Transcript OceanTeacher: Building Capacity in Oceanographic Data and

OceanTeacher:
Building Capacity in Oceanographic
Data and Information Management
Greg Reed
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
What is IODE ?
• The International Oceanographic Data and
Information Exchange
– a program of IOC; established in 1961
• IODE objectives:
– “The IODE system has been established to
enhance marine research, exploration, and
development by facilitating the exchange of
oceanographic data and information between
participating Member States.”
What is IODE ?
• The IODE System is a global network of Data
Centres.
• There are 4 different types of data centres,
each with their own responsibilities:
– World Data Centre (Oceanography)
– Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre
– National Oceanographic Data Centre
– Designated National Agency
IODE Capacity Building
• Capacity building has always been an
important component of the IODE program
• Assisting member states to acquire and build
the necessary resources for ocean data and
information management is an essential and
critical part of all IODE activities
• Training courses, mostly hosted by National
Oceanographic Data Centres, have been
held annually with resource persons from the
IODE community providing instruction.
IODE Capacity Building Model
• New capacity building Model:
– BEFORE:
• occasional training courses at national or regional level,
internships
• no follow-up
IODE Capacity Building Model
• New capacity building Model:
– BEFORE:
• occasional training courses at national or regional level,
internships
• no follow-up
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• Link: EQUIPMENT + TRAINING + OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT
• Program of training workshops with intersessional goals
and follow up
IOC Regional Approach
• IOC activities are organized into regions:
IOC Regions in Africa
IOCEA
IOCINCWIO
ODINAFRICA
• Urgent need to develop ocean data and
information management capacity in Africa
• 20 African Member States:
– Benin, Cameroon, Comores, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon,
Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria,
Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, United
Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia
ODINAFRICA
• Capacity Building
– Assistance in development/operation of NODCs /
DNAs
– Provision of Internet access
– Training (+Follow-up)
– Development of national/regional/African
metadata and data bases
– Development of ocean data and information
products
– Provision of Information services
– Linkages with other projects (e.g. GOOS-Africa)
ODINAFRICA
• First phase of ODINAFRICA
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ODINEA 1998-2000
7 East African countries
3 Training workshops in ocean data management
Development of the IODE Resource Kit to support
capacity building
ODINAFRICA
• Second phase of ODINAFRICA
– ODINAFRICA II
– 11 West African countries + 1 Indian Ocean
country
– First training workshop in ocean data
management held in April 2001
– First training workshop in marine information
management to be held in November 2001
– IODE Resource Kit expanded to include a training
manual and renamed “Ocean Teacher”
OceanTeacher
• OceanTeacher is the IOC/IODE capacity
building system
• The objective is to provide training tools for
Oceanographic Data and Information
Management.
• These tools are used during IODE Training
Courses but can also be used for self training
and continuous professional development
OceanTeacher Structure
• The OceanTeacher system comprises two
components:
– The IODE Resource Kit
– The Resource Kit Training Manuals
The IODE Resource Kit
• The Resource Kit contains a range of marine
data-management and information-management
materials, including software, quality control and
analysis strategies, training manuals, and
relevant IOC documents.
• The Kit provides a broad spectrum of background
information on global data and information
archiving activities, specifications for data
storage in standard formats, and the software
tools to perform many quality control, sub-setting,
and analyses techniques.
The IODE Resource Kit
• 3 major sections:
– The IODE Data Centre System (what is a data
centre, global programmes, science plans, data
policy, reference library);
– Data Management Systems (computer systems,
database technology, metadata, data collection,
quality control, the internet, GIS);
– Data Analysis & Products (formats, data,
software, classroom, data products).
Training Manual
• The Training Manual is a collection of
outlines, notes, examples, and miscellaneous
documents used in conjunction with the
Resource Kit to organise training programs in
marine data and information training.
