The advancement of technologies in the last decade is no surprise to anyone. LiDAR although new to some has been around for some time, haven’t heard of it? What are you missing?
This presentation will briefly explain what LiDAR is and how it is gathered, but the primary focus will be on how the Energy Sector can benefit from its use. We will show several example project datasets, tools developed and available to industry, and how this growing technology can change how you look at your projects.
Additionally, we will show how involving all members of your exploration team in a LiDAR planning process will save time and money while increasing safety and reducing environmental impact. Your well location may begin with Geology calculating back to a surface location, but the finial location can affect many other decisions your company may make…good planning makes for good decisions.
Chris Martin is a Survey Technologist with 17 years of experience in the surveying profession. His field survey career has involved major projects with TransCanada Pipelines and Alliance Pipelines along with many conventional oil and gas programs. For the last 4 years he has primarily focussed on business development and is currently a Marketing Representative for Can-Am Geomatics.
Sitka FlightPath uses unmanned aerial systems to efficiently collect high-resolution geospatial data and imagery from a single flight over a 50-acre site. The data can be used to create orthomosaics, topographic maps, and 3D models to monitor landscape and habitat changes over time. Sitka's pilots and processes meet all FAA regulations for commercial drone use, allowing customers to focus on land management goals rather than operation logistics.
The Antarctic Biodiversity Portal aims to make Antarctic biodiversity data open, linked, useful, and interoperable. It was originally developed during the International Polar Year as the data and analysis component of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life. The portal provides free and open access to biodiversity data through various online resources and tools. These include the main biodiversity.aq website, the Integrated Publishing Toolkit for metadata and data publishing, and the Antarctic Marine Geospatial Database and Atlas for georeferenced data, expert content, and biogeographic modeling of Antarctic species distributions. Ongoing efforts focus on applying informatics techniques to improve data integration, presentation, discovery, and analysis in support of biodiversity research and conservation applications
Andy Smerdon - Fisherman OceanographersAndy Smerdon
This document discusses a project between Aquatec Group and fishermen to collect oceanographic data. Aquatec developed a low-cost instrument that fishermen attach to fishing gear to record temperature and depth over time. When retrieved, the instrument automatically transmits the data to a reader unit via wireless technology. This provides fishermen near real-time environmental data and oceanography institutes with highly spatially and temporally resolved coastal data at a low per data point cost by leveraging existing fishing operations. Examples from U.S. and U.K. fisheries demonstrate how the data provides scientific insights and improves oceanographic models.
C2.01: Cabled ocean observatories as tools for studying biodiversity change -...Blue Planet Symposium
Recent initiatives have established cabled ocean observatories from the subtidal zone down to abyssal depths, including sites in the North Pacific (Ocean Networks Canada, U.S. Ocean Observatories Initiative, DONET-Japan, MACHO-Taiwan), the Arctic (Ocean Networks Canada), the Atlantic (EMSO-Azores), the northwestern Mediterranean (EMSO-OBSEA) and in coral reef habitats (OCTOPUS-Okinawa; QIMOS-Australia). Cabled observatories enable real-time, continuous monitoring of seawater properties and ocean currents, and biological features that can be detected using video and still cameras and hydrophones. These integrated sensor systems provide opportunities for long-term observations of biodiversity change, in relation to environmental variables. The planned, multi-decadal lifetimes of cabled observatories should allow seasonal and inter-annual variability to be 'filtered' from longer term trends that could be related to ocean change. International organizations such as the Group on Earth Observations' Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON) and the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observations (EMSO) network are developing monitoring programs and suites of "Essential Biodiversity Variables" that are intended to establish a standardized, global framework for detecting biodiversity change, based on scientific principles. This presentation will consider how some of these essential variables can be monitored continuously, using current cabled observatory technologies, with the aim of encouraging the development of a coordinated international program. We will use examples from the VENUS, NEPTUNE and Arctic observatories operated by Ocean Networks Canada, the EMSO OBSEA and Azores test sites, and the OCTOPUS coral reef observatory, to illustrate how underwater cameras and sensors can be used to quantify seasonal shifts in community composition, responses to rapid changes in oceanographic conditions, and ecosystem service activities such as seafloor bioturbation. Ultimately, observatory technologies could become valuable tools for managing human impacts on marine ecosystems, through the provision of baseline information and the detection of acute and long-term ecosystem responses to disturbance.
