Establishing the Operational Capacity of the Animal Telemetry Network Data Assembly Center
Abstract
The US Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) has been established udner the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) initiative through str"ategic partnerships with ONR, NOAA, BOEM, and academic laboratories with the expressed goal of advancing the national capacity for a""nimal telemetry. To monitor, census and conserve US marine and aquatic biodiversity, an increased commitment to innovative technolog"y and sustainable biological observing is required. The ATN has the potential to provide fundamental insights with biologging device"s (tags) on the movements and biology of commercially important or protected species of vertebrate taxa (e.g. fish, whales, seals, t""urles, sharks, birds) as they navigate through US waterways. The ATN has established itself as a leader in innovation and biologging" technology and provides the oppotunity to unite US laboratories with shared strategic focus and research questions. The ATN Data Assembly Center (ATN DAC) has developed a PostgreSQL database and the metadata and tagging data standards necessary for documenting an"imal biotelemetry data streams from multiple manufacturer tag platform types (satellite, archival, acoustic). A central repository/p""ortal for data collection, sharing and preservation of US animal telemetry data has been developed (oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/ATN/) wi"th collaborations between Stanford University and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Center programmers. The ATN DAC is now responsible for co"llection, archiving and dissemination of US animal telemetry data from this respository. The ATN DAC team have developed standards f""or biotelemetry metadata data, and mproved the integrity and archving of raw and processed data for archival, satellite and acoustic" telemetry projects. The ATN developed metadata entry forms that provide online interface for data submission to the ATN DAC repository from the web portal interface. The data access and download has been improved and the capacity to share telemetry data with the portals across organization has been expanded. This grant requests funds for The Ocean Foundation to support the operational phase of the ATN DAC. During this phase the program will greatly increase its electronic tag archive using outrea"ch to US biologging data provides via workshops, webinars, and meeting interactions and presentations. We propose to collaborate and"" conduct technical advancements in database functions that assure reliability of the system, automated acquisition of telemetry data"", and improve visibility and accessibility of data sets. Additionally a major goal in 2017 is to secure the ATN data archive at the" National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI). We propose to support a data base manager who will collaborate with the TAG-A#NAME? management and database operations. To acheive these objectives The Ocean Foundation will support a new Database Program Manager (PM) to collaborate with the Stanford team to oversee the expansion of hte ATN DAC efforts. THe PM will coordinate with the database t"echnical team at Stanford, the display team at NOAA Southwest Fisheries Center and most importantly new client data providers and us"ers. The PM will be an innovative IT professional poised to take on a leadership role within the ATN DAC effort. THe PM will coordin"ate with the ATN Program Office in DC, collaborate with technical staff at Stanford University and NOAA Southwest Center to provide" the guidance necessary for advancing the ATN DAC in accordance with the tasking put forth by the IOSS and ONR Program Office. The PM will supervise the management of the ATN database and collaborate with the technical programming and display team as necessary to" improve functionality, security, and performance of the ATN DAC and resolve problems if and when they arise. The PM will also parti""cipate in activities that promote and provide access to the ATN data set, and collaborate with other National and International prog"ram coor
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 05, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712385
Entities
People
- Ben Scheelk
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- The Ocean Foundation
- United States Navy