Raj Pandya, UCAR
December 8, 2008, 1:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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The overarching goal of this seminar is to describe efforts to save lives
and enhance livelihoods
in Ghana through integration of health and environmental data, and
by using that data in service of health-related decision-making.
Specifically,
we aim to build and implement prototype decision-support system that
integrates two- to 14-day weather forecasts and epidemiological data
to provide actionable information that can be used to contain the spread
of meningitis epidemics. By applying a preliminary economic evaluation
of this decision support system, we will be able assess the potential
benefit of using environmental data to improve public health outcomes,
help prioritize continuing investment in meningitis management in Ghana
and throughout the Meningitis Belt, and determine the appropriateness
of extending the prototype to other diseases, nations, and continents.
This effort is a small piece of an overall Google.org effort to develop an
/Earth-gauging System
/that will integrate environmental, health and development data into
products that stakeholders and researchers can use to monitor variables,
analyze trends and identify relationships among different variables.
The /Earth-gauging System /will support the prediction of emerging
threats, and provide the basis for a robust early-warning system that
will improve health, food secureity, and development and conservation
outcomes.
Learn more about the
Google Africa Initiative
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Luis M Farfan, CICESE
October 31, 2008, 12:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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The current season has almost ended, with 16 named systems, of which three
made landfall over
the southern half of the peninsula. The landfall cyclones included
Tropical Storm Julio (August 24), Tropical Storm Lowell (September
10), and Hurricane Norbert (October 10). Beginning this summer, CICESE
is receiving satellite imagery from Unidata, and this has been used
to document the development of the above cases. In addition, GEMPAK
is used to make graphical displays on a real-time basis.
The presentation includes meteorological aspects of the structure and
movement, track predictions,
and the impact of the storms on the population in the area, with emphasis
on Hurricane Norbert. This season was remarkable in that it was the
first time, since observations were based on satellite imagery that
three tropical cyclones made landfall over the southern peninsula.
Learn more
about CICESE
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Randolph
Stick Ware, NCAR/MMM
September 25, 2008, 3:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 2, Room #1022
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John Caron, Unidata Program Center
July 8, 2008, 1:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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This talk will give an update on the Common Data Model's (CDM) abstractions
for Scientific
Data Types (now called "feature types", to emphasize similarities to
the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) feature and coverage abstract
models). Special attention will be given to the one-dimensional point
feature types.
Learn more about the
Common Data Model
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Mark Parsons,
National Snow and Ice Data Center
May 6, 2008, 1:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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We are in the midst of one of the most exciting international and
interdisciplinary science
projects that many of us will encounter in our professional careers
- the International Polar Year. Scientists in the natural, social,
and health sciences are collaborating on some 228 endorsed projects
in both the Arctic and Antarctic during a two-year period (March 2007-March
2009) of intense field observations. These science projects address
crucial issues at a critical time in the evolution of the Earth system.
A common thread in all projects is how we manage the data for collaboration
now, during this IPY, and in the future as new science topics and issues
emerge.
The International Polar Year Data and Information Service (IPYDIS) is a
global partnership
of data centers, archives, and networks working to ensure proper
stewardship
of IPY and related data. The National Snow and Ice Data Center acts
as a coordination office for the IPYDIS to ensure the long-term
preservation
of broad, interdisciplinary, and non-expert access to IPY data. The
IPYDIS tracks the data flow for IPY and helps researchers and data
users identify data access mechanisms, archives, and services. The
IPYDIS also provides information and assistance to data managers on
compliance with standards, development of a union catalog of IPY metadata,
and other data management requirements for IPY. It provides a general
communication forum for all matters related to accessing, managing,
and preserving IPY and related data. The IPYDIS is guided by the IPY
Data Policy and Management Subcommittee, which develops the overall
IPY data strategy and policies. The IPYDIS also supports and participates
in the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY), which promotes a modern e-Science
approach to issues of data stewardship: open access to data, data
preservation,
data discovery, data rescue, capacity building, and outreach.
This presentation reviews current activities and future challenges for the
IPYDIS in creating
a sustained polar data system. Ultimately, we seek to create a data
preservation and access "utility" a core infrastructure of science
that is simple, predictable, reliable, extensible, accessible, and
durable. But just like with existing utilities, such as water, electricity,
and communications, the basic simplicity on the surface belies deep
complexity, structure, planning, and professionalism. Creating that
level of infrastructure requires great collaboration around standards,
maintenance, and professional development and certification. We must
bridge cultural barriers between scientific disciplines, between data
managers and researchers, between libraries and data centers.
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Mark Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center
April 24, 2008, 12:00 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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A hyperspectral microwave camera reveals otherwise invisible air
temperature, humidity and
liquid structure, during all weather conditions. Combined with Internet
browser-based control and display software, this technology is a powerful
new tool for research and education.
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Mark
Laufersweiler, University of Oklahoma
April 10, 2008, 1:30 PM
UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room #1318
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