Briefing for the Upper Colorado River Basin Pilot Update Meeting, February 24, 2011

Provide a “portal” to information about people, projects, publications, and data important to UCRB climate effects research

Add information to a framework that can be sustained by scientists and data managers over the long term

Include direct participation and data from science and resource management partners

Use USGS ScienceBase and related projects already under development

Conduct data mining, information cleanup, and make contacts with scientists and other data providers

Solicit input from stakeholders to refine the system, produce a better tool, and expand capabilities (visualization)

UCRB Footprint

UCRB resourceswith links to moreinfo (access, abstract)

Spatially locatedUCRB resources

USGS BASIS+ projects, tasks, or subtasks identified as potential candidates Over 418 reviewed and connected to

UCRB in ScienceBaseWork ongoing to identify sources of

other agency projectsWorking on process for review and

approval of “public project records” in ScienceBase

• UCRB citations harvestedinto ScienceBase Catalog

• abstract• authors• access methods • original metadata

• Resources cataloged in centralized locale

• Refine information(add spatial footprints)

• Connect information (e.g., see all records with keyword “Utah”)

3,420 journal and other external citations cataloged and quality checked in Mendeley Periodically, citations are being harvested

from Mendeley and integrated with ScienceBase

546 USGS Numbered Series reports cataloged in ScienceBase

USGS projects reviewed for publication products with items cataloged

ContactInformation

See all resources credited to person of interest

Over 100 USGS researchers with UCRB history identified and referenced through ScienceBase

Over 1,000 authors identified through publications record

Working on possibilities and best options for personal profiles and connections

• Add information to Catalog• Describe information (metadata)• Share and archive

Describe data using comprehensive fields:

what, where, from, who, when

Major USGS and other corporate data assets identified and cataloged in ScienceBase

Project datasets under review from BASIS+ record ScienceBase Uploader will be used to load

these into a UCRB Project GeoDatabase Data mining and identification

through partner contacts

Developing ScienceBase to use data, maps, visualizations, and analytical tools to address science questions

UCRB question we are currently pursuing:

How will drought/land use affect dust production and deposition, and how will this affect water supplies?

Requirements to address question: Cataloged and available data and

information Visualization tools

▪ Online mapper for quick views▪ Advanced GIS capabilities for geospatial analysts▪ Derivative product generation and packaging

Data handling capabilities▪ Complex datasets (MODIS, ArcMap (.mxd),

databases)▪ Data services (GIS services, THREDDS)

Data sharing, archiving, documenting

Task: develop a dust source to deposition map at different scales (plot to regional across time)

Source data: soil type, geology, vegetation, land use, imagery, wind patterns

Deposition data: topography, wind patterns

Study how water supplies are affected during years of low to high dust deposition

Soils

Land Cover

Imagery

Geology

Snowpack

Potential product

Acquire and integrate disparate datasets Develop capabilities to catalog and displaycomplex data Develop Spatial Toolkit – online mapper

Visualize and lay out information Establish visualization options (transparency) Produce, share, catalog derivative data products

Plan for maintenance and sustainability

http://ucrb.sciencebase.gov

Natalie Latysh (nlatysh@usgs.gov) or Sky Bristol (sbristol@usgs.gov)