GCE Site and Information Management Overview Wade Sheldon GCE Information Manager

GCE LTER Study Area

Altamaha River

Sapelo Island

Intertidal Marsh

Reynolds Mansion

Coastal Development

Marsh & Creek Monitoring Sites Water/salt transport Water/salt transport Nutrient fluxes Nutrient fluxes Plant biomass and productivity Plant biomass and productivity Soil organics Soil organics Decomposer activity and diversity Decomposer activity and diversity Climate (3-4 sites) Climate (3-4 sites)

Hydrographic Survey Locations (Quarterly surveys, moored instruments) Tidal Surveys: Tidal Surveys: Surface Salinity Surface Salinity Surface Temperature Surface Temperature DOM/ChlA fluorescence? DOM/ChlA fluorescence? Depth Profiles (2-4km stations) Depth Profiles (2-4km stations) Salinity Salinity Temperature Temperature PAR? PAR? Moored Instruments Moored Instruments CT sensors CT sensors ADCP (Altamaha Sound) ADCP (Altamaha Sound)

GCE Information Management IM Staff: 1 manager (.75 time) IM Staff: 1 manager (.75 time) IT Infrastructure IT Infrastructure UGA: Campus Networking Services UGA: Campus Networking Services IMAP, SMTP, listserv, personal WWW IMAP, SMTP, listserv, personal WWW Ethernet backbone (Gigabit fiber) Ethernet backbone (Gigabit fiber) high bandwidth switch (new) high bandwidth switch (new) Sapelo (field station): UGAMI LAN Sapelo (field station): UGAMI LAN Modem and ISDN (new) Modem and ISDN (new) Remote Sensor Connectivity Remote Sensor Connectivity mostly offline (dataloggers) mostly offline (dataloggers) USGS microwave (1 Met/Hydro station) USGS microwave (1 Met/Hydro station) GCE Server GCE Server Web (HTML, ASP, Matlab Web Server) Web (HTML, ASP, Matlab Web Server) Database (SQL Server) Database (SQL Server) File sharing, FTP (very limited) File sharing, FTP (very limited)

Management Strategy Concentrate on core data management (not IT) Concentrate on core data management (not IT) Development of standards and protocols Development of standards and protocols Data processing, validation Data processing, validation Data documentation templates, web applications Data documentation templates, web applications Data set, data product dissemination Data set, data product dissemination Maintain web sites for public relations, project participants Maintain web sites for public relations, project participants Automate extensively Automate extensively Database-driven web pages Database-driven web pages Web-based data entry with client- & server-side scripting Web-based data entry with client- & server-side scripting Automated tabular data set processing, formatting, statistical analysis (GCE Data Tools/Data Structures) Automated tabular data set processing, formatting, statistical analysis (GCE Data Tools/Data Structures) Provide research support to encourage participation Provide research support to encourage participation Custom statistical reports for submitted data sets Custom statistical reports for submitted data sets Data analysis/visualization applications (Windows/Unix GUIs) Data analysis/visualization applications (Windows/Unix GUIs) General resources (tide tables, site maps, aerial photos, external data) General resources (tide tables, site maps, aerial photos, external data)

Data Processing Scheme

Progress and Plans Public and private web sites in operation Public and private web sites in operation Data standards and policies published Data standards and policies published 6 data sets processed to date 6 data sets processed to date Climate and hydrographic data coming in Climate and hydrographic data coming in Data submission web application under development (templates in use) Data submission web application under development (templates in use) End-user GUIs for GCE Data Tools in testing End-user GUIs for GCE Data Tools in testing Web-based programs for manipulating, analyzing Data Structures planned Web-based programs for manipulating, analyzing Data Structures planned

GCE Data Tools