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The following seven applications have been approved by the Partnership Committee and are available for review and comment through June X, 2011.

Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network (Type II - Research)

Application excerpt:

The Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network was designed to address questions that are fundamental to understanding the dynamics of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being as they interact from local to global scales in the context of multiple changing drivers (e.g., climate change and land cover change). The TEAM Network is currently a partnership among Conservation International, The Missouri Botanical Garden, The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Smithsonian Institution. The TEAM Network monitors biodiversity and a set of ecosystem services using a relatively small suite of standardized protocols implemented at TEAM Sites. These protocols include: Climate, Carbon Stocks, Tree Species Diversity, Liana Species Diversity, Bird and Mammal Species Diversity and the Zone of Human Dynamics and Ecosystem Change (ZoHDEC). The protocols facilitate comparisons among sites and continents using metrics that quantify changes in climate, land use/land cover, biodiversity and carbon sequestration. The protocols were designed and vetted through a series of workshops involving more than 200 scientists from around the world and are freely available on the web. Multi-disciplinary data is collected from technician collected field measurements, mobile devices, ground based sensors and satellite sensors. As a result the TEAM Network has worked extensively to develop one of the first operational cyberinfrastructure that supports a global observatory network. Our main cyberinfrastructure partner is the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.

Website:

http://www.teamnetwork.org

Full Application:

TEAM Network

Arizona Geological Survey (Type II - Research)

Application excerpt:

AZGS is an independent state agency with objectives to: (1) Serve as a primary source of geologic information in this state to enhance public understanding of the state's geologic character, geologic hazards and limitations and mineral resources. (2) Inform, advise and assist the public in matters concerning the geological processes, materials and landscapes and the development and use of the mineral resources of this state. (3) Encourage the wise use of the lands and mineral resources of this state toward its development. (4) Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to other state and local governmental agencies engaged in projects in which the geologic setting, character or mineral resources of the state are involved. (5) Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to industry toward the wise development and use of the mineral and land resources of this state.

Website:

http://www.azgs.az.gov

Full Application:

AZGS

Ozone and Atmospheric Quality Processing Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Type II - Research)

Application Excerpt:

The Ozone and Air Quality Processing Team (OAQPT) develops and operates data processing systems that flight projects and individual scientists use to produce data sets from spacecraft sensors in an automated production system. We developing approaches that will enable Earth Science Community Members to search for and retrieve selected data products and to automatically stage them for further processing through user supplied scientific algorithms. Our system currently supports data from the Backscattered UltraViolet sensor, BUV, from Nimbus 4 from 1970 to 1976, The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer from Nimbus 7 from 1978 through 1993, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument flown on EOS Aura from 2004 onward, and will support the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, OMPS to be flown on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project to be launched in 2011.

Website:

http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov

Full Application:

