U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

USGS Scientist Panel: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (Natural Hazards)Fran Lightsom

August 17, 2011

Community for Data Integration Workshop

Natural Hazards Mission Area

Earthquake HazardsVolcano HazardsLandslide Hazards

GeomagnetismCoastal and Marine Geology

Global Seismographic Network

CMSP: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

a comprehensive,

adaptive,

integrated,

ecosystem-based,

transparent

spatial planning process,

based on sound science

for analyzing current and anticipated uses of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes areas.

Data Needed By CMSP Geospatial Data

Non-Living resources of interest Living resources of interest Areas and resources of historical, cultural and spiritual interest Physical features of coastal, marine and Great Lake areas Biotic features of habitats and species distributions Ecological functions and processes Current ocean uses and ecosystem services Ocean governance and spatial management regimes Infrastructure (pipelines, submarine cables, bridges, etc.)

Derived Data, Products and Analytical Tools  Ecological Indices that apply a regionally-derived valuation scheme Predictions of ocean uses and ecosystem services Trade off analyses

USGS Data for CMSP

National information systems (National Map, NWIS, EROS, OBIS-USA, National Geologic Map Database) are ready.

Existing services that incorporate project-scale research data (MRdata, CMGDS, others) may need interpretive or integrative layers.

Research projects that are generating data and predictive models need help making them available for CMSP.

For project data to serve CMSP…

Meet Data.gov requirements

Metadata High quality Complete Vocabulary/ontology for

discovery and integration

Online via standard services

Prompt release

Example: Seabed mobility

Butman and Dalyander at the Woods Hole Center are using data and physical models to create maps of predicted sediment mobility for the sea floor.

CMSP timeline requires release of results within months, rather than years.

Can CDI provide services (or recommend procedures) to expedite creation of metadata, review and approval, and release through a standard Web service?

Example: Sea bird predictive models

O’Connell and Wimer at the Patuxent Center are using data and ecological models to predict where seabirds live.

Now CMSP needs these maps within a year or two; before they weren’t high priority.

Some of the data is proprietary and cannot be made public – how can results be released? (Also will need creation of metadata, review and approval, and release through a standard Web service.) Can CDI help?

Example: Fish health/occurrence

USGS projects are studying fish health, compiling data about the status of fish by species and location.

These data would also be useful as simple species occurrence data for CMSP, but the scientists may not be aware of this potential.

Can CDI promote discovery of USGS data for purposes beyond the original collecting project, perhaps through a registry of data dictionaries for USGS projects?

Summary

Data requirements Project data needs

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, Natural Hazards Mission Area

Data quality, timeliness, and clear communication

Expediting creation of metadata, quality review and approval, and data release through standard Web services

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, Climate Change

Extensive data coverage, both geographically and for many kinds of information

Preservation and discovery of data for reuse