ESIP Winter Meeting: January 9 - 11, 2018
Welcome to the 2018 Winter Meeting for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)! The 2018 theme is Realizing the Socioeconomic Value of Data. The theme is based on one of the goals in the 2015 - 2020 ESIP Strategic Plan, which provides a framework for ESIP’s activities over the next three years.
Becky Reid: Block-coding language (Scratch)
Debra Graf: Collecting Data that Matters - Physical Computing
LuAnn Dahlman: ESRI Story Maps
There is a need to substantiate the benefits of Earth science applications in socially and economically meaningful terms in order to demonstrate return on investment and to prioritize investments across data products, modeling capabilities, and information systems. However, methods and techniques for quantifying the value proposition of Earth observations are currently not fully established. Furthermore, improvements are needed to connect to the decision processes that produce actions with direct societal benefits.
This ESIP session will present a series of case studies that show how U.S. federal and state government agencies are using Earth observations in tandem with ground-based monitors to inform policy decisions. Session speakers include
The session is organized by the Consortium for the Valuation of Applications Benefits Linked with Earth Science (VALUABLES), a cooperative agreement between Resources for the Future (RFF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The VALUABLES Consortium is working to advance methods to value and communicate the applied benefits linked with Earth observations.
Agenda:
1. Welcome, Approve meeting minutes from the July 2017 CDF General assembly meeting
2. 9:15-10:00 Update on the EarthCube Registry sub-award project - Doug Fils (Consortium for Ocean Leadership) and Adam Shepherd (BCO-DMO)
3. 10:00-10:30 Update on the FAIR Data project - Shelley Stall (AGU)
Break 10:30-11:00
4. 11:00-11:30 Presentation on the World Data System (WDS) - Alex de Sherbinin (Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University)
5. 11:30-12:30 Panel discussion on metrics collection and reporting at the Data Facilities - Danie Kinkade (BCO-DMO), facilitator
Panelists:
· Kerstin Lehnert (IEDA)
· Rob Casey (IRIS)
· Ethan Davis (Unidata)
· Dave Vieglais (DataONE)
Introduction - Ramapriyan (10 mins.)
NASA’s Data Quality Working Group - Yaxing Wei (12 mins.)
Data Quality Metrics for Socio-Economic Data - Bob Downs (12 mins.)
NOAA NCEI - Ge Peng (12 mins.)
WDS/RDA Working Group on assessment of data fitness for use - Bob Downs(12 mins.)
DataONE - Rebecca Koskela (12 mins.)
Discussion and ideas for further work - 20 mins.