Soils to Satellites
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Soils to Satellites
Soils to SatellitesNCRIS Capabilities Well PlacedNCRIS capabilities have access to: • Vast volumes of Data (uniformly and non-uniformly
structured)• High levels of Technical Expertise • Advanced Technology & Technical Infrastructure.
ALA and ÆKOS – data comparison
• Systematics – classification• Breadth of life domains• Rich spatial layers for
location and environmental context and analysis
• 36m records - Museums and Herbaria, State agencies, NRMs, Citizen science
• Concentrates on species and specimen data and profiles
• Rich plot-based data• Depth of single domain• Contextual environmental
observations• Semantically federated and
integrated complex data• Output flexibility (first pass to
greater detail)• Describes biodiversity ‘look &
feel’ (ecosystem dynamics)
Biodiversity Data - ALA Ecological Data – ÆKOS
AEKOS supports rich, plot-based ecological data and leverages ALA complementary expertise in systematics, biodiversity and spatial platforms
Soils to SatellitesGreater Synergies PossibleGreater synergies between NCRIS capabilities possible by:• Increasing cross-capability collaboration and
communication• Improving interoperability between NCRIS
systems (including integration with non-uniformly structured data e.g. ecological & biodiversity data)
• Gaining familiarity of each other’s capabilities.• Leverages existing and mature ALA web services
infrastructure
Soils to SatellitesSoils to Satellites addresses these needsIncubator project to:• demonstrate
• integration of disparate data independent of structure and standards
• collaboration and cooperation between NCRIS capabilities
• Value and power of ALA web services• contribute to and enrich ANDS Research Data Australia
platform• generate ‘real world’ feedback for future iterations.
Soils to SatellitesProject Overview•Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Applications Project• July 2012 – June 2013•Project Partners:
• TERN Eco-informatics• Atlas of Living Australia (CSIRO)
• Collaborators:• TERN MSPN/TREND • TERN AusCover
Soils to SatellitesIntegration of disparate dataTREND & Ausplots ecological data (ÆKOS, CSIRO NSA)• Plot-based plant community data• Soil characterisation data - structure, pH ,nutrients, carbon etc
Atlas of Living Australia (spatially represented data) • Species occurrence and distribution data• Environmental characteristics
TERN AusCover (biophysical remote sensing data)• multi-spectral characteristics of site.
TREND genomics data (BPA, SARDI, BGI, BOLD)• Opaque “blobs” of genomics data including barcode sequences, Soil Metagenomics data , isotope data
Soils to SatellitesCollaboration & Co-operation - bringing together technical expertise and technological infrastructure for mutual benefit.
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Benefits• Enables plot and data to be explored in
new ways• Exposes relationships not previously
possible.• Addresses science questions
• Community composition and turn-over along environmental gradients
• Genetic differentiation and flow• Understanding environmental drivers• Current and predicted future species
distributions• Climate resilient and sensitive
communities/refugia.
Soils to SatellitesSpecific System Capabilities
• Discover study locations using a wide range of criteria
• Explore data from these locations, including data from multiple site visits
• Compare survey, biodiversity and environmental data between study locations and visits
• Extract data for offline analysis• Provide assistance to researchers in selecting
relevant data depending on the research question
Visualisation OutputsSingle Study Location Summary
Visualisation OutputsMultiple Study Location Comparison
Number of distinct plant species (67 study locations - Ausplots)
With corresponding rainfall comparison (ALA)
Visualisation OutputsMultiple Study Location Summary
Visualisation OutputsSingle Study Location Visit Summary
Visualisation OutputsMultiple Study Location Visit Comparisons
Soils to SatellitesA “live” system!
This project is supported by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
ANDS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super
Science Initiative