The ESS-DIVE team is looking forward to participating in the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. Below are several abstracts that we will be presenting, we look forward to (virtually) seeing you there!

 

Addressing Model Data Archiving Needs for the Department of Energy’s Environmental System Science (IN008-01)

 

Presenter: Maegen Simmonds
Presentation Type: eLightning 
Session Date and Time*: Tuesday, 8 December 2020; 10:30 – 10:33 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN008 – Best Practices and Realities of Research Data Repositories: Which One Should I Choose to Publish My Data? III eLightning 
Session URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/755236

Abstract

Maegen Simmonds1, William J Riley1, Mario Melara2, Shreyas Cholia1 and Charuleka Varadharajan1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States 

 

 

Connecting Environmental Systems Science and Digital Library Practices (IN008-02)

 

Presenter: Joan Damerow
Presentation Type: eLightning 
Session Date and Time*: Tuesday, 8 December 2020; 10:33 – 10:36 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN008 – Best Practices and Realities of Research Data Repositories: Which One Should I Choose to Publish My Data? III eLightning
Session URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/73618

Abstract

Joan E Damerow1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Kristin Boye2, Madison Burrus1, K. Dana Chadwick3, Shreyas Cholia1, Robert Crystal-Ornelas1, Kim S Ely4, Valerie C Hendrix1, Matthew B. Jones5, Christopher S. Jones5, Zarine Kakalia1, Ken M Kemner6, Annie B Kersting7, Katharine Maher8, Mario Melara9, Nancy Shiao-Lynn Merino10, Fianna O’Brien1, Zach Perzan11, Emily Robles1, Cory Snavely12, Patrick Sorensen13, James Stegen14, Pamela Weisenhorn15, Karen Whitenack1, Mavrik Zavarin16 and Deb Agarwal17, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (3)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (4)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States, (5)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (6)Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL, United States, (7)LLNL, Livermore, CA, United States, (8)Stanford-Geology & Env Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (9)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (10)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (11)Stanford University, Earth Systems Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (12)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC, Berkeley, CA, United States, (13)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States, (14)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (15)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States, (16)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (17)LBNL, Berkeley, CA, United States

 

The ESS-DIVE repository and next steps toward a usable, trusted, and FAIR repository (IN0008-03)

 

Presenter: Deb Agarwal
Presentation Type: eLightning
Session Date and Time*: Tuesday, 8 December 2020; 10:36 – 10:39
Session Number and Title: IN008 – Best Practices and Realities of Research Data Repositories: Which One Should I Choose to Publish My Data? III eLightning
Session Link:  https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/772655

Abstract

Deb Agarwal1, Shreyas Cholia1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Valerie C Hendrix1, Joan E Damerow1, Madison Burrus1, Robert Crystal-Ornelas1, Hesham Elbashandy1, Emily Robles1, Fianna O’Brien1, Zarine Kakalia1, Mario Melara2, William J Riley1, Cory Snavely3, Makayla Shepherd2, Maegen Simmonds4, Karen Whitenack1, Matthew B. Jones5, Christopher S. Jones5 and Peter Slaughter5, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (5)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Tackling the Challenges of Earth Science Data Synthesis: Insights from (meta)data standards approaches  (IN012-07)

 

Presenter: Valerie Hendrix
Presentation Type: Oral 
Session Date and Time*: Tuesday, 8 December 2020; 20:54 – 20:58 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN012 – Data and Information Services for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications in Earth Science II
Location: Virtual
Session link:  https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/749418 

Abstract

Valerie C Hendrix, Danielle S Christianson, Charuleka Varadharajan, Madison Burrus, Shreyas Cholia, You-Wei Cheah, Housen Chu, Robert Crystal-Ornelas, Joan E Damerow, Zarine Kakalia, Fianna O’Brien, Gilberto Pastorello, Emily Robles and Deb Agarwal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

 

 

Lead the way to data integration: Data standards and documentation developed by domain experts and the ESS-DIVE repository (IN015-07)

 

Presenter: Rob Crystal-Ornelas
Presentation Type: Oral
Session Date and Time*: Wednesday, 9 December 2020; 17:54 – 17:58
Session Number and Title: IN015 – Best Practices and Realities of Research Data Repositories: Which One Should I Choose to Publish My Data? II
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/712622 

Abstract

Robert Crystal-Ornelas1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Ben P Bond-Lamberty2, Kristin Boye3, Madison Burrus1, Shreyas Cholia1, Joan E Damerow1, Ranjeet Devarakonda4, Hesham Elbashandy1, Kim S Ely5, Amy E Goldman2, Susan L Heinz6, Valerie C Hendrix1, Christopher S. Jones7, Matthew B. Jones7, Zarine Kakalia1, Mario Melara8, Fianna O’Brien1, Stephanie Pennington9, William J Riley1, Emily Robles1, Alistair Rogers5, Makayla Shepherd8, Maegen Simmonds1, Peter Slaughter7, Terri Velliquette10, Pamela Weisenhorn11, Karen Whitenack1 and Deb Agarwal12, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (5)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States, (6)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kingston, TN, United States, (7)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (8)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (9)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD, United States, (10)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, (11)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States, (12)LBNL, Berkeley, CA, United States

 

Incorporating Data Management Best Practices into Scientific Workflows (IN016-07)

 

Presenter: Zarine Kakalia
Presentation Type: eLightning
Session Date and Time*: Wednesday, 9 December 2020; 20:48 – 20:51
Session Number and Title: IN016 – A Call to Action for FAIR, Reproducible, and Transparent Science: Analytical Code, Workflows, Services, Models, and Conclusions eLightning
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/684965

