IPRC Theme-5: APDRC IPRC Theme-5: APDRC OverviewOverview

Theme 5: To increase understanding of Theme 5: To increase understanding of climate variability in the Asia-Pacific region climate variability in the Asia-Pacific region by:by:

developing the computational, data developing the computational, data management, and networking infrastructure management, and networking infrastructure necessary to make data resources readily necessary to make data resources readily accessible and usable;accessible and usable;

undertaking data-intensive research undertaking data-intensive research activities that will both advance knowledge activities that will both advance knowledge and lead to improvements in data and lead to improvements in data preparation and data products.preparation and data products.

Organization:Organization:1. Data Server System (DSS) 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM)and Data Management (DM)

Peter Hacker

Sharon DeCarlo

Systems Admin, Web design and maintenance,

Yingshou Shen

s/w server manager, implementation

Yongshen Zhang

Atmospheric Data Specialist

Jan Hafner

Air-sea flux, satellite Data Specialist

Organization:Organization:2. Product development and 2. Product development and

Basic ResearchBasic ResearchYanli Jia

Regional modeling (HYCOM)

Tommy Jensen

Regional modeling (POM)

Max Yaremchuk

Data Assimilation

Sachiko Yoshida

GODAE N. Pacific intercomparison

Konstantin Lebedev

Argo product development

Overview:Overview:1. Data Server System (DSS) 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM)and Data Management (DM)

Identify, download, serve climate data Identify, download, serve climate data sets for research scientists (remote sets for research scientists (remote and local)and local)

Maintain web-based searching, Maintain web-based searching, subsetting, plotting and downloading subsetting, plotting and downloading capabilitiescapabilities

Provide direct, binary access to data Provide direct, binary access to data sets via OPeNDAP, ftp, httpsets via OPeNDAP, ftp, http

Document all data setsDocument all data sets

Overview:Overview:1. Data Server System (DSS) 1. Data Server System (DSS) and Data Management (DM), and Data Management (DM),

cont’dcont’d Large output serving (hi-res models)Large output serving (hi-res models) Support to JAMSTEC, U TokyoSupport to JAMSTEC, U Tokyo Integrate/implement server technologyIntegrate/implement server technology Technology transfer (web services at Technology transfer (web services at

SOPAC, S. China Sea Institute, U. Tokyo)SOPAC, S. China Sea Institute, U. Tokyo) Web support for Observing Systems (PI-Web support for Observing Systems (PI-

GOOS, PI-GCOS, HYCOS)GOOS, PI-GCOS, HYCOS)

APDRC Server DesignAPDRC Server Design Scientific users Scientific users emphasis emphasis

on server technologyon server technology direct access to datadirect access to data typically large (long timeseries and/or typically large (long timeseries and/or

large spatial extents)large spatial extents) OPeNDAP/DAPPEROPeNDAP/DAPPER

Non-scientific users Non-scientific users emphasis on web emphasis on web interface/accessinterface/access Plot generationPlot generation More co-ordinated approachMore co-ordinated approach LAS/DCHARTLAS/DCHART

2. DATA DISCOVERY

2. DATA DISCOVERY; 3. METADATA

Overview:Overview:2. Basic and applied research2. Basic and applied research

Basic research in support of IPRC Basic research in support of IPRC themesthemes

Research leading to product Research leading to product development:development: PRIDEPRIDE GODAEGODAE ArgoArgo Model downscalingModel downscaling