LTER Site Byte

LTER Site: Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Contributor: Jonathan M. Walsh (Aug 03, 2005)

Site Byte:

BES Site Byte 2005-08-03

Jonathan M. Walsh


- We are approaching 5 years of online stream chemistry, and 4 years of online bird survey data
- We have EML level one capability. We have not reached level one compliance just yet because we wish to devise a means to ensure revision level control for our metadata before we expose it to the internet.
- We have a geodatabase running. It utilizes arcsde and db2 running on Linux.
- Metadata stored on our rdbms system will automatically populate our static “Data for download” page.
- We have begun designing experiments relating to urban design and the ecosystem and have formed an Urban Design Working Group.
- The third Vital Signs publication has been released. Brought to you by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, the publication takes the pulse of Baltimore utilizing 40 indicators. The indicators fall into seven main categories ranging from housing, sanitation, and safety to workforce, health, environment, and child well-being. The Vital Signs are also featured in the Baltimore Sun every Monday. (See www.bnia.org)
- Watershed 263 Survey: We are surveying all BES-Affiliated researchers to gain information that describes the breadth of our research connected to Watershed 263. (Watershed 263 is a watershed comprised wholly by man-made waterbodies and has no “natural” water body) An online survey was developed for this purpose.
- Data management survey: A survey to study data management activities among BES researchers was completed. Results are forthcoming.
- BES Publications online: The BES publications have been imported into a database and are now searchable online. See http://www.beslter.org . There is a button on the top to access the publications database.

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