A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations
Abstract
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 spatialmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institute of Amazonia Research (INPA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2278749
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1408589; OSTI ID: 1435093; OSTI ID: 1550320
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Ecological Informatics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Ecological Informatics Journal Volume: 42 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-9541
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 58 GEOSCIENCES; Metadata; Data management system; Model-data integration; Data synthesis; Data preservation; Informatics
Citation Formats
Christianson, Danielle S., Varadharajan, Charuleka, Christoffersen, Bradley, Detto, Matteo, Faybishenko, Boris, Gimenez, Bruno O., Hendrix, Val, Jardine, Kolby J., Negron-Juarez, Robinson, Pastorello, Gilberto Z., Powell, Thomas L., Sandesh, Megha, Warren, Jeffrey M., Wolfe, Brett T., Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Kueppers, Lara M., McDowell, Nathan G., and Agarwal, Deborah A. A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations. Netherlands: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002.
Christianson, Danielle S., Varadharajan, Charuleka, Christoffersen, Bradley, Detto, Matteo, Faybishenko, Boris, Gimenez, Bruno O., Hendrix, Val, Jardine, Kolby J., Negron-Juarez, Robinson, Pastorello, Gilberto Z., Powell, Thomas L., Sandesh, Megha, Warren, Jeffrey M., Wolfe, Brett T., Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Kueppers, Lara M., McDowell, Nathan G., & Agarwal, Deborah A. A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002
Christianson, Danielle S., Varadharajan, Charuleka, Christoffersen, Bradley, Detto, Matteo, Faybishenko, Boris, Gimenez, Bruno O., Hendrix, Val, Jardine, Kolby J., Negron-Juarez, Robinson, Pastorello, Gilberto Z., Powell, Thomas L., Sandesh, Megha, Warren, Jeffrey M., Wolfe, Brett T., Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Kueppers, Lara M., McDowell, Nathan G., and Agarwal, Deborah A. Wed .
"A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002.
@article{osti_2278749,
title = {A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations},
author = {Christianson, Danielle S. and Varadharajan, Charuleka and Christoffersen, Bradley and Detto, Matteo and Faybishenko, Boris and Gimenez, Bruno O. and Hendrix, Val and Jardine, Kolby J. and Negron-Juarez, Robinson and Pastorello, Gilberto Z. and Powell, Thomas L. and Sandesh, Megha and Warren, Jeffrey M. and Wolfe, Brett T. and Chambers, Jeffrey Q. and Kueppers, Lara M. and McDowell, Nathan G. and Agarwal, Deborah A.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002},
journal = {Ecological Informatics},
number = C,
volume = 42,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.06.002
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