LBA DIS Activities Report

16th LBA SSC – Scientific Steering Committee

Manaus – Amazonas - Brazil

November 4-6, 2004

Laurindo Campos

INPA/LBA Central Office

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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 INPARequest Printed Material

internet

Library Users

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 Managementcont.

Proposal for a New Web Site

Web Group to express LBA activities Collaboration of LBA-ECO teamScope:

– Presentation– Research– Training & Education– LBA-DIS– Events– Procedures– Documentation– Publications

Proposal for a New Web Sitecont.

Recent Meeting - October 28, 2004

T&E is going to be the “prototype” New T&E layout site should include:

- Training & EducationInternal activities

Job Opportunity

Seminaries and Projects

- OutreachLectures and Courses

- Numbers of LBA- Clipping System- Context links set

Proposal for a New Web Sitecont.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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) 16th SSC Meeting – Manaus, AM, (Nov/2004)

Events scheduled:– 2nd LBA Informatics Week – Santarém, PA, (May/2005)– 2nd LBA Students Conference – Manaus, AM, (Jul/2005)

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

THANKSfor your time.

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