OAQPT‎

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-===Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma (Type II - Research)===
+===Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network (Type II - Research)===
 :Application excerpt:
-::The mission of the EOMF is to monitor and forecast the dynamics of the terrestrial biosphere.  Our approaches are primarily (1) to integrate in-situ, airborne and space-borne observations and advanced models; and (2) engage citizen scientists for community remote sensing.  The EOMF actively pursues and promotes community remote sensing through establishing cyberinfrastructure that enables science communities and citizens to participate in geo-referenced field photo data collection, archive, data exploration, visualization and analysis. We have used global satellite image data (e.g., MODIS, Landsat, and PALSAR) to map and track agriculture (e.g., cropping intensity, crop calendar, and irrigation), forests (e.g., forest area, deforestation, and degradation), and gross and net primary production.  The EOMF currently has a data center of 500 terabytes and we are in the process to expand it into a Peta-scale data center for Earth observation and Modeling at OU.
+::The Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network was designed to address questions that are fundamental to understanding the dynamics of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being as they interact from local to global scales in the context of multiple changing drivers (e.g., climate change and land cover change). The TEAM Network is currently a partnership among Conservation International, The Missouri Botanical Garden, The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Smithsonian Institution. The TEAM Network monitors biodiversity and a set of ecosystem services using a relatively small suite of standardized protocols implemented at TEAM Sites. These protocols include: Climate, Carbon Stocks, Tree Species Diversity, Liana Species Diversity, Bird and Mammal Species Diversity and the Zone of Human Dynamics and Ecosystem Change (ZoHDEC). The protocols facilitate comparisons among sites and continents using metrics that quantify changes in climate, land use/land cover, biodiversity and carbon sequestration.  The protocols were designed and vetted through a series of workshops involving more than 200 scientists from around the world and are freely available on the web. Multi-disciplinary data is collected from technician collected field measurements, mobile devices, ground based sensors and satellite sensors. As a result the TEAM Network has worked extensively to develop one of the first operational cyberinfrastructure that supports a global observatory network.  Our main cyberinfrastructure partner is the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.
 :Website:
-::http://www.eomf.ou.edu
+::http://www.teamnetwork.org
 :Full Application:
-::[[media:Oklahoma_ESIPApplication.pdf  | Center for Spatial Analysis]]
+::[[media:TEAM_ESIPApplication.pdf  | TEAM Network]]
-===City of Chicago (Type III - Applications)===
+===Arizona Geological Survey (Type II - Research)===
 :Application excerpt:
-::The Chicago Climate Action Plan establishes mitigation goals and adaptation strategies.  Dozens of partners have contributed to the development of the strategies, and the City of Chicago has been implementing changes and adaptations under a no regrets policy to improve our resiliency, flexibility and quality of life. We have completed a risk analysis due to climate change, downscaled GCM models to Chicago region, and aggressively pursuing many adaptation changes from ordinances to infrastructure, behavior to built environment.
+::AZGS is an independent state agency with objectives to:  (1) Serve as a primary source of geologic information in this state to enhance public understanding of the state's geologic character, geologic hazards and limitations and mineral resources. (2) Inform, advise and assist the public in matters concerning the geological processes, materials and landscapes and the development and use of the mineral resources of this state. (3) Encourage the wise use of the lands and mineral resources of this state toward its development. (4) Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to other state and local governmental agencies engaged in projects in which the geologic setting, character or mineral resources of the state are involved. (5) Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to industry toward the wise development and use of the mineral and land resources of this state.
 Website:
-::http://www.chicagoclimateaction.org
+::http://www.azgs.az.gov
 :Full Application:
-::[[Media:Chicago_ESIPApplication.pdf |City of Chicago]]
+::[[Media:AZGS_ESIPApplication.pdf |AZGS]]
-===DataONE (University of New Mexico) (Type I - Data Center)===
+===Ozone and Atmospheric Quality Processing Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Type II - Research)===
 :Application Excerpt:
-::DataONE is designed to be the foundation of new innovative environmental research that addresses questions of relevance to science and society. DataONE will ensure preservation and access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national data. Operationally, DataONE encompasses a distributed global network of Member Nodes (i.e., data repositories) that provide open and persistent access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data. In addition, a smaller number of Coordinating Nodes (i.e., metadata repositories and service centers) support network-wide services such as data replication and access to an array of enabling tools.
+::The Ozone and Air Quality Processing Team (OAQPT) develops and operates data processing systems that flight projects and individual scientists use to produce data sets from spacecraft sensors in an automated production system.  We developing approaches that will enable Earth Science Community Members to search for and retrieve selected data products and to automatically stage them for further processing through user supplied scientific algorithms.  Our system currently supports data from the Backscattered UltraViolet sensor, BUV, from Nimbus 4 from 1970 to 1976, The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer from Nimbus 7 from 1978 through 1993, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument flown on EOS Aura from 2004 onward, and will support the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, OMPS to be flown on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project to be launched in 2011.
 Website:
-::http://www.dataone.org
+::http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov
 :Full Application:
-::[[Media:DataOne_ESIPApplication.pdf‎ |DataOne‎]]
+::[[Media:OAQPT_ESIPApplication.pdf‎ |OAQPT‎]]
-===Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC) (Type II – Research)===
-:Application excerpt:
-::The ITSC performs research and development in the areas of distributed information systems, next generation internet, data mining and knowledge discovery, information system interoperability, image processing and data security.  The ITSC has worked with researchers at Marshall Space Flight Center, other NASA centers, state and federal agencies and industry for over 30 years.  We provide stewardship of Earth science data and information for numerous missions including NASA’s Earth science missions and field campaigns. ITSC researchers team with scientists to develop new technologies and applications that promote the broad use of Earth science data.
-:Website:
-::http://www.itsc.uah.edu/
-:Full Application:
-::[[media:ITSC_ESIPApplication.pdf |ITSC]]‎
-===National Earth Science Teachers Association(NESTA) (Type III - Applications)===
-:Application excerpt:
-::The National Earth Science Teachers Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization, founded in 1985, whose mission is to facilitate and advance excellence in Earth and Space Science education. NESTA's purpose is the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of Earth Science education at all educational levels. NESTA is an organization made up of and governed by classroom teachers, and extends its influence through association with other professional societies and organizations.  Recently, NESTA has become the home of the Windows to the Universe website, providing a powerful platform for ESS education and outreach supporting teachers, students, and the general public (15 million users annually).
-:Website:
-::http://www.nestanet.org
-:Full Application:
-::[[media:NESTA_ESIPApplication.pdf |NESTA]]
-===National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) (Type I - Data Center)===
-:Application excerpt:
-::The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), or the Observatory, is a NSF funded national investment in physical and information infrastructure.  NEON, Inc. is a 501c(3) corporation charged with building and operating the Observatory.  The Observatory’s goal is to enable understanding and forecasting of the impacts of climate change, land use change and invasive species on continental-scale ecology by providing physical and information infrastructure to support research, education and environmental management in these areas.  NEON provides data and information to scientists, educators, decision makers and the general public on how land use, climate change and invasive species affect biodiversity, disease ecology, and ecosystem processes. NEON is a continental scale system that will collect consistent, calibrated data from 60 sites in the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico over 30 years. The Observatory will produce basic calibrated data and synthetic products.  NEON data products will be freely and openly available to scientists, educators, students, decision makers, and the public. The NEON infrastructure is a means to enable transformational science and to promote broad ecological literacy.
-:Website:
-::http://www.neoninc.org
-:Full Application:
-::[[media:NEON_ESIPApplication.pdf‎ |NEON]]
-===USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) (Type II - Research)===
-:Application excerpt:
-::The USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) monitors the influence of climate on the phenology of plants, animals, and landscapes. Phenology is the study of seasonal life cycle events in plants and animals. The USA-NPN monitors phenology by encouraging people to observe phenological events like leaf out, flowering, migrations, and egg laying, and by providing a place for people to enter, store, and share their observations. We also work with researchers to develop tools and techniques to use these observations to support a wide range of decisions made routinely by citizens, managers, scientists and others, including decisions related to allergies, wildfires, water, and conservation.
-:Website:
-::http://www.usanpn.org
-:Full Application:
-::[[media:NPN_ESIPApplication.pdf |USA-NPN]]