1. GEON Science Application Demos
LiDAR – GEON Lidar Workflow (GLW) Large database and data processing
Ramon Arrowsmith, Chris Crosby, AZ State University
PIP – Paleo-Integration Project Database federation
Allister Rees, University of Arizona
SYNSEIS – Synthetic Seismogram Computations High performance computing application
Dogan Seber, SDSC

2. Complete LiDAR Workflow
1. Survey
3. Interpolate / Grid
USGS Coastal & Marine
2. Point Cloud
x, y, z, …
4. Analyze / “Do Science”

3. The Vision: Conceptual GEON LiDAR Workflow
Utilize cyberinfrastructure developed by GEON to offer online data distribution, DEM generation, and analysis of large LiDAR datasets.
Completely internet-based workflow:
Point cloud to visualization
Utilize modular web services to complete a variety of processing and analysis tasks.
Offer users control of processing and analysis parameters.

4. GEON LiDAR Workflow Architecture

6. The Paleointegration Project in GEON
Implications for Paleobiogeography and Paleoclimate Data/Model Comparisons
Allister Rees - Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
John Alroy - Paleobiology Database, NCEAS, University of California
Chris Scotese - Paleomap Project, University of Texas at Arlington
Ashraf Memon - San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California
David Rowley - Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Judy Parrish - Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho
Dave Weishampel - Cell Biology & Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University
Emil Platon - Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah
Maureen O'Leary - Department of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY Stony Brook
Mark Chandler - Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University
Wolfgang Kiessling - Humboldt-University of Berlin
PGAP
Graphic Correlation Database

7. JURASSIC – ANTARCTICA
The PaleoIntegration Project (PIP) is facilitating interoperability between global-scale fossil and sedimentary rock databases, enabling a greater understanding of the life, geography and climate of our planet throughout the Phanerozoic.

8. Graphic Correlation Database
PGAP

9. How? 3-tier architecture:
Front - user interface (computer terminal, user-friendly search terms and tools)
Back - databases (schema, ontology coding - age, geography, content)
Middleware - translates user-selected parameters for database searches
- keeps track of user selections (workflow), so a modified search doesn’t mean “starting over”
- routes user requests to different software components (e.g. data query, spatial data conversion), bringing results from multiple databases and tools together on one screen

11. SYNSEIS: A grid application in GEON
SYNSEIS is a SYNthetic SEISmogram calculation tool built as part of the GEON system
Uses E3D in the background
Enables 2D and 3D seismic waveform simulations using a service-oriented architecture
Utilizes both local as well as national computational platforms such as TeraGrid
Integrated with GEON resources allowing utilization of archival and storage resources

12. Digital Libraries/GEON Data Grid
SYNSEIS Components --
IRIS
Earthquakes
Stations
Waveform
SYNSEIS
e3d
HPC Centers
NCSA
SDSC
Digital Libraries/GEON Data Grid
Earth model

13. Job Submission/Monitoring and File Service
SYNSEIS Architecture
GEONGrid Portal
GEONTools
MyWorkbench
Synseis Portlet
SYNSEIS Computations
Macromedia Flash GUI
Map Server
HTTP
Web Services
Earth Model Service
Job Submission/Monitoring and File Service
Data Archives Service
Grid Services
JDBC
IIOP/CORBA
Grid FTP
Data Repository
IRIS
DMC
HPC Resources
Job Database

15. DEMOS