HR: 1340h
AN: A33A-0116    [Abstracts]
TI: Tools and Data Services from the GSFC Earth Sciences DAAC for Aura Science Data Users
AU: * Kempler, S J
EM: Steven.J.Kempler@nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Johnson, J
EM: jjohnson@daacmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC SSAI, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Leptoukh, G
EM: leptoukh@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Ahmad, S
EM: ahmad@eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC SSAI, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Pham, L
EM: pham@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Eng, E
EM: Eunice.K.Eng@nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Berrick, S
EM: sberrick@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Teng, W
EM: teng@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC SSAI, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Vollmer, B
EM: vollmer@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA GES DISC/DAAC, Code 902, NASA/GSFC, GreenBelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: In these times of rapidly increasing amounts of archived data, tools and data services that manipulate data and uncover nuggets of information that potentially lead to scientific discovery are becoming more and more essential. While science research is becoming more specialized, the vast amounts of archived data are becoming more and more difficult to exploit. Thus, better tools and services are needed to quickly distinguish relevant signatures in the data and extract this information for further study. The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences (GES) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) has made great strides in facilitating science and applications research by, in consultation with its users, developing innovative tools and data services. That is, as data users become more sophisticated in their research and more savvy with information extraction methodologies, the GES DAAC has been responsive to this evolution. This presentation addresses the tools and data services available and under study at the GES DAAC, applied to the Earth sciences atmospheric data. Now, with the data from NASA's latest Atmospheric Chemistry mission, Aura, being readied for public release, GES DAAC tools, proven successful for past atmospheric science missions such as MODIS, AIRS, TRMM, TOMS, and UARS, provide an excellent basis for similar tools updated for the data from the Aura instruments. GES DAAC resident Aura data sets are from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), and High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS). Data obtained by these instruments afford researchers the opportunity to acquire accurate and continuous atmospheric chemistry measurements. Tools and services, such as data access, subsetting, visualization and analysis, customized for Aura data, will facilitate the use and increase the usefulness of the new data. The Aura data, together with other heritage data at the GES DAAC, can potentially provide a long time series of data. GES DAAC tools will be discussed, as well as the GES DAAC Near Archive Data Mining (NADM) environment, the GIOVANNI on-line analysis tool, and rich data search and order services. The GES DAAC always strives to better understand the data access, usage, and manipulation needs of the audience, so that it can continue to be on the leading edge for user-focused data services. Any user feedback would be greatly appreciated. Additional information can be found at: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/upperatm/aura/.
UR: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/upperatm/aura/
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 0345 Pollution--urban and regional (0305)
DE: 0365 Troposphere--composition and chemistry
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting