Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Sustained, Interoperable Data Systems for Observing Networks - Building
the IPY Legacy for Earth System Science
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
San Francisco, California
15-19 December 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 10 September 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=…
Or contact:
Taco de Bruin
Email: bruin [at] nioz.nl
Or:
Mark A. Parsons
Email: parsonsm [at] nsidc.org
Organizers of session IN20, "Sustained, Interoperable Data Systems for
Observing Networks - Building the IPY Legacy for Earth System Science,"
announce a call for abstracts. The session is being convened at the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, to be held 15-19 December
2008, in San Francisco, California.
In this session organizers seek presentations that describe the status
of observation systems and their associated data systems and
presentations that describe recommended approaches or lessons learned on
data management and interoperable data and metadata sharing in existing
networks. In addition, discussion of cost models and the networks of
human interaction necessary to sustain observational data systems are
encouraged. Organizers particularly emphasize examples of
interdisciplinary support. While the focus is on polar observing
systems, this is a global challenge, and organizers seek knowledge and
experience from all Earth science domains.
Session Description Background:
"The International Polar Year aims to exploit the intellectual resources
and science assets of nations worldwide to make major advances in polar
knowledge and understanding, while leaving a legacy of new or enhanced
observational systems, facilities and infrastructure." (International
Council for Science. 2004. A Framework for the International Polar Year
2007-2008)
Investigators have responded to the goal of the IPY Planning Group to
"make major advances in polar knowledge and understanding" and national
and international organizations pursue efforts to sustain new and
improved observational systems. Substantial new initiatives include the
Sustained Arctic Observing Network (SAON) and the Pan-Antarctic
Observing System (PAntOS). These initiatives extend and link existing
and other planned networks such as the Arctic Observing Network (AON),
the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Global Terrestrial
Network for Permafrost (GTN-P), the Circumarctic Environmental
Observatories Network (CEON), and others. Meanwhile, other national and
international initiatives seek to coordinate and sustain environmental
observing networks beyond the polar regions. The National Science
Foundation explores a new "Federation of Environmental Observing
Networks," while the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations
creates a Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS).
Two core issues emerge in developing and interlinking these observing
networks: 1. How can the research community sustain the increase in
observational capability and ensure the data are preserved for long-term
access and use? 2. How can data and metadata be shared across the
various networks in interoperable frameworks supporting
interdisciplinary, system science?
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other AGU sessions is:
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 11:59 p.m. Universal Time. To submit an
abstract, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/HomePage.
For further information about this session, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=…
Or contact:
Taco de Bruin
Email: bruin [at] nioz.nl
Or:
Mark A. Parsons
Email: parsonsm [at] nsidc.org