• These training programs are designed for the
instruction of ocean data and information
managers of newly established NODCs,
DNAs and Marine Information Centres
Training Manual
• Two separate components:
– Ocean Data Management Training Manual
– Marine Information Management Training Manual
Training Manual
• Ocean Data Management Manual - Course 1
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Introductory Materials
The IOC/IODE System
Introduction to Use of PC for Ocean Data Management
Basic Data Concepts
Data, Metadata & Information
IODE Data Centre Operations
Relational Database Management Systems
Data Manipulation & Analysis
The Internet
Intersessional Goals
Training Manual
• Ocean Data Management Manual - Course 2
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Introduction
National Data Collection
Adding National Data
National Hydrography CD
Data Management in ODV
Managing HDF Files
Gridding and Contouring Data
Managing Image Files
Data Synthesis in GIS
National Data Catalogues
Training Manual Structure
• Each section starts with a page containing the
following headers:
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GOAL: What will be learned from each chapter
CONTENTS: Topics included in each chapter
LINKS: Links to relevant pages in the Resource Kit
SUBTOPICS: sub-chapters in the Manual
Training Manual
• Marine Information Management Manual Course 1
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Information Concepts
Evaluating the need for an information centre
The Business Plan
Information Technology (including hardware, software,
storage, databases, knowledge management &
thesaurus)
– Building and documenting a collection
– Integrated Library Management System
– The state of marine information today and the role of
the librarian/information manager
Training Manual
• Marine Information Management Manual Course 2
– Integrated Library Management System : Advanced
applications
– Implementing Research Support Services
– Information seeking in the electronic environment
– Electronic resources in the marine sciences
– Ocean Portal
– Intersessional Goals
Regional Data Collections
• The Ocean Data Management Training
Manual is supplemented by regional data
collections
• Contain a collection of marine and coastal
data for use in environmental analyses
• The underlying goal of the collections is to
provide the user with data that can be
synthesized, particularly in Geographical
Information System (GIS).
Regional Data Collections
Typically the regional data collections contain:
– AIR TEMPERATURE
– OCEAN STATION DATA
– BATHYMETRY
– OXYGEN (O2)
– CHLOROPHYLL
– PRECIPITATION
– COASTLINE
– SALINITY
– CURRENTS
– SEA TEMPERATURE
– GEOPHYSICS
– SILICATE (SiO4)
– LAND COVER
– SOILS
– NITRATE (NO3)
– VEGETATION
– NUTRIENTS
– WAVES
– PHOSPHATE (PO4)
– WINDS
Regional Data Collections
• Data collections have been completed for:
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IOCINCWIO Region
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Red Sea
Africa Update (WOD01)
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IOCEA Region
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ODINCARSA Region
Regional Training Courses
• OceanTeacher curriculum has been used at:
– First ODINAFRICA-II Training Course in Marine Data Management,
Casablanca, Morocco, April 2-13, 2001
– First ODINAFRICA-II Training Course in Marine Information
Management, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 October-9 November, 2001
– Second ODINAFRICA II Training Course in Marine Data Management,
Tunis, Tunisia, 29 April-10 May, 2002
– Second ODINAFRICA II Training Course in Marine Information
Management, Tunis, Tunisia, 29 April-10 May, 2002
– First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management,
Guayaquil, Ecuador, 20-30 May 2002
– First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management,
Mazatlan, Mexico, 29 September-4 October 2002
– IODE Training Course in Ocean Data Management for the Caspian and
Black Sea Regions, Tehran, Iran, 20-30 October 2002
CD-ROM Version
• OceanTeacher is also
available on CD-ROM for
off-line use
• Over 160 CD copies have
been provided to
requesters from 73
countries
Future of OceanTeacher
• Steering Group has been established to
oversee the development of OceanTeacher
• Year 3 Training Manuals for Ocean Data
Management and Information Management in
progress
• Expand the scope to meet JCOMM training
needs
• Contributions invited
More information
• The IODE OceanTeacher web site can be
found at:
http://oceanteacher.org
• Also available on CD-ROM