Present Status on Science Database & Japanese National Antarctic

Data Center

M. Kanao, A. Kadokura, T. Yamanouchi

Polar Data Center, National Institute of Polar Research

INDEX

• Polar Data Center (PDC/NIPR)

• World Data Center for Aurora (WDC/PDC)

• Science Data Base in PDC (SDB/PDC)

• Japanese National Data Center Portals / AMDs

• IPY Project Data Management

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Background:

Polar Data Center (PDC) in the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) is in charge of the management of Antarctic data involving Japanese programs.

The PDC has significant task responsible to archive and deliver several kinds of digital data, & their metadata obtained at bipolar region.

The original data processing is also performed by each research program and research section inside/outside NIPR.

The metadata are checked and entered both into NADC and AMD portals by the NADC coordinator and corresponding scientists.

Polar Data Center (PDC/NIPR):

The NADC coordinator is Prof. Takashi Yamanouchi (yamanou@nipr.ac.jp, meteorology), head of the PDC.

The PDC consists of seven scientists, one technician and five part-time staffs. The scientists are not working only for the center’s tasks in full-time, then several part-time staffs are processing data in consultation with the scientists.

There is no special engineer or scientist who has obliges to the science metadata management. Dr. Masaki Kanao (kanao@nipr.ac.jp, seismology) is chiefly responsible for the task as a part of his works.

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http://www.nipr.ac.jp/ccc/

‘polar science data library system (POLARIS)’

http://www.nipr.ac.jp/ccc/office/POLARIS/NOAA_data_j.html

World Data Center for Aurora (WDC/NIPR);

The World Data Center (WDC) for Aurora studies also belongs to the PDC, which was established in 1981 following a recommendation by the WDC panel of the ICSU.

The WDC for Aurora studies is responsible for data archiving and dissemination of, - all-sky camera observations, visual observations, - other optical observations (such as TV and photometric observations), - auroral image and particle observations from satellites, - geomagnetic observations, and observations of upper atmosphere phenomena associated with aurora such as ULF, VLF and CNA activities.

The Center's public website can be found at http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~aurora/.Dr. Kadokura (kadokura@nipr.ac.jp) is a chief scientist for the WDC/PDC.

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The WDC for Aurora, NIPRhttp://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~aurora/

The WDC for Aurora, NIPRhttp://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~aurora/

Progress -1 :

The summarized information of all archived data (metadata) has been prepared by host scientists to offer via data storage of the ‘polar science data library system (POLARIS)’ in the PDC, especially during last two year.

The same index of metadata is opened in the following URLs;http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/ (Japanese)http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/e (English)

Science MetaData Base in NIPR (SMDB/NIPR)

The compiled metadata include several kinds of observed data, such as long-term monitoring, short-term projects, from both polar regions particularly by JARE.

A total of 123 metadata were accumulated at moment on August 2009. The format of metadata is original one, but it includes the items listed in DIFs of AMD.

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Data flow diagram between PDC/NIPR and AMD/GCMD

NIPR Science MetaData Base

http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/e/

NIPR Science MetaData Base

http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/e/

http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/

NIPR Science MetaData Base 　 (Japanese)

http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/

NIPR Science MetaData Base (Japanese)

Progress -2:

The guideline of data policy in the PDC was documented in February 2007, on the basis of requirements for setting up NADC as recommended by JCADM.

The ‘Science MetaData Base’ provided by POLARIS/PDC/NIPR has tight collaboration (data linkage & exchange) with the Arctic & Antarctic Master Directories in the Global Change Master Directory (AMDs/GCMD).

PDC is coordinating the development of the Japanese related metadata to offer to the AMDs. The number of data set descriptions (DIFs) is 148 at moment in August 2009 (exclude DIFs provided by JAXA).

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http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd_jp/

Japanese NADC/AMD

Metadata No=142

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/User/authoring.html/

http://gcmd.nasa.gov/portals/arctic/

Japanese NADC/AMD

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Home.do?Portal=arctic_jp&MetadataType=0&lbnode=gcmd3

NIPR portal in Arctic Master Directory Metadata No.=14

IYPE

IPY Project Metadata

National Committee

The Japan IPY National Committee, Science Council of Japan Chair: Prof. N. Sato, Secretary: Dr. M. Kanao

University Hokkaido Univ, KIT,Tohoku Univ,

Univ Tokyo, Tokyo Met UnivTokyo Univ Marine Sci & TechUniv Elect Comm, Nagoya Univ,

Gifu Univ, Kyoto Univ, Hiroshima Univ, Ymaguchi Univ,

Ehime Univ, Kochi Univ, Kyushu Univ, Fukuoka Univ,

etc

Research InstituteNatl Inst Polar Research

Natl Inst Environmental StudiesRes Inst for Humanity & Nature

etc

AgencyJapan Meteorological Agency

J.A. for Marine-Earth Sci & TechHydrographic and Oceanographic Depa

rtment, Japan Coast GuardGeographical Survey Institute

Natl Inst Information & Comm TechJAXA/EORC & SAPC

etc

Kick-off symposium

Junior contest

IPY 2007-2008

AntarcticaBipolar

Arctic

UAP

Atmospheric science

Glaciology

HydrologyOceanography

Biology

　 Geoscience

Human science

Engineering

Outreach

Japanese scientists participate in 87 projects.

Regions Disciplines

Dome-F

Syowa St. at IGY

Syowa St. at IPY

Example of Project List at IPY 2007-2008

87 relating projects

Progress -3:

Metadata relating IPY projects associated with Japanese scientists have been compiling to IPY Portal in GCMD. The number of data set descriptions (DIFs) is The number of data set descriptions (DIFs) is 9292 at moment in at moment in August 2009.August 2009.

IPY metadata Portal

IPY Data services Portal

Junior contest

Education & Outreach

Future Plans:

Continue to collect and enter metadata into both POLARIS/PDC and AMD/GCMD annually from projects undertaking new research / data collection.

Ensure the metadata for ongoing projects remains current including IPY projects.Continue retrospective metadata collection and entry.

Create tutorial for DIF entry in Japanese.

Plan to replace the Metadata server for SMDB/NIPR from next year by use of CMS.

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