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C O D A T A

Earth and Space Science Data Interoperability

1- Objectives of the Task Group

The objectives of the task group (TG) are to promote the establishment and usage of modern and open data access standards and help to develop efficient way to achieve inter-operability. The TG will promote free access to metadata exchange and integration worldwide, including goal-oriented co-operation. Concrete applications of this approach promoted by the TG are development of multi-disciplinary intelligent geographical information system (GIS) for the Globe, creation of World atlas of Earth’s magnetic field for 1500-2010 and launch of a new geomagnetic data center for the CIS countries.

2- Proposed Membership

Chair:
Alexei Gvishiani (GC RAS, 3, Molodezhnaya Str., 119296 Moscow , Russia ; 7 495 1334339; a.gvishiani@gcras.ru)

• Eric Kihn (National Geophysical Data Center of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA/NGDC); 325, Broadway E/GC2, Boulder CO 80303, USA; +1 303 497 6346, +1 303 497 6323; Eric.A.Kihn@noaa.gov)

• Jean Bonnin (Institute of Physics of the Earth of Strasbourg University; 5, rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, France; +33 3 902 400 32; bonnin@selene.u-strasbg.fr)

Secretary:
Anatoly Soloviev (GC RAS; 3, Molodezhnaya Str., 119296 Moscow, Russia; +7 495 930 05 46; a.soloviev@gcras.ru)

Members:

Peter Fox (NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA ; 1 303 4971511; pfox@ucar.edu)

Bernard Minster (University of California , IGPP, La Jolla , CA 92093 , USA ; 1 85 8 5345650; jbminster@ucsd.edu)

Liu Chuang (Institute of Geography and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, P.O. Box 9717, Beijing 100101, China; 86 64889805, 86 64889457; lchuang@igsnrr.ac.cn)

Ray Norris ( Australia Telescope, National Facility; P.O. Box 76 , Epping NSW 1710, Australia ; 61 2 93724416; Ray.Norris@csiro.au)

Berd Ritschel (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany; 49 331 2881685; rit@gfz-potsdam.de)

Ian Jackson (British Geological Survey, Natural Environment Research Council ; Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham , NG12 5GG , UK  ; 44 115 9363214 ; ij@bgs.ac.uk)

Arnaud Chulliat (IPGP, 4, place Jussieu, Tour 24, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France ; 33 1 44277341 ; chulliat@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

Michel Diament (IPGP, 4, place Jussieu, Tour 24, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France ; 33 1 44277341 ; diament@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

Jacques Zlotnicki (Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, OPGC-CNRS ; Campus des Cuzeaux, 24, av. des Landais, 63177 Aubiere Cedex , France; 33 4 73407370 ; jacques.zlotnicki@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr)

Mikhail Zgurovsky (National Technical University of Ukraine (NTUU "KPI"), 37, Peremogy Str., Kiev 252056, Ukraine; 380 44 2366913; zgur@zgurov.kiev.ua)

John Manuel (Solar-Terrestrial Sciences,Canadian Space Agency, 6767, route de l'Aéroport, Longueuil, QC, J3Y 8Y9;450 926-5109;  john.manuel@asc-csa.gc.ca)

Charles Barton (Australian National University (ANU); Mills Road, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia; +61 2 6125 4833; charles.barton@anu.edu.au)

Susan McLean (NOAA/NGDC; 325, Broadway, Boulder CO 80305-3328, USA; +1 303 497 6478; Susan.Mclean@noaa.gov)

Arkady Kryazhimskiy (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria; +43 2236 807 0; kryazhim@iiasa.ac.at)

Andrew Jackson (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH); Institute of Geophysics, NO H 11.2, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; +41 44 633 73 49; ajackson@ethz.ch)

Alexander Soloviev (International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences (IIEPT RAS); Profsoyuznaya Str. 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia; +7 495 333 45 13; soloviev@mitp.ru)

Christopher W. Turbitt (Gritish Geological Survey (BGS); Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK EH9 3LA; +44 131 667 1000; c.turbitt@bgs.ac.uk)

