UWG Action Item Review
Brian R. Johnson, DAAC Manager
UWG Recommendations/Actions from 2015
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22 recommendations/action
Made good progress on most
4 are being worked on (in process)
Recast 3 as recommendations to fold into ongoing activities
1 is open:
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AI-21:UWG33: Drift article on importance of data set citation – plan to
publish in Sept.
Recommenda on , 3
Open, 1
In Process, 4
Done, 14
https://nsidc.org/confluence/display/DAAC/UWG+Action+It
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UWG action item status
UWG AIs – closed
AI-1:UWG33 - UWG to provide feedback on Worldview
AI-2:UWG33 - NASA HQ view of DAACs providing recommendations to host external NASA Data
AI-4:UWG33 - Develop personas for map services from the UWG established categories
AI- 5:UWG33 - Send virtual collection use case template to the UWG
AI- 9:UWG33 – Discuss Snowex data management assignment with Jared Entin
AI-10:UWG33 - Review and prioritize needs for mountain snow data sets
AI-11:UWG33 - Explore Visiting Scientist (term) position for science and data product support for DAAC
AI-12 :UWG33 - develop visualization vs. analytics implementation plan using UWG recommendations
AI-13:UWG33 - Provide more information on version changes up front on the landing page
AI-14 :UWG33 - Provide the “last date available” for a data set on the landing page
AI-16 :UWG33 – Determine if it’s possible identify data sets used in place of datasets falling off top 10 list
AI-17:UWG33 - Review ability to capture and share press office metrics
AI-19 :UWG33 - Improve the language of requiring data citations to be more direct.
AI-22 :UWG33 - Assess the feasibility of using NSIDC Data Direct as part of accession process for “provisional” data.
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Mountain snow data sets
ACTION: AI- 10:UWG33
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Working with Tom Painter to bring JPL Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) data
to NSIDC for archival and distribution
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NSIDC will manage SnowEx airborne and field data sets
 Noah Molotch suggestions:
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MODSCAG (and VIIRSCAG)
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Product he produces and distributes to local water managers; proposed for
development as a MEaSURES product
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Hold working group meeting with INSTAAR, CU, NCAR and NOAA mountain snow
researchers to gather recommendations on data sets and services that the DAAC
should consider [New Action]
Visiting Scientist term position
ACTION: AI- 11:UWG33
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Hired term employee to provide data expertise for Passive Microwave data
products and productions
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Visiting scientist term position is possible within CU/CIRES
 DAAC Scientist position is being developed
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Similar to many the role in other DAACs
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Primary role to provide the DAAC with scientific expertise on the use of NASA data
sets, help it prepare for new missions, and to work with the DAAC’s multidiscipline
staff to ensure that the data are archived and served in a way the facilitates its use
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Help integrate our existing science domain knowledge, data and applications
expertise, and science community engagement across the DAAC
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Work with USO to develop tutorials, build data “recipes” and conduct webinars to
help end-users understand and use data sets
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Drive requirements based on community needs for enhanced/improved workflows,
data discovery and usability
UWG AIs – being worked
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Description
ACTION: AI- 3:UWG33
Should NASA relevance or DOI working groups
look into the mining of DOI’s behind paywalls?
ACTION: AI- 6:UWG33
ACTION: AI- 7:UWG33
ACTION: AI-15 :UWG33
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Response
Need Clarification - we talked about google scholar;
10/15/15 - Donna getting more info from minutes.
10/15/15 - Donna getting more info from minutes
8/3/2016 - We had hoped we could mine citations (DOIs)
from google scholar but it does not have a public API.
There is not a clear approach to doing this across the
community. At the CODATA workshop on data citation, a
technology for
Deadline Status
In process
Have additional discussion on DAAC role related
to data from inter-comparison studies (as
described in meeting transcript). • DAAC
representatives to attend upcoming Snowpex
meeting (Sept 2015) and gather insights to assist
Snowpex will publish formal reports, finding, and data.
DAAC in understanding potential role. • Could
10/15/15 - Some of this work is dependent on the Snowpex 10/15/15 In process
have a single page specific to the interproject report
comparison findings. Could provide information
specific to DAAC data sets can be provided
through the guide doc. For new data sets, they
should be submitted through the formal data
accession process
We don't want to spin up OPeNDAP just to provide a
persona. For future projects, the DAAC will consider
students as a separate persona; 10/15/15 - Amanda will
Review and report to UWG the recommendation
assign OPeNDAP testing to product teams. Once that is
3/15/16 In process
to add student persona to the OPeNDAP.
complete, we can roll it out publicly. As we roll out
OPeNDAP as a public service, USO to write data recipes
targeted towards students using OPeNDAP.
We are currently participating in an ESDIS Working Group
Investigate further, and report back to UWG the
on user forums. ESDIS seems to be heading in the direction
TBD
In Process
decisions for moving forward with user forum
of discipline-based user forums.
NSIDC Assignee
ESDIS/DAAC
DAAC/UWG Amanda Leon, Chris
Derksen
DAAC - Amanda Leon
DAAC USO
UWG Actions Items - Recommendations
Number
ACTION: AI- 8:UWG33
ACTION: AI-18 :UWG33
ACTION: AI-20 :UWG33
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Description
Continue conversation related to the publisher
vs. data archive release schedule. Work with
other DAACs to help determine best course of
action.
For those attending talks/conferences where
metrics are being presented, what metrics are of
greatest interest or would be of use for NSIDC to
capture? 10/15/15 - Donna will remind UWG
of this in upcoming telecons
Spread the word about the importance of data
set citation; at conferences, science team
meetings and in data announcements
Response
Deadline Status
This is an ongoing conversation that is more of a
recommendation than a concrete action item. This will be a
data steward responsibility.
This is an ongoing conversation that is more of a
recommendation than a concrete action item
This is an ongoing conversation that is more of a
recommendation than a concrete action item.
NSIDC Assignee
Recommend
DAAC
ation
N/A
Recommend
UWG
ation
Recommend
DAAC/UWG
ation
Some older actions …
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