September 26, 2018
In this edition:
- Global Environmental Research Infrastructure Initiative
- eLTER joins the ESFRI Roadmap
- Arctic Ecosystem Data Portal
- Calendar of Events
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Potential Global Environmental Research Infrastructure
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The International Conference for Research Infrastructures (
ICRI
) was the unveilment of a global environmental research infrastructure (RI) initiative, working with eight large scale, long term environmental RIs to present the collaboration and interoperability. This was done with the presentation of unified Roll-Up posters aligned together, with the center poster being designated to describe our global efforts to join RIs (see image below).
Seven global collaborations and posters were represented; The National Ecological Observatory Network (
NEON
), the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), Australia's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (
TERN
), International Long-Term Ecosystem Research (
iLTER
), Long-Term Ecosystem Research in Europe (
eLTER
), United States Long-Term Ecosystem Research (
US LTER
) and the South African Environmental Observation Network (
SAEON
).
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Celebrating eLTER RI's entry on the ESFRI Roadmap
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We are pleased to announce that the pan-European eLTER Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI) has been included on the
ESFRI Roadmap 2018
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When fully operational, eLTER RI will be a permanently funded and managed distributed infrastructure of field stations covering European environmental zones. These field stations will be designed to support excellent science on the functioning of our life supporting systems (a whole-system approach). It will provide a range of services to end users, including access to highly instrumented and expertly staffed sites and to their long-term environmental observation data. Additional services, such as data synthesis and modelling, support for research and technological development, and training programmes, will be provided via Topic Centres. The RI will also provide a range of outputs supporting policy and science users, such as information on European environmental trends.
The formal launch of the ESFRI Roadmap 2018 took place with the International Conference on Research Infrastructures
(
ICRI 2018
)
in Vienna.
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New Era of Arctic and Antarctic Ecosystem Data
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Dr. Peter Pulsifer,
N
ational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Arctic societies, science and services are entering a new era that increasingly require cross-cultural, interdisciplinary integration of data to provide critical understanding and products. These needs require an integrated Arctic data system that is not only part of the global system, but which also allows exchange and usage of data between disparate data systems. Such a data system will allow enhanced understanding that is critical for mitigating risk to humans and infrastructure, reducing costs of adaptation and development, and supporting much needed research that spans disciplines and knowledge systems, including science and Indigenous Knowledge.
On September 5th, 2018, Peter Pulsifer of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado visited NEON to share information on the development of this emerging, distributed system. As U.S. representative to and current Chair of the international Arctic Data Committee (
https://arcticdc.org
), Dr. Pulsifer is working with many Arctic and Antarctic organizations on a number of activities including establishing an architecture for an international, interconnected arctic data system. This system will connect existing infrastructures and data centers (e.g. NSIDC, NSF Arctic Data Center, Global Cryosphere Watch, NEON) by using open data policy and standards to network people to people and machines to machines. This will allow users to find, access, integrate and reuse data. Following user-centered design, and coordinated international collaboration, the Arctic data community is aiming to deliver a carefully designed blueprint for a structure or “architecture” that will supporting knowledge integration and analysis appropriate for a wide range of different users. This includes improving the mechanisms and resources needed to ensure that Indigenous perspectives are included and Indigenous Knowledge is ethically and appropriately utilized.
Progress has been made at recent workshops held in Boulder in May and Davos in June. The next workshop in this series will be held in Geneva at the end of November (
https://arcticdc.org/meetings/conferences/polar-data-architecture-workshop
). NEON staff have been actively engaging in the architecture development process and are well positioned to take a leadership role based on our experience in facilitating community building and cyberinfrastructure design and implementation.
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October 8-12
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TERENO International Conference.
Berlin, Germany
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October 10-12
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Workshop on Interoperability Technologies and Best Practices in Environmental Monitoring
, Brest
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October 29
-November 1:
IEEE eScience Conference.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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November 5-8
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International Data Week.
Bostwana, Africa
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November 5-8
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RDA 12th Plenary Meeting
part of International Data Week.
Bostwana, Africa
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November 5-9
:
7th
ENVRI Week.
Riga
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Latvia
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November 9-11:
Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018.
Rovaniemi, Finland
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November 21&22:
Final COOP+ Workshop.
Brussels, Belgium
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December 10-14
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AGU 2018.
Washington, DC USA
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STRATEGIC COOPERATION COUNCIL (SCC) HOMEPAGE
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Calendar of Events!
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Strategic Cooperation Council newsletters!
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Questions or comments please contact:
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Melissa A. Genazzio
SAVI Staff Scientist
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