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NSIDC – An Overview

NSIDC – An Overview. ASF-NSIDC UWG, June 2004. CIRES/NSIDC. Started as WDC – Glaciology, 1976 NSIDC designated by NOAA, 1982 A unit within CIRES at CU Primary functions: Acquire, archive and distribute data Basic and applied research. Decisions. Applications. Research.

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NSIDC – An Overview

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  1. NSIDC – An Overview ASF-NSIDC UWG, June 2004

  2. CIRES/NSIDC • Started as WDC – Glaciology, 1976 • NSIDC designated by NOAA, 1982 • A unit within CIRES at CU • Primary functions: • Acquire, archive and distribute data • Basic and applied research ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  3. Decisions Applications Research Data archive and distribution Core identity – “Snow and Ice” Sequence of value added activities based on cryospheric data. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  4. Snow & Ice – Data, digital Data • Ingest • Storage • Distribution Metadata • Database • Catalog ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  5. Snow & Ice – Data, other • Research results • Historical data • Photos • Maps Taku, Alaska, 1929 ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  6. Snow & Ice -- Research Modeling and applications Understanding processes Sensors & algorithms ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  7. Part II: Activities at NSIDC Programs Research Supportive

  8. Programs at NSIDC Data management activities • NASA • NOAA • NSF ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  9. Data management: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center • A cryospheric focal point • Data management • User support Introduction to ECS ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  10. Data, value added Useful products • Passive microwave  ice/snow extent  cloud discrimination, snow • Sea ice Tools • Swath to grid • Subsetting and ordering Educational • Web • CD MODIS, March 22, 2004. Snow = red, cloud = blue. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  11. Data management: NOAA World Data Center – Glaciology • Core function since 1976 • Facilitates access to international data NOAA at NSIDC • Operational snow cover model output • Sea ice index • Historic photos and maps Gaining insight, NASA  NOAA shift for long-term data management NOAA at NSIDC ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  12. Data management: NSF IARC - Frozen Ground Data Center • Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM • IPA Global Geocryological Data (GGD) system (metadata) ARCSS Data Coordination Center • Arctic System Science (ARCSS) • Data from NSF funded research ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  13. Data management: NSF, cont. Antarctic Glaciological Data Center • Data collected by the US Antarctic Program • PI contributed data • Compiled data sets U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center • Info to the Antarctic Master Directory of the Global Change Master Directory ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  14. Data users, 1997-2003: Other Commercial Government K - 12 Research & Higher Ed As processed by User Services. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  15. Research at NSIDC Overview: • 12 resident scientists • Visiting scientists • 35 grants • NASA and NSF dominant ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  16. September 2002 September 2003 Sea ice extent and concentration anomalies relative to 1988-2000 Research: Cryosphere & climate • Arctic climate • Sea ice • Data products for modeling • Water budget • Historic time series for the arctic ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  17. Research: glaciers, sea ice, ice sheets • Mega dunes • Sea ice melt ponds • Sensors & sea ice concentrations • Glacier mass balance Antarctic mega dunes, field work Arctic sea ice break up Taku Glacier, 1929 ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  18. Research: Snow, permafrost, frozen ground • Passive microwave • Snow water equiv. • Snow cover • Frozen ground • Arctic hydrology & water budgets • Cold lands processes • Surface to satellite scale Fresh crack in permafrost causing block disintegration, Kondratyeva. Photo courtesy of V. Rachold. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  19. Snow & Ice -- Applications • Hydrologic models • Snow water equivalent • Frozen ground conditions • Global warming impacts • Glacier mass balance • Monitoring ice sheets • Changes in permafrost extent Shift in format, as: binary  GIS Right: Larsen B ice shelf breakup captured by MODIS on 31 January, 23 February, & 07 March, 2002. MODIS images courtesy of NASA's Terra satellite, supplied by National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  20. Snow & Ice -- Decisions Providing support to decision makers: • Watershed level • Water availability • Flooding • Global level • Glacier/ice melt contribution • Carbon release AMSR-E soil moisture data for the midwestern U.S. immediately following a large-scale thunderstorm in March 2004. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  21. Supportive: Metadata Metadata database • Program needs • Standards Catalog Long-term archive ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  22. Supportive: Web Supports all of NSIDC • 3500 Internet pages • 1500 Intranet pages Primary Internet hits: • All About Glaciers • National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) • All About Glaciers: Glossary, Gallery, Quick Facts, Q&A, and More ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  23. Web: Top user domain names Unknown = no IP address w/in 10 sec. ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  24. Part III: Restructuring Responding to growth Looking ahead

  25. Growth Staff: from 20 to 70 in 15 years • 12 scientists • 13 program/project • 42 services (computer, data, writers,etc.) • 5 administrative • 5-10 students • 2-5 visiting scientists ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  26. Selected issues noted • Unclear lines of authority & responsibility • Tasks and priorities not coordinated • Perception of low accountability • Overlap of program and center level functions • No short-term operational plan • Center-wide strategic plan not well established ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  27. Growth and restructuring • External review panel • Task Force for Restructuring • Implementation Team • Deputy Director hired • Basic restructuring – Oct. 2003 ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  28. Revised reporting structure ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  29. Matrix management ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  30. Restructuring concerns • Level of centralized management • Mix of defined scope & research • Balance control & flexibility • Tracking/accountability • Scope definition • Univ. structure • OMB Circular A-21 • Infrastructure • Plan/fund common support ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  31. Looking ahead • Identity • “Snow and Ice” • Visibility • Scientific • Administrative • Awareness of trends • Data management • Agency priorities ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  32. Looking ahead, cont. • Position to be competitive • The special “edge” • Flexibility to respond • Maintaining funding • Changes in data mgt • More, moderate sized grants • Vertical integration • Value added (if funds) ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

  33. Questions? The Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales (source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce, Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA) ASF-NSIDC User Working Group Meeting, June 2004

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