Irina Fedorova (AARI; 38 Bering Str., 199397 St. Petersburg, Russia; +7 812 352 24 19; ifedorova@otto.nw.ru)

Justin Mabie (NOAA/NGDC; 325, Broadway, Boulder CO 80305-3328, USA; +1 303 497 6135; Justin.Mabie@noaa.gov)

Jan Borm (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ); ILEI-UFR SSH, 5/7 bd d'Alembert 78047 Guyancourt Cedex Bureau A323, France; +336 72 85 00 45; jan.borm@uvsq.fr)

Mioara Mandea (IPGP; 5, rue Thomas Mann, 7011 75205 Paris cedex 13, France; +33 1 57 27 84 93; mioara@ipgp.fr)

Dmitry Mishin (GC RAS; 3 Molodezhnaya Str., 119296 Moscow, Russia; +7 495 930 05 46; d.mishin@gcras.ru)

Roman Krasnoperov (GC RAS; 3 Molodezhnaya Str., 119296 Moscow, Russia;
+7 495 930 05 46; r.krasnoperov@gcras.ru)

Chenzhou Cui (National Astronomical Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC); Datun Road 20A, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China; +86-10-64872500; ccz@bao.ac.cn)

3- Summary of activities since the 2008 General Assembly

The major TG activity has been the co-organization of the International Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) Conference “Electronic Geophysical Year: state of the Art and Results”, held on 3-6 June 2009 in Pereslavl, Russia. About 150 participants from eight countries (Russia, France, USA, Iran, Germany, Slovakia, Austria, and Ukraine) attended the Conference. A wide range of eGY topics were covered by the Conference’s presentations and discussions: Electronic Geophysical Year results and prolongation, International Polar Year, International Heliophysical Year, International Year of the Planet Earth, International Year of Astronomy, GIS applications, methods of artificial intelligence in geosciences, problems of geoinformatics in seismology and geoecology, GRID systems and cloud computing, geomagnetic observations, geoinformatics and virtual observatories, transition of World Data Centers (WDCs) to World Data System, Russian-Ukrainian WDC cluster, global changes, climate and weather in the Solar-Earth system. The CODATA TG working meeting was held on the occasion of the Conference. The Conference provided close linkage between CODATA, World Data System, which is being created at the moment by International Council for Science (ICSU), and eGY. The results of the Conference and its proceedings are electronically published at http://eos.wdcb.ru/egy/. The link from the eGY web-site to this Conference web-site and the link from CODATA web-site to the Conference web-site are also activated. The Conference provided important contribution to promoting free and open access to metadata and data worldwide with special attention paid to Eastern Europe and Russia.

Another important initiative launched by the efforts of the TG is creation of Russian-Ukrainian WDC cluster. In addition to significant simplifying data access for Eastern Europe countries this cluster is considered as a possible appropriate prototype for the whole new World Data System deployment. With the TG support three meetings of the board of Russian-Ukrainian WDC cluster were organized: on 26 December 2008 in Moscow, Russia, on 5 June 2009 in Pereslavl, Russia, and on 8-9 December 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine. The next meetings are planned to be held in Obninsk and Uglich, Russia, in December 2010 and January 2011 with active participation of the TG.

Preliminary planning of multi-disciplinary intelligent GIS for the Globe was done in discussions among the TG members. It has been concluded that such a GIS can become a pilot for the goal-oriented co-operation in the field.

Free access to metadata/data related to impact of natural calamities has been also discussed and emphasized at different meetings.

Finally, the focus of the TG is promotion of modern data exchange tools and geomagnetic data exchange worldwide. In particular the TG is strongly involved in creation of World Atlas of Earth’s Magnetic Field for 1500-2010. Besides, nowadays the TG actively participates in deployment of a new geomagnetic center for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.

