Earth Science Data Analytics

Welcome to the Earth Science Data Analytics Cluster

Mission:

To promote a common understanding of the usefulness of, and activities that pertain to, Data Analytics and more broadly, the Data Scientist; Facilitate collaborations between organizations that seek new ways to better understand the cross usage of heterogeneous datasets and organizations/individuals who can provide accommodating data analytics expertise, now and as the needs evolve into the future; Identify gaps that, once filled, will further collaborative activities.

Objectives

- Provide a forum for ‘Academic’ discussions that allow ESIP members to be better educated and on the same page in understanding the various aspects of Data Analytics

- Bring in guest speakers to describe overviews of external efforts and further teach us about the broader use of Data Analytics.

- Perform activities that:

--- Compile use cases generated from specific community needs to cross analyze heterogeneous data (could be ESIP members or external)

--- Compile experience sources on the use of analytics tools, in particular, to satisfy the needs of the above data users (also, could be ESIP members or external)

--- Examine gaps between needs and expertise

--- Document the specific data analytics expertise needed in above collaborations

- Seek graduate data analytics/ Data Science student internship opportunities

ESIP has adopted the following definition for Earth Science Data Analytics:

The process of examining, preparing, reducing, and analyzing large amounts of spatial (multi-dimensional), temporal, or spectral data using a variety of data types to uncover patterns, correlations and other information, to better understand our Earth. This encompasses:

---Data Preparation – Preparing heterogeneous data so that they can be jointly analyzed

---Data Reduction – Correcting, ordering and simplifying data in support of analytic objectives

---Data Analysis – Applying techniques/methods to derive results

In addition, ESIP has adopted the following Goals of Earth Science Data Analytics:

ESDA Goals (read: Earth science data analytics needed ...)

---To calibrate data

---To validate data (note it does not have to be via data intercomparison)

---To assess data quality

---To perform coarse data preparation (e.g., subsetting data, mining data, transforming data, recovering data)

---To intercompare datasets (i.e., any data intercomparison; Could be used to better define validation/quality)

---To tease out information from data

---To glean knowledge from data and information

---To forecast/predict/model phenomena (i.e., Special kind of conclusion)

---To derive conclusions (i.e., that do not easily fall into another type)

---To derive new analytics tools

Events and Activities 2016-12-08: Telecon XXIX 2016-11-17: Telecon XXVIII 2016-10-20: Telecon XXVII 2016-09-15: Telecon XXVI 2016-08-18: Telecon XXV 2016-07-20: July, 2016 ESIP Meeting notes (Durham), Earth Science Data Analytics Tools, Techniques and More 2016-06-16: Telecon XXIV 2016-05-26: Telecon XXIII 2016-04-21: Telecon XXII 2016-03-17: Telecon XXI 2016-02-18: Telecon XX 2016-01-21: Nineteenth Telecon 2016-01-07: January, 2016 ESIP Meeting notes (Washington), Earth Science Data Analytics - What are your analytics requirements? 2015-12-03: Eighteenth Telecon 2015-11-12: Seventeenth Telecon 2015-09-17: Sixteenth Telecon 2015-08-20: Fifteenth Telecon 2015-07-16: July, 2015 ESIP Meeting notes (Asilomar), The Need for Earth Science Data Analytics to Facilitate Community Resilience (and other applications) 2015-07-14: July, 2015 ESIP Meeting notes (Asilomar), Teaching Science Data Analytics Skills, and the Earth Science Data Scientist 2015-06-18: Fourteenth Telecon 2015-05-21: Thirteenth Telecon 2015-04-16: Twelfth Telecon 2015-03-19: Eleventh Telecon 2015-02-26: Tenth Telecon 2015-02-05: Ninth Telecon 2015-01-07: January, 2015 ESIP Meeting notes (Washington), ESDA 201 Session 2015-01-07: January, 2015 ESIP Meeting notes (Washington), ESDA 101 Session 2014-11-20: Eighth Telecon 2014-10-23: Seventh Telecon 2014-08-21: Sixth Telecon 2014-07-10: July, 2014 ESIP Meeting notes (Frisco) 2014-06-26: Fifth Telecon 2014-05-22: Fourth Telecon 2014-04-17: Third Telecon 2014-03-20: Second Telecon 2014-02-20: First Telecon 2014-01-09: Initial ESIP Meeting notes Archive

Active Collaborations Gathering Use Cases... ESIP Earth Science Data Analytics Use Cases... Analysis Use Case information definitions... ESDA Tool/Technique Descriptions... Techniques/Goals/ESDA Types Relationships Matrix... Use Case Information Needed Working Spreadsheet...

Resources Presentations Other References 2016 Plan

Get Involved Earth Science Data Analytics Discussion Forum Email List: ESIP-ESDA Telecons: Third Thursday of each month (3 - 4 p.m. EST) Next Telecon: January or February, 2017 NEXT FACE-TO-FACE at ESIP Meeting, Thursday, January 12, 4:00, Salon E To join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone, click: https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/407339749 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (312) 757-3121 Access Code: 407-339-749 Cluster Contacts: Lindsay Barbieri, Tiffany Mathews, Shea Caspersen

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