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USGS and GeoNorth-II

USGS and GeoNorth-II. Interests of USGS in supporting the International Polar Year and construction of a virtual Arctic SDI. Context for polar applications.

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USGS and GeoNorth-II

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  1. USGS and GeoNorth-II Interests of USGS in supporting the International Polar Year and construction of a virtual Arctic SDI

  2. Context for polar applications The USGS seeks assistance in registering existing map and data services in support of arctic activities. At the conclusion of the GeoNorth-I Conference in August 2007, there was interest in the establishment of a virtual polar Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on contributed, existing map and data services from polar nations, universities, and organizations. The USGS will assist in the coordination and registration of these other polar resources through the GEOSS Registries and to exploit and access them through candidate Web portals and client applications for use in ecosystem, climate change, energy, and biodiversity applications.

  3. Motivations • Support of wrap-up of International Polar Year (IPY) • Advance preparation for announcement of a virtual Arctic SDI integration/presentation of arctic environmental data • Hosting GeoNorth-II conference in August 2009 (where a virtual ArcticSDI could be announced) • Support for applications space wishing to exploit arctic data for various SBAs

  4. Areas of applicability Candidate datasets and numerous arctic WMS service offers by polar nations and organizations will benefit watershed analysis, resource development evaluation, help set a framework to monitor permafrost degradation, changes in land cover and ecosystem performance as now monitored by USGS and Canada in the Yukon River Basin, and assessments of carbon and methane fluxes from terrestrial and aquatic systems.

  5. Potential data sources • LANDSAT Integrated Mosaic of the Arctic (LIMA-North) is proposed as an online-accessible image mosaic available in suitable projection with minimal cloud cover for use by multiple terrestrial problem domains at full, original (30m) resolution based on recent data. WMS, potentially WCS • Bedrock Geology of the Arctic is a multi-national collaboration to derive a consistent geologic map (database) of the arctic region. WMS + downloadable data (WFS?) • Circumpolar Vegetation Mapping Project is a mapping project of vegetation in the northern regions for which a 1:7.5 million-scale data set has been prepared and other higher-resolution project datasets are being developed. WMS

  6. Data sources, cont’d • Arctic digital elevation model based on a complete 30m-cell ASTER DEM. Potentially WCS or tile download of DEM format. • Consistent land cover map (L-7) for the arctic region based on ASTER MODIS data. Available as WMS. • Watershed boundaries and river flow-lines for the Arctic Ocean basin derived from the elevation model. Available as WMS • Additional WMS from polar nations and organizations will be identified and registered for IPY scientific use.

  7. Arctic public potential WMS sources • Norway (geology, openMETOC, Digital Norway) • Barents-Map (Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden) • GRID Arendal • Siberian SIB-ESS-C • Terra Norte (Russia) • Barrow SDI • Canada NWT and Yukon • Canada ArctivNet/IPY • Greenland • Alaska GINA/SAR facility • State of Alaska (AlaskaMapped.org) • NSIDC Atlas of the Cryosphere

  8. Seeking from AIP: • Implementation partners with problem domain for arctic applications • Additional national/regional/topical information sources that are/become WMS/data resources • Web portal presentation of arctic-specific views and data • Assistance in projection selection and support, data service and transformation issues • Promotion of data access methodologies to be applied by custodians

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