourceProjectforaNetworkDataAccessProtocol(OPeNDAP,hRp://www.opendap.org/support)•  OGCWebCoverageService(WCS,hRp://www.opengeospaYal.org/standards/wcs)•  OGCWebFeatureService(WFS,hRp://www.opengeospaYal.org/standards/wfs)•  TableDAP(hRp://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/)

Soaware:•  DAP:TDS,Hyrax,ERDDAP•  WMS:ERDDAP,GeoServer,ncWMS(TDS),GSKY,Rasdaman,•  WCS:GeoServer,Rasdaman•  WFS:GeoServer•  TableDAP:ERDDAP

SuggestedUpdatetoFramework•  WPSservicesarenowanessenYalpartoftheonlineservices.


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Applying the Recommenda,ons – 3. Data Documenta,on

DMP-4:Datawillbecomprehensivelydocumented,includingallelementsnecessarytoaccess,use,understand,andprocess,preferablyviaformalstructuredmetadatabasedoninternaYonalorcommunity-approvedstandards.Totheextentpossible,datawillalsobedescribedinpeer-reviewedpublicaYonsreferencedinthemetadatarecordInterfaces:•  ISO19115-1•  ISO19115-3definestheExtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML)encodingfor19115-1

Soaware:•  GeoNetwork


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Applying the Recommenda,ons – 4. Compa,ble Standards and Vocabularies

DMP-3:DatashouldbestructuredusingencodingsthatarewidelyacceptedinthetargetusercommunityandalignedwithorganizaYonalneedsandobservingmethods,withpreferencegiventonon-proprietaryinternaYonalstandardsDataFormats:•  NetCDF4/HDF5(numerical)•  GeoTIFF->NetCDF4/HDF5(imagery)•  (extensionsbeyondEO):pointdata:LAS->HDF5.SeismicData:HDF5OpYcalAstroData:FITS

ControlledVocabulariesandParameternames•  CFconvenYon•  ACDD•  NASA’sGlobalChangeMasterDirectory(GCMD,hRp://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keyword_list.html)(parYallyapplied)

SuggestedUpdatetoFramework


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What is Data collec,on / Dataset?

NCIDefini7onsDataset:acompilaYonofdatathatconsYtutesaprogrammabledataunitthathasbeencollectedandorganisedusingtheoneprocess.Itmusthavea•  namedDataOwner,•  asinglelicense,•  onesetofsemanYcs,ontologies,vocabularies,•  hasasingledataformatandinternaldataconvenYon.•  mustincludeitsversion.


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Data Quality Strategy (DQS)

DataQualityStrategy(DQS):Whatdoesit

involve?

1.  UnderlyingHPDfileformat

2.  ClosecollaboraYonwithdatacustodians

andmanagers

•  Planning,designing,orreassessing

thedatacollecYons

3.  Qualitycontrolthroughcompliancewith

recognisedcommunitystandards

4.  Dataassurancethroughdemonstrated

funcYonalityacrosscommonplamorms,

tools,andservices


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Func,onality tests


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Ge[ng serious about performance

•  QualityAssuranceagainstperformancemetrics•  Weneedtoscaledatasothatyoucananalyseinreal-Ymeandin-situ.

•  Needtocombine/overlay/slice-diceallmannerofdataathighprecisionfromvastreferencewithhighlyspecificdata.

•  Weneedfaster,automatedsystemsforrealworldacYviYes,decisionmakingcapabilityusingsmartnewalgorithmsandprogrammaYctechniques:

•  realdatafeeds,cross-referencinglongitudinaldata,geospaYalorotherkey“metadata”queries.

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Tested against Virtual Labs and web tools

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•  TheCommonFrameworkforEarthObservaYonDataisreadilyapplicabletootherdomains•  Notonlyextendible,butwethinkisnecessaryinatransdisciplinaryworldandtoenableprogrammaYcaccess

•  Someitemsshouldberefreshedforemerginguseofdata–parYcularlytoenableprogrammaYcaccess

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Extending the Common Framework for Earth Observation Data to