LTER Site Byte
LTER Site: Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC)
Contributor: Margaret O'Brien (Jul 20, 2007)
Site Byte:
1. Annual Site Byte
Most of the past year's IM activities at SBC have been laying the groundwork for the tasks listed in Part 2.
Metadata: work on a design for a metadata database which can be used by both SBC and MCR; work with PIs to more completely and correctly describe sampling locations and parameters. Start work on a prototype data portal and gather feedback from user groups.
Integrate data processing with IM: assist scientists in a redesign of hydrologic data processing using matlab to lessen the dependence on excel spreadsheets. We plan to create EML packages as a data processing step.
EML data table query tool: Create an generic application for querying tables which are described in EML (see Spring 07 issue of Data Bits).
In addition, the SBC website was redesigned, adding dynamic menus and incorporating several features recommended by the network. The new design uses templates and libraries in a flexible framework that allows existing pages to be edited and new pages to be added easily.
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2. Planned IM Projects
A. Create an interface to browse SBC's data catalog by sampling site and parameter
B. Finish and install the EML data table query application
C. Populate metadata database
D. Write matlab m-files to output EML as a processing step, with metadata drawn from db
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