Cyberinfrastructure: Rise of the Machines

Data Acquisition, Synthesis, broader Impacts and Public Outreach Schofield: Rutgers University - Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
Observatory provide a new mode for collecting, but more importantly living adaptively with data 24:7 365 days a year Today A) Quick picture of OOI cyberinfrastructure B) What will it do? C) Will it work? D) How will it help outreach?

A) OOI is one investment for understanding the global carbon issues B) ARGO is one investment for understanding the global carbon issues C) Models will help synthesize observation for understanding the global carbon issues if they effectively parameterized and if we build super ensembles ARGO combined with satellites the preeminent global ocean sampling array OOI in valuable locations provide infrastructure capable of sampling ocean intensely to support process studies and help develop model parameterization

Models improved with in situ data via data assimilation

Sargasso Sea Front Warm Core Cold Core Remnant Eddy

Sargasso Sea Front Warm Core Cold Core Remnant Eddy

Cold Core Eddy

Sargasso Sea Front

Warm Core Remnant

Observatory Requirements:
Provide one integrated observatory interface to all users inside and outside the OOI. Enable the users to investigate observations, manage the observatory and its assets and collaborate with each other in teams.

Engineering Drivers:
A geographically distributed system of systems with observatories at multiple scales and operational authority. OOIwide need for data distribution, storage, processing and command and control.

Observatory Requirements:
Enable communities of users to work with the instruments and observatory assets they need from across all OOI sites in a uniform observatory environment. Support multiple virtual observatories in parallel.

Engineering Drivers:
Multiple heterogeneous communities of users accessing shared observatory assets across the OOI. Enable access to observatory assets based on user authorization level and observatory policy.

Observatory Requirements:
Support closed loop scientific activities. Enable interactive and event-driven control of the observatory assets based on interactive and real-time observations and analyses.

Engineering Drivers:
Workflows accessing real-time measurements, external data sources, real-time processing, QA and event-detection, complex numerical models leading to control of mobile and stationary observatory assets.

NEPTUNE Canada

NFS OOI Network

NOAA N-Wave Network

Global Lambda Integrated Facility

Engineering Driver: The topology used by the OOI program is easily integrated into national and international cybernetworks. This will facilitate collaboration for developing the international ocean observing network

What will we get? Given a rapidly changing technology?

~30 years ago Apple II introduces 4k of memory

Will it be useful? Or will we be inducted into the patheon of the worlds most useless inventions?

The science interactions enabled through social network tools

Data Provenance: Enabling a community shift

nanoSIMS: Shows the Microbial consortia fix and use nitrogen Young untenured scientist inspired writes an NSF proposal to miniaturize His proposal seduces the panel, and he is funded first submittal Built

Dekas et al. 2009. Science DEPLOYED

Adaptive sampling Many scientists form a distributed team to study earthquake modulation of seafloor biota. They use the cyber tools to form a social network to design experiments, explore data, and publish results

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Working group has programmed network to adaptively detect and conduct experiments

Scientist has subscribed to the vent working group. The scientist is alerted to an event occurring. The event alerts all scientists in the working group to the event. They can interact and modify ongoing experiments.

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Scientist logs into system to assess visually status of the experiment

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For the carbon questions raised today how might this adaptive sampling be useful?

1) Fluxes are episodic Are the fluxes dominated by mean (seasonal) or fluctuating terms (days/weeks)?

2) How is material transformed during its gentle rain (not) to the deep sea?

Will this work?

Design, Testing and Deploy

Observatory (simulated) data Models

~3 km ~100 m

Sensor & Platform

Virtual Ocean

Data Assimilation

Data Analysis Science Questions & Drivers Experimental concept May 2009 Virtual test Sept. 2009 Data Synthesis: Nowcast & Data Impact Wet test Nov. 2009

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Multiple Satellite passes of varying resolution

An ensemble of different numerical models run by different laboratories WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF THE SUPER ENSEMBLES
Model A Model B

Model C

Model D

A fleet of four gliders October 30 November 20, 2009

4 Deployments 77 in-water days 1608 km flown Over 23,000 vertical casts

Model A

Model B

Model C

Model D

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COMBINING THE FIELD ASSETTS WITH OCEAN FORECASTS FOR PLANNING AND PROSECUTION EFFORTS

Known constraints (slow 0.5 knot, Battery, shipping lanes) Uncertain constraints (time-varying 3D currents) Operate autonomously & re-plan daily

From A to B in the shortest time Follow a time-varying feature (shelf-slope salinity intrusion)

PLANNING FOR THE PRESENT

PLANNING IN THE FUTURE

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Increase model resolution

Reduce forecast error

Science Alerts

Scientists

Science Campaigns

Science Agents

Science Event Manager Processes alerts and Prioritizes response observations

Observation Requests

EO-1 Flight Dynamics Tracks, orbit, overflights, momentum management

ASPEN Schedules observations on EO-1

Hyperion on EO-1

Updates to onboard plan

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Make the network smart

Here glider looked at its own data to make a decision underwater on its own. The glider brains will be key to provide adaptive sampling of ocean features of high science priority

OOI will build the Education and Public Engagement tools that will be open to all communities.

Selective Crowd Sourcing (APP Builders)

Undergraduate Educators Example: Educators using real-time observatory data in an undergraduate research course

Free Choice Content Developers Example: OOI Project Educator Janice McDonnell focusing on realtime data use in an after-school 4-H club program

EPE: Concept Map Builder Case Study Karen Orcutt and Kjell Gundersen (Univ.
Southern Mississippi, USM) reworked the NSTA map to address Deepwater Horizon oil spill microbial activity for the pilot Research-based Online Learning Event webinar (July 2009)
Over 90 people pre-registered for their

follow-on webinar (May 12, 2011)

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Why else do we need this? Scientists are dedicated and committed; however often are, at best, challenged to tell of their journey Scientist humor has Often we are unaware
selective appeal of how others perceive us. Their outreach does not play well with wider community
Right now I think I am this to you

My entry to Rutgers Comedy Night

Right now you are seeing this

My entry to NYC fashion week

So going forward, we will hopefully have: 1) a range of tools that will enable our community to work in a digital ocean, 1) link all ocean programs to each other so that we can leverage the range of space and time sampling and, 1) if successful, we can change the number of eyes on the problem.