WaterSpy is a system that uses wireless devices to monitor water usage and detect leaks. It collects hourly water meter readings and sends the data to an online database through concentrator devices. The online interface called Nemo allows users to view water usage statistics and set alarms. The system helps utilities and customers improve water efficiency and identify issues. It can also be expanded to monitor other resources using additional sensor modules.
The advancement of technologies in the last decade is no surprise to anyone. LiDAR although new to some has been around for some time, haven’t heard of it? What are you missing?
This presentation will briefly explain what LiDAR is and how it is gathered, but the primary focus will be on how the Energy Sector can benefit from its use. We will show several example project datasets, tools developed and available to industry, and how this growing technology can change how you look at your projects.
Additionally, we will show how involving all members of your exploration team in a LiDAR planning process will save time and money while increasing safety and reducing environmental impact. Your well location may begin with Geology calculating back to a surface location, but the finial location can affect many other decisions your company may make…good planning makes for good decisions.
Chris Martin is a Survey Technologist with 17 years of experience in the surveying profession. His field survey career has involved major projects with TransCanada Pipelines and Alliance Pipelines along with many conventional oil and gas programs. For the last 4 years he has primarily focussed on business development and is currently a Marketing Representative for Can-Am Geomatics.
Sitka FlightPath uses unmanned aerial systems to efficiently collect high-resolution geospatial data and imagery from a single flight over a 50-acre site. The data can be used to create orthomosaics, topographic maps, and 3D models to monitor landscape and habitat changes over time. Sitka's pilots and processes meet all FAA regulations for commercial drone use, allowing customers to focus on land management goals rather than operation logistics.
The Antarctic Biodiversity Portal aims to make Antarctic biodiversity data open, linked, useful, and interoperable. It was originally developed during the International Polar Year as the data and analysis component of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life. The portal provides free and open access to biodiversity data through various online resources and tools. These include the main biodiversity.aq website, the Integrated Publishing Toolkit for metadata and data publishing, and the Antarctic Marine Geospatial Database and Atlas for georeferenced data, expert content, and biogeographic modeling of Antarctic species distributions. Ongoing efforts focus on applying informatics techniques to improve data integration, presentation, discovery, and analysis in support of biodiversity research and conservation applications
Andy Smerdon - Fisherman OceanographersAndy Smerdon
This document discusses a project between Aquatec Group and fishermen to collect oceanographic data. Aquatec developed a low-cost instrument that fishermen attach to fishing gear to record temperature and depth over time. When retrieved, the instrument automatically transmits the data to a reader unit via wireless technology. This provides fishermen near real-time environmental data and oceanography institutes with highly spatially and temporally resolved coastal data at a low per data point cost by leveraging existing fishing operations. Examples from U.S. and U.K. fisheries demonstrate how the data provides scientific insights and improves oceanographic models.
C2.01: Cabled ocean observatories as tools for studying biodiversity change -...Blue Planet Symposium
Recent initiatives have established cabled ocean observatories from the subtidal zone down to abyssal depths, including sites in the North Pacific (Ocean Networks Canada, U.S. Ocean Observatories Initiative, DONET-Japan, MACHO-Taiwan), the Arctic (Ocean Networks Canada), the Atlantic (EMSO-Azores), the northwestern Mediterranean (EMSO-OBSEA) and in coral reef habitats (OCTOPUS-Okinawa; QIMOS-Australia). Cabled observatories enable real-time, continuous monitoring of seawater properties and ocean currents, and biological features that can be detected using video and still cameras and hydrophones. These integrated sensor systems provide opportunities for long-term observations of biodiversity change, in relation to environmental variables. The planned, multi-decadal lifetimes of cabled observatories should allow seasonal and inter-annual variability to be 'filtered' from longer term trends that could be related to ocean change. International organizations such as the Group on Earth Observations' Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON) and the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observations (EMSO) network are developing monitoring programs and suites of "Essential Biodiversity Variables" that are intended to establish a standardized, global framework for detecting biodiversity change, based on scientific principles. This presentation will consider how some of these essential variables can be monitored continuously, using current cabled observatory technologies, with the aim of encouraging the development of a coordinated international program. We will use examples from the VENUS, NEPTUNE and Arctic observatories operated by Ocean Networks Canada, the EMSO OBSEA and Azores test sites, and the OCTOPUS coral reef observatory, to illustrate how underwater cameras and sensors can be used to quantify seasonal shifts in community composition, responses to rapid changes in oceanographic conditions, and ecosystem service activities such as seafloor bioturbation. Ultimately, observatory technologies could become valuable tools for managing human impacts on marine ecosystems, through the provision of baseline information and the detection of acute and long-term ecosystem responses to disturbance.
