ESIP Decision Support Tools Catalog and Community of Practice: DSTCCP Phase 2

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1 ESIP Decision Support Tools Catalog and Community of Practice: DSTCCP Phase 2, Shailendra Kumar and Richard Eckman Co-chairs, Energy and Climate Working Group Sky Bristol, USGS ESIP 2014 Winter Meeting, Washington DC January 8, 2014

2 Decision Support Tools and Community of Practice (DSTCCP) Phase 1 ( ) Concept proposed by OSTP and AWWI Workshop Platform Prototype Application #1: Renewables Site Selection (DSTCCP-R) AWWI LAT Key Value Demonstrated Contextualization of data records for a particular purpose and the ability for community interaction within that context Phase 2 ( ) Standardize Methodology Support diverse gov t projects NASA, USGS, EPA, USGCRP Application #2: Extreme Events (DSTCCP-E) DSTCCP-R (Renewables) User Interactions, Interoperability AWWI LAT WGA CHAT 2

3 Standard APIs USGS ScienceBase Platform National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Millions of records accessed through a standard API Same resources being made available to other applications and portals Some through Drupal and some running as simple HTML/ JavaScript applications Standalone Drupal application with a Drupal database not sustainable Need APIs to Connect to USGS s ScienceBase and others (system owner level) Data.gov and others (aggregator level) Explore a set of frameworks for data-driven portals Dynamically assemble and contextualize records from multiple cataloging platforms as opposed to having local registries 3

4 Standard APIs: Methodology Engineering problem Do something that crosses a number of different topical domains, uses several different catalog backends, leverages open standards, and can be widely publicized and touted as the way to do things instead of everyone trying to build the same thing in slightly different ways. Research Dovetail other ESIP work Semantic Web Discovery Clusters Drupal How the "contextual knowledge" part of this can best be encoded and disseminated for broad consumption. 4

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7 DSTCCP Going Forward Platform Provide APIs for access to and interaction with related government and NGO work USGCRP, CEQ, USGS, NASA AWWI and NWCC Make it more user-friendly to serve as a template Enable ESIP to serve in an advisory role, especially for crossagency effort. Applications DSTCCP-E (extreme events) Harness ideas and needs inputs from city and local governments planning sustainability and resilience Build a prototype to support CEQ Climate Resilience Toolkit DSTCCP-R (Renewables) Continue work with WGA, NWCC Engage community of developers, stakeholders and users in a dialog about usefulness and transparency Support AWWI in building a community dialog for wildlife preservation 7

8 Contacts Name Title & Organization Contact Info Richard Eckman Shailendra Kumar Carol Meyer Manager, Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis, Earth Sciences Division, NASA HQ; Co-chair, ESIP Energy and Climate WG Managing Director, The E2C Group LLC; Co-chair, ESIP Energy and Climate WG Executive Director, Foundation for Earth Science

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10 Ensuring Sustainability and Resilience: Scientists Connecting with Communities Data Models & Uncertainty Quantification Actionable Information 10 Shailendra Kumar 12/11/2013

11 Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation : Vision and Community Mission: To be a leader in promoting the collection, stewardship and use of Earth science data, information and knowledge that is responsive to societal needs. Core Values: Agility, Collaborative, Collegial, Community-driven, Innovative, Neutral, Open, Participatory, Voluntary. 11

12 ESIP Data Discovery Clients Community-Based Giovanni (NASA GSFC) Data exploration, visualization and analysis Mirador (NASA GSFC) Search tool for Earth science remote sensing and related data Simple Subset Wizard Simplified, uniform interface for requesting Earth science data subsets from EOSDIS data centers Event-Driven Data Delivery (UAH) Mechanism to define a data description that listens for the occurrence of specific monitored events (e.g. storms, earthquakes, etc.) and automatically orders data Satellite Coincidence Search Subscription Server (SCS³) (UAH, NASA) Define data orders relative to the spatial/ temporal coverage coincidence of multiple satellites InfoCasting Authoring Tool (UAH and JPL) Assists service/info producers in the generation and management of corresponding cast definitions DEMAND Project Mobile Visualization App (UAH) Mobile app (ios for now) that uses an aggregated data cast feed for the visualization of the listed data Data::Downloader library and dado command line client support (NASA/GSFC and ADNET Systems) Subscribing to Discovery Service feeds and maintaining local data repositories ECHO-ESIP (ECHO) OpenSearch APIs Datacasting Feed Reader (JPL) Subscribes, parses and filters Datacasting RSS feeds DEMAND project KML viewer (UAH) Utilizes an aggregation of data-casts to populate the layer list 12

13 ESIP Projects Air Twitter Harvest user-generated content relevant to air quality (e.g., tweets, delicious bookmarks, flickr pictures and youtube videos) Data Discovery Clients Federated search and retrieval of satellite and other science data Semantic Web Aggregators Standards based (W3C) discovery of and access to useful science content from the increasingly large and scattered volumes of science data Sustainability Federated access to earth science data, information, and knowledge to support sustainability and resilience planning Decision Support Tools Catalog and Community of Practice Enable transparency to energy and climate decision support tools Climate Change Education Raise community awareness Teacher workshops ESIP Testbed A test environment where prototype standards, services, protocols, and best practices can be explored and evaluated 13

14 ESIP Sustainability Project: Mission Provide federated access to Earth Science data, information, and knowledge for sustainability planning and for ensuring resilience in case of extreme weather and climate events. Data Collection ---> Research & Models ---> Actionable Information