Abstract

Zarine Kakalia1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Madison Burrus1, Danielle S Christianson1, Robert Crystal-Ornelas1, Joan E Damerow1, Dipankar Dwivedi1, Boris Faybishenko1, Valerie C Hendrix1, Emily Robles1, Roelof Versteeg2, Karen Whitenack1 and Deb Agarwal1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH, United States

 

Optimizing the efficiency of metadata curation in large scale data repositories  (IN047-09)

 

Presenter: Emily Robles
Presentation Type: eLightning 
Session Date and Time*: Thursday, 17 December 2020; 04:24 – 04:27 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN047 – Recent Advancements in Earth Science Data Discovery and Metadata Stewardship Practices
Session URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/767519
 

Abstract

Emily Robles1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Shreyas Cholia1, Valerie C Hendrix1, Joan E Damerow1, Madison Burrus1, Robert Crystal-Ornelas1, Hesham Elbashandy1, Zarine Kakalia1, Mario Melara2, Fianna O’Brien1, Makayla Shepherd2, Maegen Simmonds3, Karen Whitenack1, Matthew B. Jones4, Christopher S. Jones4, Peter Slaughter4 and Deb Agarwal5, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (4)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (5)LBNL, Berkeley, CA, United States

 

Increasing visibility of historical datasets through modern repository practices (IN047-10)

 

Presenter: Madison Burrus
Presentation Type: eLightning 
Session Date and Time*: Thursday, 17 December 2020; 04:27 – 04:30 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN047 – Recent Advancements in Earth Science Data Discovery and Metadata Stewardship Practices
Session URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Paper/771167 

Abstract

Madison Burrus1, Fianna O’Brien1, Charuleka Varadharajan1, Valerie C Hendrix1, Shreyas Cholia1, Hesham Elbashandy1, Jannean Elliott2, Christopher S. Jones3, Matthew B. Jones3, Zarine Kakalia1, Emily Robles1, Crystal Sherline2, Peter Slaughter3, Cory Snavely4, Sara Studwell5, Karen Whitenack1 and Deb Agarwal1,6, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Department of Energy Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, United States, (3)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Department of Energy Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (6)LBNL, Berkeley, CA, United States

ESS-DIVE Project Partners

Making leaf physiology FAIR: a new standard for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata (IN045-03) 

Presenter: Kim Ely (Brookhaven National Lab)
Presentation Type: Oral
Session Date and Time*: Wednesday, 16 December 2020; 08:38 – 08:42 Pacific
Session Number and Title: IN045 – Improving Infrastructure for Trustworthy Digital Repositories to Enable Current and Future Use of Open Data in Developed and Developing Countries II
Session URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/695004
 

The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is an organization with a mission to support collaborations around data topics in Earth sciences. ESS-DIVE became an ESIP member in 2019, and seeks to represent perspectives of the Environmental Systems Science researchers as we engage in discussions on best practices for managing, preserving, and reusing data. 

Rob Crystal-Ornelas and Joan Damerow represented ESS-DIVE in the 2020 ESIP Summer meeting from July 14-24. This was the first virtual ESIP meeting, which allowed more people to attend and creative approaches for group breakouts, interactive demos, and collaborative documents. During sessions and plenaries, the interdisciplinary nature of the meeting was clear as earth scientists, data managers, digital librarians, computer programmers and more shared perspectives on this year’s theme: “putting data to work.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To recap some highlights from the conference, we compiled a short list of takeaways and helpful links, and provide a more in-depth session spotlight below.

• Plenary by Dr. Julia Lowndes on how the openscapes project is providing long-term support for researchers looking to adopt and normalize open science practices.
• Research showcase poster by Dr. Kathe Todd-Brown who synthesized a list of 1,000 unique terms commonly used in soil science research.
• Sessions and Plenary talks on vocabularies in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences highlighted goals, current resources, and problems with shared vocabularies. ESIP clusters are working towards, harmonizing terms across vocabularies, integrating earth science terms with other disciplines (e.g. biological ontologies) to support interoperability and multi-disciplinary science, and guidelines to make it easier to choose and use relevant vocabularies. 
• Tutorial by ESIP Fellow Yuhan Rao who walked attendees through an openly available tutorial on Machine Learning techniques using R and Python.
• The ESIP Research Object Citation cluster has made considerable contributions to progress in data citation practices, but more work is needed to support credit for data and other research objects (e.g. Make Data Count: https://makedatacount.org/).  
• Joan Damerow presented outcomes from our ESS-DIVE pilot test on registering interdisciplinary samples for International Geo/General Sample Numbers (IGSNs) and standardizing sample metadata.  
• In a session on physical samples, we developed a plan for a new ESIP cluster to work together on a variety of topics to support sample data curation, discovery, and reuse. One goal of the proposed Physical Samples Cluster will be to compile and/or develop recommendations and tools to support improvements in sample management (e.g. Middleware for Assisting the Registration of Samples (MARS): http://cirdles.org/projects/mars/) and reuse.   

 

Session spotlight: “What we wished we’d learned in grad school: A workshop to develop a mini data management training”.

 

This session, led by Dr. Yuan Rao, and PhD candidates Ellie Davis and Ben Roberts-Pierel invited participants to co-create documents that can be used to introduce researchers to key steps in data management. In small zoom breakout rooms, attendees worked with 4 other people to help identify why and when we should introduce graduate students to the concept of documenting their research using meta-data. We determined that an overarching why is because scientists want their research used by others in the future. Our group also thought that data documentation lessons and seminars should be integrated throughout graduate education from the very start. Data management could be taught formally as part of a graduate level Research Methods course or informally through workshops or lab groups meetings.

 

The outcome of this session is a draft set of teaching materials that can be used to introduce graduate students to the data management lifecycle.