AQCluster Telecons 05Feb10

Topics (feel free to add an item to the agenda):

• Data interoperability "Virtual" Workshops
  • Action Item - John White volunteered for Airnow to pilot the idea and will give a presentation?? on next call to see if this is what the group had in mind. See also J White: Airnow & GEOSS in EarthZine.
  • AIRNow
    • REST services: xml, csv, kml, json, netCDF
    • OGC WCS for point data, returns AQI surrogate data
    • OGC WCS for point, time-point, and grid
    • Issues/questions:
      • web services require authentication (using API key)
      • payload options and formats (netCDF is evolving)
      • need to make things uniform

• • Is it still true that the focus of Data Interoperability Virtual Workshop...?!
    • Exposing existing services by multiple providers,
    • Comparing, identifying differences, reconciling implementations
    • Agreeing on 'AQ Community' conventions that harmonize interop standard services

• • Action items from Feb 5:
    • Set up Data interoperability "Virtual" Workshops wiki
    • Feb19: Airnow service demo, with contnet on the wiki (which? where?)
    • Contact views for participation

• AIP-3 CFP Released
  • Reponses due March 3
    • ESIP AQWG AIP-2 Response
  • AIP-3 Kickoff Meeting March 11-12, Frascati, Italy (AIP Telecon Notes) -
  • A Goal: more EU participation; pre-meeting meeting ( ACPortal group, HTAP Network group..X. Querol? ..)

• National AQ Meeting - March 15-18, Raleigh, NC
  • Accepted talk - Wednesday 9AM
  • Breakfast session - Wednesday AM
  • Booth

• 2010 Budget approved
  • Budget planning
    • Travel
    • AIP-3
    • Remote meeting technology
    • Virtual Workgroups

• Feel free to add additional items as they come up

Participants:

• Steve Ludewig (STI)
• John White
• Carol Meyer
• Rich Poirot
• Erin Robinson
• Stefan Falke
• Rudy Husar

Notes:

• AIRNow presentation in 2 weeks
• create Virtual Workshop page
• contact VIEWS, Giovanni, and others for participation on the calls
• Provide information for helping groups respond to AIP-3