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The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.  The world's first comprehensive census of the past, present, and future of life in the oceans was released in October 2010.

 

Agenda

Workshop agenda Day 1 through Day 3 (tentative)

Day 1 (Monday June 22)

8:30 - 9:00
Shuttle from the hotel
9:00 - 9:30
 Welcome & Introductory Talk -- Pat Halpin
9:30 - 9:40
Tips for logistics -- Ei Fujioka
9:40 - 11:10
Overview of individual research and goal -- all workshop participantes (NaGISA and Duke), 10 minutes each
11:10 - 11:30 
Break
11:30 - 12:30
Computer setup -- Ben Donnelly
  • Join Duke Network
  • Install Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) or set up connection to MGEL computational servers
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch (on campus dining)
1:30 - 3:00

Geospatial Data Concepts (Pat Halpin, 90 min)

·         Overview of two main types of geospatial data: vector and raster

·         Pros and cons of each, when to use each

·         This talk provides fundamental knowledge needed in following talks

3:00 - 3:30
Break
3:30 - 5:00

Working with Remote Sensing Data and Biological Data (Jason Roberts, 90 min) 

·         Important considerations when using remote sensing data (downloading, dealing with data formats, conversion, data binning, clouds, getting data close to shore, etc)

·         List of major providers of free oceanographic data

·         Duke's archive of oceanographic data

·         Overview of biodiversity databases (OBIS, GBIF)

·         Accessing biodiversity databases using web service protocols

 5:00 - 5:30  
Shuttle to the hotel
8:00 - 9:00
Dinner at Lantern Restaurant (Pick up at the hotel at 7:30)

Day 2 (Tuesday June 23)

8:30 - 9:00
Shuttle from the hotel
9:00 - 10:30

Geospatial Analysis with ArcGIS (Ei Fujioka and Jason Roberts, 90 min)

·         Demo: Working with the EMAP data (Ei)

     o    Downloading the data

     o    Building a geodatabase

     o    Making maps

·         Demo: Working with environmental data (Jason)

     o    Building geoprocessing models (may skip if Ei covers this)

     o    Downloading environmental data from providers

     o    Converting to formats supported by ArcGIS

     o    Sampling (overlaying points on rasters and extracting values)

     o    Creating grids (fishnets)

     o    Invoking R from ArcGIS 

10:30 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:30

Geospatial Analysis with R (Ben Best, 90 min)

·         Exact topics TBD (Ben is on vacation, returning Tuesday morning) but may include:

     o    Reading vector data from shapefiles

     o    Reading environmental raster data:

          1.    From local files

          2.    From OPeNDAP servers

     o    Creating and writing vector and raster data

     o    Sampling

     o    Making maps 

12:30 - 1:30
Lunch (on campus dining)
1:30 - 3:00
Analysis Session
3:00 - 3:30
Break
3:30 - 5:00
Analysis Session and Review
  • Report progress
  • Discuss issues
  • Plan for tomorrow
5:00 - 5:30
Shuttle to the hotel
8:00 - 9:00
Dinner at Rue Cler (Pick up at the hotel at 7:30)

Day 3 (Wednesday June 24)

8:30 - 9:00
Shuttle from the hotel
9:00 - 10:30
Analysis Session
10:30 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:00
Analysis Session
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch (in the room)
1:00 - 3:00
Review products (Lisandro leaves around 2pm)
3:00 - 3:20
Break
3:20 - 4:30
Wrapping-up discussion
  • Plan for remaining tasks
  • Discuss next steps
4:30 -
Shuttle to the hotel or travel. Dinner on your own.
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