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LBA DIS Activities Report 16 th LBA SSC – Scientific Steering Committee Manaus – Amazonas - Brazil November 4-6, 2004 Laurindo Campos INPA/LBA Central.

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1 LBA DIS Activities Report 16 th LBA SSC – Scientific Steering Committee Manaus – Amazonas - Brazil November 4-6, 2004 Laurindo Campos INPA/LBA Central Office

2 Outline  SSC recommendations (from the 15th SSC Meeting Ubatuba, May 2004)  LBA Publications Management  Proposal for a New Web Site  Study for LBA data/metadata integration  Migration plan for the LBA-ECO Web database system to the Central Office  LME and Beija-Flor Training  Activities to support Central and Regional offices

3 SSC recommendations (from the 15th SSC Meeting Ubatuba, May 2004) 1.Each of the LBA associated projects designate a data contact to coordinate with LBA DIS staff regarding integration of metadata/data into the LBA DIS system Action: Completed. 2.The LBA DIS be provided on a regular basis the necessary disk storage capacity to meet increasing data storage demands Action: 200 Giga bytes added to the server on July 2004. Another expansion is planned for 2005. LBA Central Office is providing all resources possible to guarantee data storage and management.

4 Last SSC recommendations (from the 15th SSC Meeting Ubatuba, May 2004) cont. 3.Authors of LBA publications register the appropriate metadata and submit the associated data to LBA DIS for archiving Action: Work in progress 4. The LBA DIS evaluates long-term archive requirements for LBA data at CPTEC including data documentation and metadata quality assessment, and differentiating data of varying documentation completeness Action: New documentation tool added to Metadata Editor. On-going work in progress!

5 Last SSC recommendations (from the 15th SSC Meeting Ubatuba, May 2004) cont. 5. The LBA DIS discusses the archival of selected model products and documentation with individual PI’s. We suggest that the LBA DIS members consult with the SSC members (Alan Betts, Roni Avissar) for guidance when necessary. Action: Work in progress. Landsat TM data can be used as an example.

6 Last SSC recommendations (from the 15th SSC Meeting Ubatuba, May 2004) cont. 6. The LBA DIS Produces an on-line tutorial for Beija-Flor. Action: User-friendly manuals have been created and put on-line. Manuals have been used in training classes. Beija-flor English: http://lba.cptec.inpe.br/beija-flor/b-f_users_guide.pdf Portuguese: http://lba.cptec.inpe.br/beija-flor/b-f_users_guide_port.pdf LBA Metadata Editor: Portuguese: http://lba.cptec.inpe.br/presentations/LME/LME-Guia-de-Usurios.pdf

7 Input data from LBA (indexed and gray literatures in PDF format) Input data from LBA- ECO (from external reference manager) LBA-DIS FTP Site Library Database LBA-DIS backup area Data is treated following eight steps. LBA Publications Management Library Web Site Bibliopac http://biblioteca.inpa.gov.br/ Library at INPA Request Printed Material internet Library Users

8  STEPS: –Request the Author’s authorization regarding copywrite issues –Index the material with INPA’s Library identification; –Selection of publications key-words; –Use the AACR2 (Anglo American Cataloging Rules) to catalog the publication data; –Use the DDC (Dewey Decimal Code) to classify the data (With this anyone can locate the material in the library”); –Insert the data into the INPA’s Central Library database including the abstract and an associated PDF file if available; –Any LBA authorized publication can be printed by request and send to users by snail mail. LBA Publications Management cont.

9 Proposal for a New Web Site  Web Group to express LBA activities  Collaboration of LBA-ECO team  Scope: – Presentation – Research – Training & Education – LBA-DIS – Events – Procedures – Documentation – Publications

10 Proposal for a New Web Site cont. Recent Meeting - October 28, 2004  T&E is going to be the “prototype”  New T&E layout site should include: - Training & Education Internal activities Job Opportunity Seminaries and Projects - Outreach Lectures and Courses - Numbers of LBA - Clipping System - Context links set

11 Proposal for a New Web Site cont.

12 Study for LBA data/metadata integration and Long Term Archiving First study just started: LBA DIS and SIPAM Metadata Integration (initiative resulted of a meeting held in the 15th SSC) Move towards an Amazonian DAAC LBA sponsored a visit to ORNL Steps identified during initial study with SIPAM and discussions at ORNL: –Acquisition –Ingest –Enhance –Documentation –Marketing and Distribution –Post-Project Data Support –User Working Group

13 Study for LBA data/metadata integration and Long Term Archiving cont. Acquisition - identify how best to serve the multi community - establish how and when to receive data -acquire data Ingest - perform QA checks - reformat for consistency - compile project-provided metadata - generate additional metadata, as needed - select keywords

14 Study for LBA data/metadata integration and Long Term Archiving cont. Enhance - add supplementary variables - standardize to common units - aggregate files Documentation - collect available documentation - prepare data set documentation for each data set, instrument, etc.

15 Study for LBA data/metadata integration and Long Term Archiving cont. Marketing and Distribution - advertise to user community and inform current users about new data (as requested) - provide data access to users worldwide - answer user questions Post-Project Data Support - provide long-term secure archiving of the data - provide usage statistics to data providers Post-Project Data Support - science panel that provides advice on all aspects of the DACC

16 Migration plan for the LBA-ECO Web database system to the Central Office cont. Visit to GSFC – Topics Discussed Database sharing and replication plan of LBA-ECO database system to LBA Database schema Web interface design Database functionalities and subsystems Systems documentation Administrative tools Integration of reference manager to the database Collaboration from the LBA-ECO developing team

17 LME and Beija-Flor training  Training completed –Santarém, PA, during the 1st LBA Informatics Week (April, 2004), Luiz Horta –CAchoeira Paulista, SP (Oct/2004), Luiz Horta  Training scheduled: –Rio Branco, AC (9-11/Nov/2004), Luiz Horta (15 registrations) – Local: UFAC –Ji-Paraná, RO (17-19/Nov/2004), Laurindo Campos (20 registrations) – Local: UNIR –Manaus, AM (Feb/2005), Laurindo Campos / Luiz Horta

18 Technical Support during Events  1st LBA Informatics Week - Santarém, PA, (Apr/2004)  15th SSC Meeting – Ubatuba, SP, (May/2004)  III LBA Conference – Brasília, DF, (Jul/2004)  16 th SSC Meeting – Manaus, AM, (Nov/2004)  Events scheduled: –2nd LBA Informatics Week – Santarém, PA, (May/2005) –2nd LBA Students Conference – Manaus, AM, (Jul/2005)

19 Activities to support Central and Regional offices  Internet and telephone links and upgrades – Belém, PA  Database design, network management, software/hardware, and personnel training– Santarém, PA  Network evaluation, hardware and software upgrades – Rio Branco, AC  Upgrade hardware, Cachoeira Paulista, SP  Servers installations and configurations, INPA and PDBFF – Manaus, AM  Library database management, INPA – Manaus, AM

20 THANKS for your time.

21 LBA Project Home Page: http://lba.inpa.gov.br Beija-flor Search, Brazil: http://lba.cptec.inpe.br/beija-flor Beija-flor Search, US: http://beija-flor.ornl.gov/servlet/lbaeco LBA Metadata Editor, Brazil: http://lba.cptec.inpe.br/cgi-bin/LME/access.pl LBA Metadata Editor, U.S.: http://daacl.esd.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MDEDIT/access.pl LBA Ecology Project Office: http://lba-ecology.gsfc.nasa.gov/lbaeco/ LBA-DIS Coordination – Central Office: Brazil: Laurindo Campos, (55-92-643-3358), lcampos@inpa.gov.br Beija-flor and LME Administration Staff Brazil: Luiz M. Horta, (55-12-560-8536), horta@cptec.inpe.br US: Merilyn Gentry, ORNL, (01-865-354-1902), mjg@ornl.gov LBA-DIS Internet Addresses and Support Personnel


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