Transcript Document 7592629

Data Updates for
Science On a Sphere
Beth Russell
Scientific Communications and Data Specialist
NOAA Science On a Sphere
[email protected]
Outline
•New Organization
•New Datasets
•Updated Webpages
•Future Plans
Sea Ice and Snow Concentrations
New Organization
• The FTP site is now structured to look like the data catalog
with all datasets organized into five categories:
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Atmosphere
Astronomy
Land
Models and Simulations
Oceans
• Each dataset is in it’s own folder under the appropriate
category
• This should make it easier to find datasets on the FTP site
• There is an “attic” folder with the old organization
New Organization
• The new folders contain all related available materials
including:
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P1, P2, P3, P4
Folder with raw images named for the size of the images
An equatorial cylindrical equidistant video (.mp4) of the data
Text file labeled labels.txt
Text file labeled playlist.sos
Colorbars
Media folder with images, videos, and supporting documents
• Similar datasets have been grouped together to reflect
the website.
– For example, the “aerosols” folder has three folders in it, one for
each of the aerosol datasets
New Organization
• The playlist.sos files are used to
simplify the playlists
• There can be multiple versions of
the playlist.sos in each dataset
folder – make sure to name them
differently
• The format for playlist.sos is
similar to the format used for each
individual dataset in the playlists
• There are a couple of new features
Black Carbon Model
New Organization
Example playlist.sos:
# NASA Aerosol Prediction product
# Black Carbon - Model Prediction
# Model Start - Jan 31, 2007 0000 hours - 120 hour forecast
name = Aerosol Black Carbon Optical Thickness
data = blackcarbon_2048.mp4
label = labels.txt
firstdwell = 1000
lastdwell = 2000
keywords = aerosol, model, prediction, carbon, soot, air quality
fps = 25
pip = colorbar.png
piptimer = 0
pipalpha = 1.0
category = atmosphere
creator = NASA
publisher = NOAA
# URL = http://www.map.nasa.gov/
New Organization
New Features:
Because playlist.sos is in the
same folder as the data you
# NASA Aerosol Prediction product
# Black Carbon - Model Prediction
don’t need to list the entire
# Model Start - Jan 31, 2007 0000 hours - 120 hour forecast
directory location. Simply
name = Aerosol Black Carbon Optical Thickness
include the name of data. The
data = blackcarbon_2048.mp4
same is true for labels, colorbars,
label = labels.txt
and pictures.
firstdwell = 1000
lastdwell = 2000
keywords = aerosol, model, prediction, carbon, soot, air quality
fps = 25
pip = colorbar.png
piptimer = 0
pipalpha = 1.0
category = atmosphere
creator = NASA
publisher = NOAA
# URL = http://www.map.nasa.gov/
New Organization
New Features:
# NASA Aerosol Prediction product
# Black Carbon - Model Prediction
# Model Start - Jan 31, 2007 0000 hours - 120 hour forecast
name = Aerosol Black Carbon Optical Thickness
data = blackcarbon_2048.mp4
label = labels.txt
firstdwell = 1000
lastdwell = 2000
Keywords will
eventually be used
to help users search
for datasets. (This
hasn’t yet been
added to all of the
datasets.)
keywords = aerosol, model, prediction, carbon, soot, air quality
fps = 25
pip = colorbar.png
piptimer = 0
pipalpha = 1.0
category = atmosphere
creator = NASA
publisher = NOAA
# URL = http://www.map.nasa.gov/
New Organization
New Features:
# NASA Aerosol Prediction product
# Black Carbon - Model Prediction
# Model Start - Jan 31, 2007 0000 hours - 120 hour forecast
name = Aerosol Black Carbon Optical Thickness
data = blackcarbon_2048.mp4
label = labels.txt
firstdwell = 1000
lastdwell = 2000
keywords = aerosol, model, prediction, carbon, soot, air quality
fps = 25
The new library uses this
pip = colorbar.png
category listing to create a
piptimer = 0
playlist for each category that
pipalpha = 1.0
category = atmosphere
creator = NASA
publisher = NOAA
# URL = http://www.map.nasa.gov/
includes all datasets that have
this in their playlist.sos.
New Organization
New Features:
# NASA Aerosol Prediction product
# Black Carbon - Model Prediction
# Model Start - Jan 31, 2007 0000 hours - 120 hour forecast
name = Aerosol Black Carbon Optical Thickness
data = blackcarbon_2048.mp4
label = labels.txt
firstdwell = 1000
lastdwell = 2000
These listings make sure that the
keywords = aerosol, model, prediction, carbon, soot, air quality
dataset is properly credited. The
fps = 25
creator is the organization that actually
pip = colorbar.png
piptimer = 0
created the data and the publisher is the
pipalpha = 1.0
SOS site that formatted the data for
category = atmosphere
creator = NASA
publisher = NOAA
# URL = http://www.map.nasa.gov/
display on SOS. These will also be used
in the future as a search tool, and also a
way to create playlists containing all the
data from one creator or publisher
New Datasets
• The collection of datasets at NOAA is
over 150!
• Some of the new datasets are in
house from NOAA scientists, other
new datasets are from other SOS sites
• We recently copied all of the datasets
from NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center to our SOS
• Our hope is to get datasets from all
SOS sites to promote the sharing and
distribution of the data
• When we copy data from a site, we
put it on the FTP server to make it
available to everyone
Great White Shark Migration
New Datasets
• Some of the new datasets include:
– Minimum Sea Ice from 1987 – 2007
– Greenland Melting Trends
– Sea Level Rising
– Loggerhead Sea Turtle Tracking
– Aerosol Optical Thickness
– NOAA’s CarbonTracker
– Aqua Satellite with MODIS Swath
– Cumulative Earthquakes 1980 – 1995
– Jupiter with Two Storms
– All-Sky maps with Constellations
And MANY more …
NOAA’s CarbonTracker
New Datasets
• Check out the Data Catalog online
to explore all of the new datasets
that are now available
• All of the new datasets are available
on the FTP server and are included
in the gallery online for you to view
• As you make new datasets, let us
know. If you are willing to share
them, we would love to have them!
• We want to serve as the “clearing
house” for all of your datasets.
Aqua Satellite with MODIS Swath
Updated Webpages
• Some minor modifications have
occurred to sos.noaa.gov
– Moved the “Gallery” into the
“Downloads” section
– Made “Datasets” a category in the title
bar along the top of the page for easier
access
• If you have suggestions for things
you would like to see added to the
webpage, please let me know
Day Night Terminator
Updated Webpages
• Probably the most helpful addition for you:
At the bottom of each page in the online Data
Catalog we’ve added a link to the FTP site for
easy access to download new datasets
Check it out at: http://sos.noaa.gov/new/datasets/
Future Plans
• Currently working on script for a climate change
playlist to make available to SOS sites
• Collect, organize, and distribute datasets from
SOS sites
• Continue to work with NOAA scientists to
expand our dataset collection
• Organize datasets into a searchable database
QUESTIONS??