1. baid.utep.edu
web apps - DGPS surveys - met stations - wetlands mapping
coastal erosion - decision support - local expertise & capacity
Allison Gaylord
nunatech@usa.net

2. 1St International Polar Year, 1882-1883

3. Preserving the legacy of research at Barrow
1973
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2008

4. Research Sites and Instrumentation
• Initiated in Microsoft Access in 2000.
• Data collection sites with info on investigators, site name, project
title, lat / long, URLs, grant number, data links, web site, start date/end
data, keywords, etc.
• Visualizes the location of research projects (1947-2008) funded by NSF
and other agencies (9,800+), plus ancillary layers

5. …data collection sites, with
links to project info
Arctic Research Logistics
Support Service
Directory of Arctic Researchers
Photos

6. Funding
NSF
CIAP
Focus
Preserve the legacy of
research at Barrow
through cyberinfrastructure
Applied/directed research:
Sustainable community development
Audience
Academic scientist,
local stakeholders
Local land managers
Area of
interest
Barrow based data
collection activities
Barrow Area (UIC Lands)
Complementary, parallel efforts
Both kicked off in mid-2013

7. The Team
CIAP
NSF
Craig Tweedie, and
students
Allison Gaylord
Lars Nelson and
Qaiyaan Aiken
Craig
Tweedie, postdoc, and
students
Allison Gaylord
NSIDC, Julia Collins
William Manley,
Leanne Lestak

8. Renewal Award Funded by NSF
BAID
“This project will continue to develop an end-to-end
operational cyberinfrastructure (CI) that provides users with
tools and systems for sustained access and analysis of current
and diverse information and data about the Barrow area. Our
overarching goal is to enhance virtual scientific and other
collaboration and to meet the current and growing needs of
our user community through the maintenance, development of
the Barrow Area Information Database”

9. BAID
Objectives:
Continue to liaise with users to identify, prioritize and meet their needs for field data
collection, data layer generation, and DGPS surveys and mapping support.
Maintain the existing suite of BAID applications and develop a new mapping application that
will update the former BAID Internet Map Server (BAID-IMS) to offer a faster, user-friendly
web interface with improved scalability, functionality and stability.
Update aging hardware supporting BAID.
Improve the interoperability of BAID with other Arctic data and CI through improved work
flows, web services, and use of controlled vocabularies
Establish direct links from BAID to external data at the NSIDC and develop, test and establish
a range of protocols that will enable CI like BAID to link to data archived at such data centers.
Train the next generation of environmental and computer scientists at a leading minoritymajority university and conduct extensive education and outreach to advertise BAID and
better inform and train the BAID user community.

10. Web Mapping Application
Improve upon the old BAID
• new fast, stable, and
intuitive interface
• new map layers
• more functionality
• decision making tools

11. Met Stations
Soil Temp / Moisture
Leaf Wetness
Precipitation
Windspeed / Direction
Air Temp / Moisture
Solar Radiation-PAR
Installed in test mode with lower sampling rate this first winter
Plan to support output in multiple data formats
Beta data visualization for AGU

12. Interoperability
Provide “data collection sites” to other efforts
ADIwg Project metadata schema for ISO, use ADIwg translator
Publish OGC webservices
Hope to integrate with other North Slope Met stations

13. New Project (CIAP)
BAID Decision Support Tools Development
Goal:
“Expand capacity for informed, multi-stakeholder
environmental decision making on Ukpeaġvik
Iñupiat Corporation lands in the coastal zone near
Barrow, Alaska.”

14. BAID Decision Support Tools Development
Objectives:
• Develop a high spatial resolution map of wetlands and
conduct coastal erosion studies
• Expand on an existing web mapping application to develop a
new interactive decision support tool for erosion monitoring
and coastal development and land management
• Develop an office with newly trained staff in Barrow capable
of improved local mapping and analytical capabilities

15. BAID CIAP Area of Interest:
UIC Lands

16. New Satellite Imagery
-new 2013 WorldView-2 imagery
-50cm resolution
-entire UIC area
-basis for wetlands map and coastal
erosion studies
-ground control points used for
orthorectification of satellite imagery
surveyed with DGPS.
2002 QuickBird imagery

17. NPR-A Landcover
New Wetlands Map Layer
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new 2013 data layer
50 cm resolution
entire UIC area
wetlands and other
land cover classes

18. • New vegetation classification scheme built from plot based species
cover and abundance data
• 250 new vegetation survey sites were established in 2013; will be
used as training classes

19. Coastal Erosion Mapping
84 km coastline (all but 7 km captured in 2013)
Shoreline Reference Features
-bluff edge
-waterline
-coastal engineering
Long term monitoring sites on Elson Lagoon

20. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1948

21. Coastal Erosion Analysis
• Add new shorelines
• analyze rates of erosion
• Identify areas of
greatest impact
• NOAA Digital
Shoreline Analysis
System

22. Web Mapping Application
Erosion Assessment Tool
 Help assess vulnerability
 Take advantage of digital shorelines and other data layers
land cover type, bathymetry, sea ice, etc.
 Potentially with “widgets” to interactively customize analysis of
erosion rates
 Help enable sustained community development

23. New Web Mapping Application (Mock up)
Home
Time Slider
Research
Ice Viewer
Erosion
Community
Sustainable Development
Zoom to…
Barrow Peninsula
Shoreline
o Bluff Edge
o Waterline
Topography
Distance from Shore
Show 2013 imagery
Land Cover
Transportation
Tools
Draw
Measure
Plot XY
Save
Share
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Calculate Erosion (wizard)
1. Select Area
2. Select Years
> Back
60 Kilometers
3. View Results
Learn
more

24. Web Mapping Application
Community Development Tool
 To assist with NSB and community tasks
coastal development, conservation priorities, endangered and subsistence species
protection, oil spill response, planning and zoning for vulnerable areas, etc.
 Visualize and synthesize from map layers and other input
existing development, infrastructure, land ownership, wetland types, habitat preference for
endangered wildlife, height above sea level, etc.
 Provide specific output for printing or saving maps, information, and reports
 Help enable sustained community development

25. Kenai Decision Support Tool
North Slope Decision Support System

26. Local Expertise & Capacity
Handbook and Outreach
• Advisory Council and community presentations
• Training for implementation
• Decision Support Tools Handbook
• Build local capacity

27. Community Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage
is critical to ensure it will be helpful.
Lars Nelson
Barrow Office Manager
Umiaq
• Useful?
• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?
• Specific recommendations for the tools?
• Where are the most important areas?

28. Next Steps
 New website
 Acquire/Orthorectify WorldView2 imagery
 Create wetlands map
 Analyze coastal surveys to determine erosion rates
 Provide access to data from Met stations
 Phased software development
iterative process
periodic opportunities for stakeholder feedback
a focus on tool development and refinement
 Advisory Council meetings

29. Project Objectives
BAID and NSSI
different but complementary, synergistic efforts ...
BAID
NSSI
Area of Interest
Barrow based data collection
activities (NSF), UIC Lands
(CIAP)
North Slope
Mapping
DGPS mapping of data
collection sites, detailed
coastlines, wetlands, high-res.
imagery, ...
General project
areas/locations, Land cover
mapping
Cyberinfrastructure
Web mapping application with
Decision Support Tools
Data Catalog, Project Tracking,
Monitoring Summary, and
potential Scenario Planning
Other Aspects
Local capacity building
Guidance
BAID Advisory Council
Oversight Group, Science
Advisory Panel
Funding
NSF, DOI USFWS CIAP
DOI BLM

30. Opportunities for collaboration?
BAID contributions to NSSI Data Catalog:
Wetlands
Vegetation plots
Erosion data
GCPs
Data collection sites
Improved locations for project areas
Tie into North Slope network of met stations
2013 WV2 partner for license uplift?
= Better imagery coverage for Barrow Peninsula in the AlaskaMapped BDL

31. Additional Feedback Appreciated
Visit:
baid.utep.edu
Email:
nunatech@usa.net
This study is funded with qualified outer continental shelf oil and gas revenues by the
Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the
Interior and the National Science Foundation

32. Extra slides

33. High Res Imagery for Time Slider coverage
(requested for community development tool)
Orthorectified imagery of the Barrow Peninsula
2013 WorldView2 (pending)
2011 SPOT5
2002 Quickbird
2001 IKONOS
1997 Aerometric photography
1984 Aerometric
1979 AHAP
1964 CRREL
1962 CRREL
1955 USGS
1948 NARL BAR
Various Landsat scenes..
Other?

34. ADIwg “Project” Metadata Common Fields
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Project title
Project start date
Project end date
Current status
Last updated
Keywords
Place key words
Primary Contact
Information Contacts
Conducting Entity
Regions
Boundaries (N,S,E,W)
Abstract
Short Project Description
Web Links
Metadata Steward
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Data Availability
Access Limitations
Publications
Global Unique ID
Primary Agency Code
Primary Agency Project ID
Metadata Agency Code
Metadata Agency Project ID
Host Agency Code
Host Agency Project ID
Type of Site
Spatial Resolution
Timestamp
** Proposed additions to accommodate
data collection sites