UIC/ADC Air Quality Scenario Workshop

1. UIC/ADC Air Quality Scenario Workshop Ellsworth LeDrew (UIC) Gary Foley (UIC) Jay Pearlman (UIC and ADC) Hans-Peter Plag (UIC and ADC) Rudolf Husar (UIC and ADC) David McCabe (ADC)

2. Concept (LeDrew) Overview of one aspect of an SBA – Air Quality (one theme of an upcoming Call for Participation for ADC/UIC activity and theme of two additional workshops in 2008 in Boston and Beijing) Break individual groups into roles actors according to skill sets Have the following as roles in the process Data collection analysis, quality control Modeller Scenario Builder Policy analyst National/local political decision maker International political decision maker Citizen affected by process Past AQ at User and the GEOSS Architecture Workshop Series: ESIP_Jan06: First public web service chaining demo IGARSS06 Denver: Demo of web service chaining; GMU, JPL, WashU IGARSS07 Barcelona: Sahara Dust; WashU with 12 NAM & EU data partners Outcome: Successful Tech Demos but ‘SoS’ constructs fragile & uncontained

3. Application of OGC WCS Data Access Protocol Grid Image Station Data Parameter Bounding Box Time Range Out Format Coverage=THEEDDS.T& BBOX=-126,24,-65,52,0,0 &TIME=2002-07-07/2002-07-07&FORMAT=NetCDF Coverage=SEAW.Refl& BBOX=-126,24,-65,52,0,0 &TIME=2002-07-07/2002-07-07&FORMAT=GeoTIFF Coverage=SURF.Bext& BBOX=-126,24,-65,52,0,0 &TIME=2002-07-07/2002-07-07&FORMAT=NetCDF-table • Regardless of the data location, data type and format, • the parameter-space-time query is the same • the return is in user selectable format from the offerings

4. Current SOA Air Quality Applications: Analysis Consoles

5. Emerging Air Quality Data Flow Network OGC WCS Data Access Protocol GEOSS Provides SOA for Coupling for Autonomous Nodes Facilitates Publishing, Finding and Accessing Data

6. Concept (con’t) Each role identifies what data is required at that level Determines how data should be packaged by GEO Determines what is the customer base, what is the ‘chain of information’ Includes data type, format, unit conversion, time resolution, quality control process, required fields, optional fields (Hans-Peter Plag: GEOSS User Needs and Performance Utility: Functional Spec and Database Structure) Value-Adding Processes SBA Info Flow

7. User Agencies Stages of AQ Data Flow and Value-Adding Processes Obs. & Models Decision Support System Control Std. Interface Std. Interface Data Reports Data Sharing Gen. Processing Domain Processing Reporting Value-Adding Processes Organizing DocumentStructure/FormatInterfacing Characterizing Display/BrowseCompare/Fuse Characterize Analyzing Filter/IntegrateAggregate/FuseCustom Analysis Reporting Inclusiveness Iterative/Agile Dynamic Report Control Requesting Information User Programs Sensors Acquisition processing Info SystemNegotiating Space Data NAAQS SIPs Forecast GEOSS … Providing Information

8. Generic Decision Support for Air Quality Decisions Reports:Model Forecasts, Obs. Evidence Models Knowledge into the Minds of Technical Analysts Knowledge into the Minds of Decision- making managers Decisions Knowledge into the Minds ofRegulatory Analysts Observations Decision Support System Global Earth Observing System of Systems GEOSS Architecture Framework

9. GEOSS Framework Policy Dec. Policy Dec. Policy Dec. Management Management Management Personal Dec Personal Dec Personal Dec

10. GEOSS Framework User Application Erquirements

11. System of SystemsGlobal Earth Observing System of Systems - GEOSS Characteristics of System of Systems (SoS) • Autonomous constituents managed/operated independently • Independent evolution of each constituent • SoS displays emergent behavior Must recognize, manage, exploit the characteristics: • No stakeholder has complete SoS insight • Central control is limited; distributed control is essential • Users, must be involved throughout the life of a SoS

12. System of Systems Issues:From User Engagement to Stakeholder Engagement? From: Air Fore SoS Document

13. The Scheffe Challenge: Organizations - Programs – Data: A Mess GEOSS PM research NAS, CAAAC CASAC, OMB NOAA EPA PHASE Eco-informatics NASA CDC Programs Risk/exposure assessments Organizations Private Sector AQ forecasting NPS States/Tribes RPO’s/Interstate NAAQS setting Accountability/ indicators USDA SIPs, nat.rules designations NARSTO DOE Enviros Academia NADP Satellite data IMPROVE, NCore PM monit, PAMS Intensive studies PM centers Data sources Supersites CASTNET Health/mort. records Other networks: SEARCH, IADN.. Lidar systems CMAQ GEOS-CHEM Emissions Meteorology Info System Challenges: What’s the overall dependency Information Flow Forces and Controls on Data Flow Cooperation, Competition, Co-Opetition

14. Relationship BetweenOrganizations - Programs – DataVersion 0.1 Flow of Control Public and special interest groups set up organizations and provides them with funding Organizations develop programs, define their scope, governance and funding Programs satisfy their information needs by monitoring or by using other’s data Data sources acquire the data for their parent programs and also expose them for reuse Data need, $$ Info needs, $$ Goals $$ Public Actionable Knowledge Decision, Action Organized Data Measure, Organize Analyze, Report Judge, Decide, Act Flow of Information Data systems organize the measurements and models and provide them to programs. Programs analyze the data and provide actionable knowledge to organizations. Organizations evaluate multiple information sources, make decisions and act.

15. GEOSS Research: • System of Systems Science • Network Science • Informatics Science Science and understanding is poor in each area GEOSS requires convergence of these sciences Leave science and convergence to serendipity?

17. Concept (con’t) Team works through possible decision process to determine whether, if GEO provided the information, the system will work as required. Product will be entries in tables and a narrative of processes A product would be a list of best practices, one or more of which will be entered into the GEO Best Practice Wiki (wiki.ieee-earth.org) .

18. GEO Best Practice Wiki (wiki.ieee-earth.org) To be modified by the group at the workshop? Practice Example Structure by Template

19. The Information Interoperability Stack Web 2.0

20. EE Analysis Community Workspace

21. Community Data Sharing - ‘DataSpaces’ • Semantic Wiki: Structured (RDF and Unstructured Content • Open, Standard Matadata - RDF • Ready for Export/Harvesting by Registries, Catalogs Catalog - Find Dataset Describe Dataset Discuss Dataset Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

22. Communal Event Analysis Southern California Fire Smoke Approach (Blogs, Flickr, YOuTube): Use app to perform coarse filtering Controlled tagging in del.icio.us RSS feed from del.icio.us

23. Community Workspaces • The Web is being transformed: It is becoming more participatory • See the explosive growth of wikies, picture-sharing, blogs, Facebook • This architectural, technological and cultural change is Web 2.0 • Web 2.O is good for Earth Science community since it allows • Better harvesting of current knowledge • However, many cultural, legal and other berries remain • Workspaces may connect info providers, analysts, decision makers • The challenge is to learn how to apply these tools GEOSS

24. Concept (LeDrew) Overview of one aspect of an SBA – Air Quality (one theme of an upcoming Call for Participation for ADC/UIC activity and theme of two additional workshops in 2008 in Boston and Beijing) Break individual groups into roles actors according to skill sets Have the following as roles in the process Data collection analysis, quality control Modeller Scenario Builder Policy analyst National/local political decision maker International political decision maker Citizen affected by process Architecture Data Committee/User Engagement Committee Interaction in the GEOSS Architecture Implementation – User Engagement Pilot

25. Adopted from Percivall, Feb 2008 by R. Husar AIP Process improvement ideas Comments on AIP Process Process Improvement Air Quality CoP Approach UIC/ADC collab., Workshops; Operational SBA functionality Functionality defined by developers not users Contact with UIC; Toronto, Workshop; Open Invitations, ESIP, CoP wiki Make development iterative; Anyone can join at anytime AIP Process is closed More operational persistence; Deliver AR-07-01 Operations Process focused on demonstrations Expand AQ Data Netw; Seek link to AR-07-01 Retain structure within phase; More iterative, open approach One phase at a time; Feedback, feedback Too structured: milestones, deliverables

26. Services Catalogues Core GEOSS Architecture From Percivall, Feb 2008 accesses GEO Web Portal and other Clients searches User searches invokes GEOSS Clearinghouse list of catalogues GEOSS Component, Service registry references accesses contribute to register Standards, Special Arrangements Registries Offerors reference

27. Services GEOSS Architecture for the Air Quality Community (March 2008) Service Offerors, Users GEOSS Community find, select GEOSS Clearinghouse extracts Community AQ Portal Catalog User bind, invoke Searches, harvests Catalog list Community AQ Catalog GEOSS Comp. Registry registers publish provides links to references Service Offeror Standards; SIF Registry Adopted from Percivall, Feb 2008 by R. Husar, March 2008

28. Services GEOSS Architecture for the Air Quality Community (March 2008) Service Offerors, Users GEOSS Community Data Analyst find composes GEOSS Clearinghouse visualizes extracts Catalog User Service Workflow Community AQ Portal Reports to invokes Searches, harvests Catalog list Policy Analyst Community AQ Catalog GEOSS Comp. Registry registers Informs provides references publishes Decision Maker Service Offeror Standards; SIF Registry Adopted from Percivall, Feb 2008 by R. Husar, March 2008

29. Community Of Practice Services GEOSS Architecture for the Air Quality Community (March 2008) Service Offerors, Users, Community of Practice GEOSS Community Data Analyst find composes GEOSS Clearinghouse visualizes extracts Service Workflow Community AQ Portal(s) Catalog User Reports to invokes Searches, harvests Catalog list Policy Analyst Community AQ Catalog(s) GEOSS Comp. Registry registers Informs links to references provides publishes Decision Maker Service Offeror Standards; SIF Registry Adopted from Percivall, Feb 2008 by R. Husar, March 2008

30. Adopted from FedEO Public Information AQ Data Pool Theme Global Health/Exp. Assessment National Air Quality Information Integration Regional Emissions Planning Re-examination of Data Access and processing Systems National AQ Trends and Accountability Local Science Support Product Value (Chain) NAAQS Questions on Global Viewpoint Right Level of Networking?

31. Collaboration, Are We Ready? Given ?