80 likes | 201 Views
Ecological Observatories MES gCORE, Fall 2010 Judy Cushing. Why not just fund ecology, environmental science, environmental studies, research ?. Why Ecological Observatories?. Where are the Ecology Observatories? 9 NSF-funded* observatories.
E N D
Why not just fund ecology, environmental science, environmental studies, research ? Why Ecological Observatories?
Where are the Ecology Observatories?9 NSF-funded* observatories • Arctic Observing Network AON http://www.aoncadis.org/ • # Community Hydrologic Modeling Platform CHyMP http://www.cuahsi.org/chymp.html • # Hydrologic Information System HIS http://his.cuahsi.org/his.html • Critical Zone Observatories CZOshttp://criticalzone.org/index.html • Hydro Next-generation Radar HydroNexrad http://hydro-nexrad.net/radar-rainfall data for hydrology, hydrometeorology, water resources • Long-Term Ecological Research LTERhttp://www.lternet.edu/ • National Ecological Observatory Network NEONhttp://www.neoninc.org/https://s2i2eonworkshop.renci.org/ • Ocean Observing Initiative OOI http://www.oceanleadership.org/ • Water Sustainability & Climate Program WSC http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503452 # CHyMP & HID are both CUAHSI http://www.cuahsi.org/ *span 5 NSF Directorates: (what are they?) http://www.nsf.gov Geoscience GEO, Engineering ENG; Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences SBE, Biological Sciences BIO, Polar Programs OPP.
Where are the Ecology Observatories?Other Observatories • EEON • iLTER • USGS • NASA • NCAR • Unidata ?? • National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), • Stroud Water Research Center ?? • Supercomputing Centers • Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Center • ?? • ?? • ??
Where do the Observatories get data? • Researchers …. • Their own monitoring efforts • Citizen Scientists? • ???
What issues do the Observatories face? • Getting the data • Validating the data…. • Documenting the data • Making it easier to find & use the data…. • Visualization • Modeling & Analysis
What do the observatories offer, and how do you get it?Let’s look at one – The LTER Network
Some data exploration….The H.J. Andrews LTER Site • Marc Harmon is coming…. • What data might you want? • (consult with your Term Project Affinity Group)