badc workshop 1: data & services from the badc royal met. soc. conference – 12 september 2005...
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BADC Workshop 1:Data & Services from the BADC
Royal Met. Soc. Conference – 12 September 2005
Kevin Marsh et al.
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Workshop 1 Outline
• Purpose of Workshop– To briefly present what the BADC can do for you– To gain feedback from the user community
• Workshop plan– Presentation: What is the BADC?– Questions & Points for discussion…
•Ways you might interact with the BADC•Feedback on tools•What do you expect from a data centre?•How to get regular feedback from the users?
– Workshop Feedback form– and What next?
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The BADC in a nutshell
The BADC role is to assist UK researchers to locate, access and interpret atmospheric data and to ensure the long-term integrity of atmospheric data produced by NERC projects.
• The NERC-designated data centre for atmospheric science (under NCAS).
• Over 30 TB of data including NWP forecasts, climate runs, instrumental and satellite products.
• Serving 7,000 users in the UK and overseas (25%).
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk
Facilitation and Curation!
Data Management
Research
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How do they use us?
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Data types
• Ground based observation networks – e.g. Met Office surface stations
• Model output – e.g. NWP, ECMWF reanalyses & Climate models
• Satellite data – e.g. TOMS, Envisat & MSG
• NERC programmes data – e.g. UTLS, CWVC & URGENT
• 115 datasets catalogued
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BADC Dataset Access
• All available via FTP/web:
– Many are restricted to authorised users.
– Nearly all data is held online rather than on tape
– Extensive metadata and documentation.
• Sophisticated interfaces
–web tools
–Data extractor service for extracting subsets, variables and plots etc…
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Archive Example
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BADC Services (1)
Helpdesk - Our User Support team deal with:
• Handling registrations
• Special Met Office and ECMWF Data Extractions– On-Demand Ordering for Met Office Surface data
• Dealing with Queries - response within one working day.
– Data availability– Format Advice– Password– Scientific Context
• Contact us at: [email protected]
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BADC Services (2)
Community Support Services including:
• Geographical/keyword search for station data
• Workspace Provision – collaborative space for sharing preliminary data and documentation (used heavily by UK and wider community)
• Online Trajectory service
• Mailing List Maintenance (40+ lists)
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BADC Services (3)
Additional Services:
• Meeting Registration Service
• Web-hosting
• Conference, Seminar and Meeting Information
• Wikis
• Format checkers
• Campaign Data Support
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Thanks for listening
Any questions?&
Points for Discussion
Workshop Feedback Form…
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BADC Workshop 1
Questions & Points for discussion
•Ways you might interact with the BADC
•Feedback on tools
•What do you expect from a data centre?
•How to get regular feedback from users?
• etc…