HR: 0800h
AN: B51A-0065    [Abstracts]
TI: Development of Cyberinfrastructure to Support the USA National Phenology Network
AU: * Wilson, B E
EM: wilsonbe@ornl.gov
AF: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division Box 2008, MS-6407, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States
AU: Hruby, T H
EM: thhruby@uwm.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, College of Letters and Sciences P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, United States
AU: Meymaris, K
EM: kirstenm@ucar.edu
AF: University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307,
AU: Grunberg, W
EM: grunberg@email.arizona.edu
AF: University of Arizona, Arizona Remote Sensing Center 1955 E. 6th Street, Suite 205, Tucson, AZ 85719, United States
AU: Crom, B B
EM: crombb@ornl.gov
AF: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division Box 2008, MS-6407, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States
AB: The USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) is an emerging and exciting partnership among academic communities, federal agencies, and volunteers. The USA-NPN consists of four components, representing different levels of spatial coverage and quality/quantity of phenological and related environmental information: 1) Locally intensive sites focused on process studies; 2) Spatially extensive scientific networks focused on large- scale phenomena; 3) Volunteer and Education Networks; and 4) remote sensing products that can be validated against ground observations and assimilated to extend surface phenological observations to the continental- scale. A critical challenge for the USA-NPN is the development of a robust and cost-effective cyberinfrastructure which supports the distributed collection and management of phenological data across these differing components. In this presentation, we will present the Phase I cyberinfrastructure for USA-NPN, designed to support the most critical needs across these tiers, as well as the structure planned for Phases II and III. Phase I is based on a range of technologies leveraged from several efforts, including the Plant Phenology Network, the National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata Clearinghouse, Project BudBurst, and the ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center.
UR: http://www.usanpn.org
DE: 0429 Climate dynamics (1620)
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling (0412, 0414, 0793, 4805, 4912)
DE: 1632 Land cover change
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting