2011-09-11 AQ Community Catalog Report to ESIP
This is a report to the ESIP Federation submitted by Washington University, Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis for maintaining the Air Quality Community Catalog and the GEO Air Quality Community of Practice Portal content management and training. These activities were performed in accordance with the work plan for the Air Quality Workgroup for 2011.
1. Air Quality Community Catalog (AQComCat) maintenance and interface with (GEOSS)
A. AQComCat Software Upgrade. The data storage for the metadata stored by the Catalog has been transferred int a SQL relational database. Also, new indices were created for the key tables. This resulted in a significant improvement in the Catalog performance and also made the data maintenance more robust by imposing relational integrity constrains.
B. Updating the Metadata Facets. The initial Facets for labeling and finding air quality data were prepared by a small subset of the ESIP AQ Work Group. During the Solta workshop, these facets were re-examined and modified by the international workshop participants. The discussion and the suggested modifications are recorded and being processed for inclusion in AQComCat
C. Catalog Content. There is a new group of datasets registered in the Catalog. There represents data from the Air Quality Data Network as of August 2011. Each registered entry is originating from a WCS server that is part of the ADN. Through the catalog, the data are accessible through a suitable WCS client, such as the DataFed data browser.
Relevant links for the AQComCat:
