seadatanet overview and management

SeaDataNetPan-European infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data managementAn Integrated research Infrastructure Initiative (I3)

SeaDataNet Overview and Management

Catherine MaillardKick-Off Meeting, June 8-10 2006, Heraklion,

Greece

2Kick-off MeetingJune 8-10 2006, Heraklion, Greece

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Objectives SeaDataNet aims to develop an efficient data management infrastructure for the present and future ocean observing and forecasting programmes, able to handle the diversity and large volume of data collected via the Pan-European oceanographic fleet and the new observation systems, both in real-time and delayed mode.

It is based on a semi-distributed system that incorporates and enhance the existing NODC network and satellite data centres.

An important technical development activity will make the data centres interoperable as a virtual data centre, able to deliver integrated data, meta-data and products of controlled quality through a unique portal.


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SeaSataNet Consortium represents a unique group of 49 partners from in-situ and satellite oceanographic data centres hosted by major oceanographic institutes of 35 countries bordering the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the North-East Atlantic, modelling centres, IOC and ICES

Atlantic Global Ocean

North SeaNorwegian SeaArctic Seas

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

Baltic

Sea


SeaDataNet A Network of experienced Data Centres

National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) In charge of the national marine data and information

archives Official contact points for International Exchange (IOC/IODE) Responsible of, or participating in the data management

structure of several international scientific projects: WOCE, JGOFS, MTPII-MATER, CANIGO, OMEX, ARGO, MERSEA etc.

Leaders of Data Management Concerted Actions MEDAR/MEDATLAS II - Mediterranean Data Archaeology and

Rescue http://www.ifremer.fr/medar SEA-SEARCH – Gateway to Oceanographic and Marine Data

& Information in Europe http://www.sea-search.net/Satellite data centres


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Work Plan of the project

Technical Annex

The Integrated Research Infrastructure Initiative (I3) project includes three types of activities I- Networking Activities (NA) II- Transnational Access (TA) to data, meta-data and products III- Joint Research Activities (JRA) to develop and improve the system Technical research activities Scientific research activities


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->aim to managing, organizing and promoting the infrastructureNA1: Project ManagementNA2: Infrastructure Management, Organization and MonitoringNA3: Training and Capacity buildingMaintenance of the Pan-European Directories NA4 : Cruises Summary Reports (ROSCOP/CSR) NA5 : Marine Data of research laboratories

(EDMED/MEDI) + Permanent Observing Systems (EDIOS)

NA6 : Common Data Index (CDI) of data centres NA7 : Marine Research Projects inventory (EDMERP)NA8: Communication - outreach Data providers & Users Marketing and feedback International Conferences

I- Networking activities (NA)


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A Network of 40 data platforms: NODC/Designated National Agencies for

International Exchange of marine data and information (IOC/IODE)

Satellite Data Centres

Providing Basic Data Management Services

II- Transnational Access to data, meta-data, products

Models output

Land Data Systems

Atmospheric Data System

Catalogues

Quality control

Data sets aggregation

Product generation

Web browser

Safeguarding

Data discovery

User

Regular deliveries on ftp sites or

usual media

OBSERVING SYSTEMS

ANALYSIS & MODELLING


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V1= Preliminary version installed on 11 interoperable test platforms Anavyssos platform Brest platform Hamburg platform La Spezia platform Norrkoping platform Obninsk platform Madrid platform The Hague platform Swindon platform Toulouse platform Trieste platform

II – Remote Access from TA

V2: Final version installed by step on the other data platforms

V0: present status: each DC interrogated and sending nonstandardized data separately


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to develop the distributed system that incorporates and enhances, the currently existing infrastructures and technologyJRA1: Development of standardsJRA2:Technical development of the interoperable systemJRA3: Development of Portable data management software based on ODV (AWI) for capacity building and training - off line data management systemJRA4: Development of Geostatistic Methodology & Software (based on GHER VIM) for Regional & global statistical productsJRA5-JRA9: Regional and Global Products preparation & qualification

III-Joint Research Activities


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JRA1: Standard development

in cooperation with the ad hoc international authorities (ICES, IOC, JCOMM)for communication of meta data, observation data and gridded data (ISO, Marine XML) to insure the common data and products quality level Automatic and Visual checks Without data modification

All these standards are used both for the technical development and for operating the TA infrastructure


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Version One (V1)

JRA2: Development of the Interoperable system

components

Version Two (V2)


SeaDataNet JRA3: Portable data management software

To train young data managers in data QC and standardization according to the project protocolsTo equip new data centresTo provide a tool for processing and visualizing in-situ and remote sensing data

Ocean Data View (ODV) extension


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Technical Task Team

The technical developments in data management represents an important part of the activity, even when using existing elements of the new communication technology : selection, interfacing, adaptation, documentatino, maintenance ..SeaDataNet Technical Task Team will design, develop and install the common software components of the system, and make recommendations for its further evolution and sustainability.


SeaDataNet To check the system operability To cross-check the data To assess the coherence and compatibility of existing productsTo widen the data dissemination.

The tasks include: Development of common geostatistics methodology &

software for computing and/or checking the regional gridded fields and statistics software (JRA4, based on GHER VIM)

Products preparation over five zones: the Mediterranean (JRA5), the Black Sea (JRA6), the Baltic (JRA7), the Northern and Polar Seas (JRA8) and the Atlantic and Global ocean (JRA9)

Products Development


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Tasks Organization


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Implementation Plan(Technical Annex)


SeaDataNet 12 months Management NA1 Deliverables

Deliverable Foreseen delivery date

Referece

Project Office and web site opening

1 April 2006 www.seadatanet.org

Kick off Meeting 7-10 June 2006 HCMR, Heraklion

Reports July 2006

First Annual Meeting

March 2007

First Annual report April 2007

Project Quality assurance Plan

April 2007


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Annual reportThe Annual report covers each successive period of 12 months from the

contract start date. It is composed of the following parts:• A. an activity report including:

a progress report, the list of deliverables, a report on the use and dissemination of knowledge.

B. a management report (financial information) including:• a justification of the resources deployed,• the Form C Financial Statements (which may require an Audit

certificate if provided for under Article 7.2 of the contract),

• a summary financial report.• C. a report on the distribution of the Community financial

contribution.

• D. a detailed implementation plan for the next 18 months.

A template is given, similar to the technical annex, inluding the tables of man/month per activity.


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Annual ReportingActivity report NA coordinator

• NA workpackage leaders– Participating partners

Technical Coordinator• JAR1, JRA2, JRA3, JRA4 leaders

– Participating partners

Scientific Coordinator• JAR4, JRA5, JRA6, JRA7, JRA8, JRA9 leaders

– Participating partners

Financial Management report Marie Pierre zelverte

Including the time spent in each task by each category of personnel (see each activity in Technical Annex & p74-79)

A first financial audit will be made at the end of the second year


SeaDataNetManagement Documents

The CPF are in the EC database, not in the contractIn the Contracts with the partners EC contract with coordinator (IFREMER) Technical Annex including synthetic tables from CPFs:

• TA : P 46 = CPFA3.2b• Budget breakdown per type of activity and partner:

– for the whole project P 81-84= CPF A3.1 – for the first 18 months p121-124 = CPFA3.4

• Budget breakdown per Year (about 25%, 25%, 20%, 20%, 10%) p85= CPFA3.2a

Consortium Agreement A3 forms Banking references


SeaDataNetManagement Mailing Lists

Coordination Group : [email protected] Committee : [email protected] Group : [email protected] participants : [email protected]


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Thanks to HCMR for organizing the first Meeting in this inspiring region