The first meeting of the renewed TG was held at the Institute of Physics of the Earth in Paris, France, in May 2010. A series of joint meetings between Russian and American TG members was held at NOAA National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder and US Geological Survey in Golden (Colorado, USA) in October 2010. Discussions on practical issues of the TG goals and applications such as Science on the Sphere, geomagnetic data handling and processing and various geophysical data exchange provided great contribution to the TG progress.

4- Deliverables completed by the 2010 General Assembly

1. Complete proceedings of the eGY Conference published electronically at http://eos.wdcb.ru/egy/
2. Prototype of electronic version of World Atlas of Earth’s Magnetic Field for 1500-2010
3. Web-site on eGY in Russia and other CIS countries
4. Certificates on completion of International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network (INTERMAGNET) training by a group of TG collaborators
5. Book Zgurovsky M.Z., Gvishiani A.D. Sustainable development global simulation: Quality of life and Security of the World Population. K.: Publishing House, “Polytechnica”, 2008. – 351 p.
6. 17 papers in scientific journals and 22 conference publications

5- Other organizations or programs sponsoring or participating in the Task Group

• World Data System (WDS)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
• International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
• Association Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange (EDNES)
• Microsoft Corporation
• US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
• Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
• National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU)

6- Expected consequences/impact of the Task Group activities

1. Facilitating creation of multi-disciplinary and encyclopedic intelligent GIS for the Globe in the framework of promotion of establishment and usage of modern and open data access standards, metadata exchange and inter-operability


2. Preparation of draft agreements between consortium partners on creation of multi-disciplinary multifunctional intelligent GIS for the Globe as well as a daft list of integrated databases covering various Earth sciences (geophysics, geology, geoecology, remote sensing, seismology, hydrology, meteorology, …)


3. Contribution to creation of World Atlas of Earth’s Magnetic Field for 1500-2010 both in electronic and hardcopy forms thus promoting exchange of geomagnetic data worldwide


4. Participation in deployment of a new geomagnetic center for the CIS countries with modern tools for data collecting, processing and exchange


5. Organization of International Workshop “Artificial Intelligence in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Study. INTERMAGNET Russian Segment”, which will be held on 26-28 January 2011 in Uglich, Yaroslavl region, Russia. The workshop will put together leading scientists and specialists in geomagnetism and magnetic observations from all over the world to share their knowledge and experience in application of modern geomagnetic instruments and installation of new magnetic observatories. Special attention will be paid to deployment of a new geomagnetic center in Moscow, Russia


6. Organization of three TG working meetings in 2010-2011:
   
   • Obninsk, Russia (at WDCs in December 2010),
   • Uglich, Russia, on the occasion of International Workshop “Artificial Intelligence in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Study. INTERMAGNET Russian Segment” in January 2011 (http://uglich2011.gcras.ru/index_e.html)
   • Melbourne, Australia (in the framework of IUGG XXV General Assembly and the 12th IAGA Scientific Assembly in 2011)

7- Deliverables to be completed by the 2012 General Assembly

• Articles in the CODATA Data Science Journal or other refereed Journals
• A. Gvishiani, A. Soloviev, M. Mandea, J.-L. LeMouel. Geomagnetic data accumulation and modelling in the framework of World Atlas of Earth’s Magnetic Field for 1500-2010
• A. Soloviev, A. Beriozko, S. McLean, E. Kihn. GIS applications in managing and processing geomagnetic and other Earth science data

• Books and Monographs
• A. Gvishiani, A. Kryazhimskiy. Artificial Intelligence Approach in Earth Data Interpretation

• Other Products or Accomplishments
• International Conference "50 Years of the International Geophysical Year and the International Electronic Year" held on 16-19 September 2007 in Suzdal, Russia (http://www.gcras.ru/suzdal_results_e.html)
• Elaborated plan on creation of multi-disciplinary intelligent GIS for the Globe including list of contributors, system structure, data and algorithms involved
• Agreements between consortium partners on creation of intelligent GIS for the Globe
• World Atlas of Earth’s Magnetic Field for 1500-2010 both in electronic and hardcopy forms
• Service regulations of CIS geomagnetic data center