Computing Arctic data Workshop Summary

[2019-05-16 Thu]

• See list of participants below

Motivation

• Two recent effects:
  • Spatial and temporal resolution of ice core data sets is increasing.
  • More data sets available.
• Also want to use the older records.
  • Cannot put in same time domain, same resolution.
• Need traceability of data.
  • For later examination, changes, etc.
  • For authorship, credit.
• Data provenance, version control, from raw data to final state
• Levels of data. Idea is similar to NASA levels.

Workshop discussions and findings

• How different ice core communities collect and document data from field to publications.
• Which software tools are used.
  • to trace changes in the data from field to data center.

Goals

1. Increase reproducibility of the research results by documenting all major steps from data collection to final conclusions.
2. Increase usability of the ice core data sets for broader research community and a public

Action items

1. Create a master list of ice cores based on
   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ice_cores
   • Ice Reader
   • NSF ice core facility data base
   • Data needs to stored independent of any specific group (government, business)
2. Single access portal for data search and retrieval in a format suitable for the end user
3. Create an ice core specific data-center submission process
4. Create a community-driven Wiki http://wiki.icecoredata.org that will document ice core methods.
5. Publish methods: ice core processings, sampling, measurements
   • Recommended methods can be published in some journals.
   • Those publications can be referenced from the above Wiki for easy finding by the community.

Technology and infrastructure

• Explore how to best align with EarthCube resources.
  • Software should be GPL or Creative Commons
• Develop method for tracking dataset source, authorship, credit, changes.

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