WaterSpy is a system that uses wireless devices to monitor water usage and detect leaks. It collects hourly water meter readings and sends the data to an online database through concentrator devices. The online interface called Nemo allows users to view water usage statistics and set alarms. The system helps utilities and customers improve water efficiency and identify issues. It can also be expanded to monitor other resources using additional sensor modules.
Automating Semantic Metadata Collection in the Field with Mobile ApplicationDeborah McGuinness
Presentation at Mobile Deployment of Semantic Technologies Workshop at the International Semantic Web Conference. Abstract: In the past few decades, the field of ecology has grown from a collection of disparate researchers who collected data on their local phenomenon by hand, to large ecosystems-oriented projects partially fueled by automated sensor networks and a diversity of models and experiments. These modern projects rely on sharing and integrating data to answer questions of increasing scale and complexity. Interpreting and sharing the big data sets generated by these projects relies on information about how the data was collected and what the data is about, typically stored as metadata. Metadata ensures that the data can be interpreted and shared accurately and efficiently. Traditional paper-based metadata collection methods are slow, error-prone, and non-standardized, making data sharing difficult and inefficient. Semantic technologies offer opportunities for better data management in ecology, but also may pose a challenging learning curve to already busy researchers. This paper presents a mobile application for recording semantic metadata about sensor network deployments and experimental settings in real time, in the field, and without expecting prior knowledge of semantics from the users. This application enables more efficient and less error-prone in-situ metadata collection, and generates structured and shareable metadata.
Wat erp ogc_recommendationshyfeatures_v0.0InclamSoft
The WatERP project evaluated the use of HY_Features concepts in developing an ontology for water resource management. HY_Features provided compatible definitions for features of interest that were mapped to the WatERP ontology. This allowed external data from models using HY_Features to be understood. Recommendations include incorporating additional domains and expanding to regulatory/financial observations. HY_Features also supports reasoning about geospatial data and standard representations that could benefit water management platforms.
Water and Environmental Hub - GEOSS - July 24 2011Alex Joseph
A not-for-profit project called the Water and Environmental Hub, led by the University of Lethbridge, Cybera Inc., and Alberta WaterPortal, launched its beta website on July 1st. The Hub provides an open web platform and API to make water and environmental data more accessible and discoverable for government, academic, industry, NGO, and citizen users. It aims to enable greater data sharing, engagement, and insights by connecting various producers and users of water information.
Nick - Benefits of Using Combined Bathymetry and Side Scan Sonar in Shallow W...Codevintec Italiana srl
Codevintec Days 2018 - Trieste
EDGETECH - Nick - Benefits of Using Combined Bathymetry and Side Scan Sonar in Shallow Water Surveys
Codevintec Days 2018 - Trieste
Relazione di Nick Lawrence - Edgetech
GRover: developing sensors for vineyard use Amanda Woods
GRover: developing sensors for vineyard use by Everard Edwards, Matt Siebers, Mark Thomas & Rob Walker, CSIRO Australia. Presented at the Precision Viticulture of the Riverland event on 1st Dec 2016. This presentation includes information on sensors for the vineyard.
