4. Providing Innovative Information Services

Priority 2: Developing and Providing Advanced Services and Tools

EOL Metadata Database and Cyber Infrastructure (EMDAC)

In 2007 EOL will continue to develop EMDAC, providing a next-generation user interface and enhancing the links between EMDAC and the UCAR Community Data Portal (CDP). We will develop tools to make it easier for EOL facilities to manage their datasets via EMDAC, and provide education on their use. To further improve its efficiency, stability and ease of use, we will incorporate EOL’s Mass Store Retrieval tool into EMDAC.

In FY 2007 EOL will develop a single integrated codebase for the Field Catalog, providing a secure and robust platform for future projects. In FY08 and FY09 we will solicit feedback from users in order to continue evolving EMDAC to meet user requirements, and will enhance current infrastructure to streamline overall internal data management activities.

C-130 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

EOL installed a Satcom system onboard the G-V that provides a new paradigm for operating and communicating with research aircraft. The installation of the new Satcom system on the G-V underscored the importance of such communications capabilities on the C-130, which currently is involved in the majority of field research requiring aircraft. We were recently able to install a state-of-the-art Inmarsat Satcom system on the C-130, which creates a bandwidth comparable to the GV.