15 Climate Change: Societal Impact Areas Water Melting Ice Sea level rise Freshwater Energy Demand for A/C Water for cooling power plants Hydropower Agriculture Growing seasons Land use Public Health Heat waves morbidity and mortality Vector-born diseases Ecosystem Natural habitats, wetlands Species migration/ extinction Extreme Events Storms, hurricanes, floods, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes Increased frequency and intensity 15

16 ESIP Sustainability Project Plan Objectives Improve accessibility, availability and utility of publicly available science data for use in operations Build bridges between data providers, IT developers and operational users Identify opportunities for improvements & new development Past Barriers Communities of users not typically connected to data providers/it developers Minimal commercial sector engagement Opportunity Increased post-sandy awareness Focus to serve end user communities Partner with Federal, State and Local Stakeholders Approach Utilize ESIP meetings to bring together data providers, IT systems developers, and users/stakeholders Facilitate supporting a use-case that simulates coastal flooding Identify user needs for data/information, and req d IT resources Initiate access to and/or development of relevant data and IT products and services Outcome Identification of strengths, weaknesses, gaps, barriers, and processes/best practices Community engagement in a dialog Expand methodology to other scenarios (heat-waves, droughts, wildfires) Recommendations to government agencies and local authorities 16

17 Common concerns in development, selection, and use of decision tools* Transparency Quality of data Appropriate use of tool output Quantification Flexibility Number of tools developed v. individual tool improvement Office of Science & Technology Policy Executive Office of the President" *Courtesy of Alison LaBonte (AAAS Fellow at OSTP, now at DOE) 17

18 ESIP Platform: Decision Tools Catalog and Community of Practice (DSTCCP) Decision tool Catalog Functions and features Base data layers, metadata, and sources Connecting tools to datasets User Applications Use cases mapping tools to user applications Collaborative environment Utilization and value maximization Updates Ongoing user requirements Gap analysis Tracking/ contact information Community of Practice Fed Agencies, NGOs, Users Provide requirements, current implementations, and feedback Tool Developers Defining/refining architecture Classify types of functions decision tools may perform Populate the catalog Academic and Research Community Innovate/address unmet user needs Engage in education and awareness 18 Facilitate information sharing of community supported tools, and a partnership among stakeholders, developers and users

19 Decision Support Tools Catalog and Community of Practice (DSTCCP): Applications Renewables Site Selection AWWI partnership Integration with USGS ScienceBase and Data.gov effort Coordination with WGA Wildlife Council Extreme Weather/Climate events NASA-USAID SERVIR, NOAA, USGCRP, CEQ DSTCCP Demo: 19

20 DSTCCP: Request for Information from Developers: Renewables Site Selection 1. URL: (Tool details, developers website) 2. Organization: (Tool development organization; also identify collaborations and sponsors. 3. Tags: wind energy, environment etc. 4. Intended purpose: (3or 4 line summary of goals and objectives) 5. Potential tool users: identify (e.g., academic, consultant, government agency, NGO (Environmental/Conservation/ Other), Student, Wind Project Developer) 6. Geographic Coverage: National, State 7. Data layers: Including Wind Resource, Disturbance, and Land Ownership layers, species models, protected area database etc. 8. Ecosystem-level Parameters: Vegetation/Biome, Physical components, Flora/Fauna [Species presence/absence] 9. Species Information [Numbers, Distribution, Status Assessment]: Distribution (Breeding, Nesting, Roosting, Feeding, Resting), Migratory Pathways, Demographic Information, Population Status, Cumulative Impacts Analysis, Survey and Monitoring Design, Adaptive Management/Structured Decision, Risk Assessment 10. Energy Resource Mapping (Wind, Solar, Geothermal): Wind Potential and Existing Development, Solar Potential and Existing Development) 11. Geographic Location: State, Bird Conservation Region, Physiographic Province etc. 12. Functionality: Clipping, Cutting, etc., Reporting functions, Permitting & Policy Application 13. Metadata 14. Data Access: Downloadable data, Data Source Indicated, Free Data 15. Type of Data Included: Resolution (Spatial, Spectral, Temporal, Radiometric, Vector, Raster), Satellite/Aerial/ Remotely Sensed 16. Interoperability: With other similar or related tools? Can data generated or used by this tool be used directly by another tool and vice versa? 20

21 DSTCCP: Questions for User Feedback 1. Informs Decision Making actionable information, strengths and weaknesses? 2. Support for variety of end user skill levels - support a wide variety of end user skill levels? 3. Interactivity and accessibility - tool s ability to allow the end user to upload and download data, create reports, and easily manipulate data? 4. Documentation user manual - data origin and age, data layers, data formats, metadata, certainty, methodology of collecting data? 5. Use cases and Case studies analysis, relevancy, risk and uncertainty, prioritization, user recommendations etc? 6. Data Exchange Capability ability to confidentially exchange private and public data, use without privacy concerns about their data. 7. Needs Addressed needs well defined, measure of success, desirable outcomes? 8. Clarity of Communication - value of this tool, has the tool developer defined the terms they use such as tool, system, and data. 9. Lifecycle sustained use, latest available technologies, inform obsolence of a release Feedback Mechanism user forums to share information, obtain user feedback and opportunities for collaboration?

22 ESIP Online Home page: Wiki: Commons: Facebook: Twitter: Energy and Climate: Decision Tools Catalog and COP - Renewables: 22

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