EarthCube Data Infrastructure: Collaborative Proposal: Development of an Integrated Data System for the Geological Field Sciences

EarthCube 数据基础设施：合作提案：开发地质野外科学综合数据系统

• 批准号: 1639686
• 负责人: Frank Spear
• 金额: $ 13.82万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1639686&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EarthCube; Data; Infrastructure; Collaborative; Proposal

Geological field observations help us understand Earth history and are essential for developing hydrocarbon, groundwater, and mineral resources and for improving models of natural hazards like floods, earthquakes, and volcanoes. When geologists look at rocks or structures (like faults) in the field they collect a large variety of information. The traditional method for the collection of these data (still taught to students and practiced by geologists) is the writing of notes in a field notebook and the drawing of lines and symbols on maps or diagrams. Geologists all understand how to do this, but sharing the information with others is not easy or flexible ? most of the time these data are summarized in a report, table, or diagram leaving out the complete details of their discoveries. This project develops ays to easily gather, record and communicate information collected in the field. The main approach is to use handheld devices such as tablets or smart phones to collect information, mimicking closely the procedures used by field scientists, and then store the data in a format accessible to other scientists or the interested public. The system will also support those wanting to use traditional methods (notes in a field notebook) but then convert their data to digital format when they return. They aim to develop this data-collection and -sharing system, along with common definitions for technical terms, and distribute it broadly among the geoscience community. The project will last three years, and the efforts will be focused on both sedimentary rocks (the type formed by the action of wind or water) and igneous/metamorphic rocks (the types derived from molten rock or by the addition of heat and pressure on existing rocks). By the end of the project, geologists will be using the software and methodologies we develop to both collect and disseminate data from the field. The work and approach will be applicable to a broad spectrum of the field sciences including such areas as biology and ecology.The project will develop a Data System for parts of the Geological Field Sciences that closely follows the existing workflows and vocabulary of the field geologist. The Data System will seamlessly incorporate the data from different sub-disciplines. The starting point will be an application and approach called Strabo, developed for this purpose by the Structural Geology and Tectonics community. The researchers intend to engage the Sedimentary Geology and Petrology communities and use the Strabo approach to establish data standards, data collection, and community buy-in. They will modify the existing Strabo platform to incorporate data types for Sedimentary Geology and Petrology, and build on the field-based application (StraboMobile) to fit the appropriate workflows. The project will 1) Hold community-wide town-hall meetings; 2) Engage expert panels to review workflows and vocabularies of the field scientists; and 3) Offer trips for junior to senior faculty to gather feedback about operation of the appropriate new field applications cloned from Strabo. This project will: 1) Provide digital databases for the geological field sciences that promote widespread and timely data-sharing; 2) Establish pathways for different sub-disciplines to interact and share data with each other and facilitate interdisciplinary integration of field data broadly across geosciences; and 3) Ensure public access to data from NSF-funded projects. At present, many communities are excluded from easy data communication because no common digital archives or even data reporting exists. The work will extensively engage post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and junior faculty members to help train the next generation of geoscientists.

地质野外观测有助于我们了解地球历史，对于开发碳氢化合物、地下水和矿产资源以及改进洪水、地震和火山等自然灾害的模型至关重要。当地质学家在野外观察岩石或构造（如断层）时，他们会收集大量的信息。 收集这些数据的传统方法（仍然教给学生，并由地质学家实践）是在野外笔记本上写笔记，并在地图或图表上画线和符号。 地质学家都知道如何做到这一点，但与他人分享信息并不容易或灵活？大多数情况下，这些数据被总结在一份报告、表格或图表中，而忽略了他们发现的全部细节。该项目开发了一种易于收集、记录和交流现场收集的信息的方法。 主要方法是使用平板电脑或智能手机等手持设备收集信息，密切模仿现场科学家使用的程序，然后以其他科学家或感兴趣的公众可以访问的格式存储数据。该系统还将支持那些希望使用传统方法（在野外笔记本中记录），但在返回时将其数据转换为数字格式的人。 他们的目标是开发这一数据收集和共享系统，沿着技术术语的共同定义，并在地球科学界广泛传播。 该项目将持续三年，工作重点将放在沉积岩（由风或水的作用形成的类型）和火成岩/变质岩（由熔融岩石或通过对现有岩石施加热和压力而形成的类型）上。 到项目结束时，地质学家将使用我们开发的软件和方法来收集和传播现场数据。这项工作和方法将适用于广泛的野外科学，包括生物学和生态学等领域。该项目将为地质野外科学的部分内容开发一个数据系统，该系统将密切遵循野外地质学家现有的工作流程和词汇。数据系统将无缝地整合来自不同子学科的数据。 起点将是一个名为Strabo的应用程序和方法，由结构地质学和构造学社区为此目的开发。研究人员打算让沉积地质学和岩石学社区参与进来，并使用Strabo方法来建立数据标准，数据收集和社区购买。 他们将修改现有的Strabo平台，以纳入沉积地质学和岩石学的数据类型，并建立在基于现场的应用程序（StraboMobile）上，以适应适当的工作流程。 该项目将1）举行社区范围的市政厅会议; 2）聘请专家小组审查现场科学家的工作流程和词汇; 3）为初级到高级教师提供旅行，以收集有关从Strabo克隆的适当新现场应用程序的操作反馈。 该项目将：1）为地质现场科学提供数字数据库，促进广泛和及时的数据共享; 2）为不同的子学科建立相互作用和共享数据的途径，并促进跨学科整合广泛的地质科学现场数据;和3）确保公众获得NSF资助项目的数据。 目前，许多社区被排除在方便的数据通信之外，因为没有共同的数字档案，甚至没有数据报告。 这项工作将广泛吸引博士后研究员，研究生和初级教师，以帮助培养下一代地球科学家。