A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations

被引：9

作者：

Christianson, Danielle S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Varadharajan, Charuleka ^{[1
]}

Christoffersen, Bradley ^{[3
]}

Detto, Matteo ^{[4
,5
]}

Faybishenko, Boris ^{[1
]}

Gimenez, Bruno O. ^{[6
]}

Hendrix, Val ^{[2
]}

Jardine, Kolby J. ^{[1
]}

Negron-Juarez, Robinson ^{[1
]}

Pastorello, Gilberto Z. ^{[2
]}

Powell, Thomas L. ^{[1
]}

Sandesh, Megha ^{[2
]}

Warren, Jeffrey M. ^{[7
,8
,10
]}

Wolfe, Brett T. ^{[4
]}

Chambers, Jeffrey Q. ^{[1
]}

Kueppers, Lara M. ^{[1
,9
]}

McDowell, Nathan G. ^{[3
,7
,8
,10
]}

Agarwal, Deborah A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Earth & Environm Sci Area, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Computat Res Div, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Earth & Environm Sci, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA

[4] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Ctr Trop Forest Sci, Panama City, Panama

[5] Princeton Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, 106A Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08554 USA

[6] Natl Inst Amazonian Res INPA, Ave Andre Araujo 2936,Campus II,Bldg LEA, BR-6908097 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

[7] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Climate Change Sci Inst, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[8] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Environm Sci Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[9] Univ Calif Berkeley, Energy & Resources Grp, 310 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[10] Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA

来源：

ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS | 2017年 / 42卷

关键词：

Metadata; Data management system; Model-data integration; Data synthesis; Data preservation; Informatics; FOREST CANOPY TREES; SAP FLOW; MODEL; DYNAMICS; DATABASE; WATER; NETWORK; RAINFOR; FLUX;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Metadata describe the ancillary information needed for data preservation and independent interpretation, comparison across heterogeneous datasets, and quality assessment and quality control (QA/QC). Environmental observations are vastly diverse in type and structure, can be taken across a wide range of spatiotemporal scales in a variety of measurement settings and approaches, and saved in multiple formats. Thus, well-organized, consistent metadata are required to produce usable data products from diverse environmental observations collected across field sites. However, existing metadata reporting protocols do not support the complex data synthesis and model-data integration needs of interdisciplinary earth system research. We developed a metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) to enable management and synthesis of observational data that are essential in advancing a predictive understanding of earth systems. FRAMES utilizes best practices for data and metadata organization enabling consistent data reporting and compatibility with a variety of standardized data protocols. We used an iterative scientist-centered design process to develop FRAMES, resulting in a data reporting format that incorporates existing field practices to maximize data-entry efficiency. Thus, FRAMES has a modular organization that streamlines metadata reporting and can be expanded to incorporate additional data types. With FRAMES's multi-scale measurement position hierarchy, data can be reported at observed spatial resolutions and then easily aggregated and linked across measurement types to support model-data integration. FRAMES is in early use by both data originators (persons generating data) and consumers (persons using data and metadata). In this paper, we describe FRAMES, identify lessons learned, and discuss areas of future development.

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页码：148 / 158

页数：11