George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Tsunami Deposits WorkshopSeattle, June 12-15, 2005

Anke Kamrath (kamratha@sdsc.edu); PI/Director, NEESit and Division Director, SDSC

Vladimir Veytser (veytser@sdsc.edu); NEES/SDSC Software Developer http://it.nees.org

San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)&

NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center (NEESit):

Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Overview

• What is NEES?• NEESit Data Repository• Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

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NEES InfrastructureNEESinc Headquarters

NEES

Cyberinfrastructure Center

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

NEESit Data Repository• Data Services:

• https://central.nees.org • Central portal for

providing NEESit services• Authentication and

Authorization management services: username and password

• Data repository: interface and tools used to store, modify, search, and retrieve data and metadata

• GOAL: No Data Lost!• 3 copies of data

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Getting Started with NEES

• See http://it.nees.org • http://tsunami.nees.org coming soon• How to contact us:

• Email: it-support@nees.org• Toll free number: 1-866-260-4100• Web

• http://it.nees.org/support

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

NEEScentral

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Flexible Account Management

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Create New Projects

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

NEESit File Hierarchy

• NEEScentral provides a web-interface into metadata model

• High-level model based on existing data and practices from equipment sites

• Hierarchical model with metadata values added to individual directory level nodes

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

NEES Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository

• Partnership:• UCSD:

• SDSC (San Diego Supercomputer Center)• NEESit

• Oregon State University• Harry Yeh

• Project includes four primary elements 1. Data/Metadata Structure: Working with the reconnaissance teams to

ensure adequate metadata to facilitate reuse and queries of the data 2. Storage: Formal storage strategy to ensure its long-term reliability,3. Curation: Data librarian and curation effort to review and validate the

metadata and data entering the repository, 4. Query: Query and browsing interfaces to allow easy downloads of

the data

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Initial Efforts

• Creating Data Upload Environment • Preliminary metadata structure • File hierarchy for upload

• Query/Browsing Environment• Google Maps (maps.google.com) as catalog browser (all data geo-

referenced)• Evaluating Visualization tools (Geoplayer/GeoFusion)• Inclusion of before/after remote sensing data

• Coordination with NSF SBE Recon Teams• EERI Recon Teams

• Telecon being planned with experts to inform metadata structure• Work with teams to upload data

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Prototype NEES-Tsunami Interface

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Sample Google Maps Browser

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<project><project> People, Summary, Scope, Sponsorship, Dates

Tsunami Repository Prototype File Hierarchy

•Orange folders include subfolders as needed

•Blue represents metadata

SurveysSurveysDocumentation/Reports

Hydrodynamic Data

•Tsunami Runup Height•Inundation Distance•Flow Directions•Flow magnitudes•Number of run-ups and their arrival times•Tide gage data

•Local seismographs

Seismic Data

•Site configuration-topo & bathymetry•Subsidence & uplift•Tsunami deposit•Scour•Morphological changes•Submarine & subaerial Landslides•Paleo-tsunami data

•Vegetation•Marine Bio•Animals

•Site information - roads, bridges, buildings, etc.•Damage of buildings & infrastructures•Fires•Lifeline•EQ effects

•Casualties•Injured & missing people•Public & authorities response (Immediate,Short term, Intermediate and Long term)•Preparedness (Warning, Awareness & eduaction)•individual behaviors•Political background•Societal background

Geological&Geographical

Environmental Data

SocietalData

EngineeringData

Each file should have Time&Date, GPS, recorder’s name, remarks.

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Metadata for survey categories1) Hydrodynamic Metadata:• Tsunami Runup Height• Inundation Distance• Flow Directions• Flow magnitudes• Number of run-ups and their arrival times• Tide gage data

2) Geological & Geographical Metadata:• Site configuration-topo & bathymetry• Subsidence & uplift• Tsunami deposit• Scour• Morphological changes• Submarine & subaerial Landslides• Paleo-tsunami data

3) Environmental Metadata:• Vegetation• Marine Bio• Animals

4) Engineering MetaData:• Site information - roads, bridges, buildings, etc.• Damage of buildings & infrastructures• Fires• Lifeline• EQ effects

5) Societal Metadata:• Casualties• Injured & missing people• Public & authorities response (Immediate,Short

term, Intermediate and Long term)• Preparedness (Warning, Awareness & eduaction)• individual behaviors• Political background• Societal background

6) Seismic Metadata:• Local seismographs

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Metadata for Multimedia Files

• All field data geo-referenced• EERI recommended metadata for recon image(s)

• File name, date and image description• Lat/Long (in decimal degree format) or street address if

lat/long information is not available.• Photographer Orientation.• Researcher’s contact information.

• Simlar for video, scanned paper clippings…• Surveys/interviews also to be geo-referenced

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Future Directions

• Working with other national and international groups/organizations

• Enhancement and extension of metadata• Extension to other earthquake events• Enhancement of user interface/query

environment• Integration with other data resources (NEES,,

remote sensing, ?)

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

Questions?

More info:• Anke Kamrath – kamratha@sdsc.edu• Vladimir Veytser – veytser@sdsc.edu• it.nees.org

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering SimulationNEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

NEESit – Tsunami Deposits Workshop, June 12-15, 2005

NSF SBE TeamsProject Title Data Project Goal Areas PI

Factors affecting behavioral response to natural warning signs of tsunami.

Social: human behavioral responses by conducting interviews.

Short-lived social data from people in affected areas to understand human behavioral response

Andaman coast of Thailand

Bruce Houghton:

Physical and Social Infrastructure Impacts and Interdependencies in Southern Thailand

Social: aggreagate of social, political, economic and demographic characteristics via interviews, archives, tourism literature, media reports.

Data, regarding recovery of coastal S.Thailand, to be used in models that test hypothesis of coupling between physical and social systems, in particular how it relates to tourism.

Phuket, Pang-Nga and Krabi, Thailand

Thomas A. Birkland:

Cross-cultural comparison of embergent norms govering the handling of mass fatalitites

Social: government and non-government response for body recovery, identification and disposal, notification of deceased victims. They will be conducting interviews.

To identify structural differences between the mass fatalities approach used in western countriesvs approach used in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand

1st team: India, Sri Lanka, Phuket Thailnad. 2nd team: UK, France, Sweden, Isreal, USA

Hank Fisher:

Social Vulnerability Mapping and GIS in Tsunami Impact AnalysisProject Summary

Social Data Indian census and local government records, households interviews. Remote Sensing Data: Sattelite images.

To address some gaps in the scientific research on social and physical vulnerability assessments.

Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India

Carla Prater: carla@archone.tamu.edu

Role of coastal ecosystem degradation in tsunami damage

Remote Sensing: Satelite images to select survey sites. Environmental

The study will provide insights into role of ecosystem degradation, remote sensing as a research tool, and environmental conservation as a mitigation strategy.

Andaman cost of Thailand

Philip R. Berke: pberke@email.unc.edu

Indian Ocean Tsunamis - Environmental and Social-economic impacts on the Malay-Thai Peninsula

Geological: Tsunami Deposits, Paleo-tsunami and sedmentology Environmental: fishing records, interviews. Societal: responses, actions, reactions, intentions and plans for rebuilding.

To elucidate the immediate pre- and post-tsunami trajectory of events and impacts associated with the 2004 tsunami.

Thailand, Andaman Sea, Malaysia

Benjamin P. Horton bphorton@sas.upenn.edu