The microAeth® MA200 is a compact, real-time, wearable 5-wavelength UV-IR Black Carbon monitor with a 15 sampling
location automatic filter tape advance system which allows for up to 2-3 weeks of continuous measurements.
10 - Xylem River Water Monitoring WORLD BANK-Sep-15indiawrm
This document discusses river and reservoir monitoring solutions from Xylem. It describes Xylem's portfolio of brands and monitoring equipment for measuring parameters like flow, level, water quality, and conducting full discharge measurements. This includes in-situ sondes, handheld devices, permanent monitors, and analytics. It also covers topics like sensor quality, fouling prevention, data transmission, and design of monitoring stations. The goal is to provide customers with innovative tools to monitor water resources and help address challenges like water scarcity and pollution.
Bioinformatics tools for the diagnostic laboratory - T.Seemann - Antimicrobi...Torsten Seemann
Torsten Seemann discussed bioinformatic tools for diagnostic laboratories using whole genome sequencing (WGS). He explained that WGS generates large amounts of sequencing reads that can be assembled de novo or aligned to references to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and characterize genomes. Key applications of WGS include diagnostic identification, antimicrobial resistance profiling, virulence factor detection, and high-resolution epidemiological typing through SNP analysis and phylogenetic trees. Seemann emphasized that WGS analysis requires metadata, domain expertise, and open data sharing for maximum public health benefit.
Use of satellite imagery for the generation of an aquaculture atlas : a case ...Blue BRIDGE
The document describes a project to design an Aquaculture Atlas Production System (AAPS) that takes satellite imagery as input and generates products about aquaculture for users. It will implement a prototype for areas in Greece and Indonesia. The system will use tools to automatically detect aquaculture features like fish cages in images and map them. It will make the outputs like location maps and statistics available to users through a virtual research environment by the end of 2016 to support aquaculture monitoring, analysis and planning.
1. The document proposes an integrated boating management system called Itsme Nautic that would combine navigation, security, communication, and other functions onto one platform accessible via computer and mobile devices.
2. It analyzes potential markets including recreational boaters, professionals, and charter boaters and outlines scenarios for partnering with boat manufacturers, electronics companies, or focusing on specific boating niches.
3. The system is intended to reduce the number of individual devices needed on boats, make information more accessible, and enable new communication tools and social support networks for boaters.
2013 ICEEFP Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS) at Petascale_Mark ...Christa Woodley
Since 2004 the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) cabled array and autonomous node systems have been deployed in the Columbia River Basin to provide survival estimates and understand fish passage. Autonomous nodes provide presence/absence while cabled arrays provide 3D fish position estimates. Cabled array deployments consist of over 100 acquisition systems continually collecting data through the juvenile salmonid migration season. Raw data volumes are approaching petabytes. Real-time software processing reduces decode acoustic micro transmitter (AMT) signals surgically implanted in juvenile salmonids. Given the distance between and number of systems, cellular modems notify a central monitoring system of potential system issues. Project management receives system alerts in efforts to proactively fix faulting equipment. System downtime and fish detections are coordinated with dam operations data, run at large estimates, environmental measurements, and fish condition data. Fish condition helps estimate the run of the river and is collected throughput the season. This data includes photographing each fish used in the study. In 2012, approximately 65,000 photographs were taken. Images are archived and used for reporting to management agencies. We present a fisheries information management system for large studies that can facilitate future spatiotemporal meta-data analysis to support management of hydropower systems.
Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forec...inside-BigData.com
In this deck from the UK HPC Conference, Peter Dueben from ECMWF presents: Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forecasts.
"I will present recent studies that use deep learning to learn the equations of motion of the atmosphere, to emulate model components of weather forecast models and to enhance usability of weather forecasts. I will than talk about the main challenges for the application of deep learning in cutting-edge weather forecasts and suggest approaches to improve usability in the future."
Watch the video: https://wp.me/p3RLHQ-l1X
Learn more: https://www.ecmwf.int/
and
http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2019/uk-conference/agenda.php
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insidehpc.com/newsletter
This document summarizes Pentair's remote monitoring solutions for coastal, estuary, and inland waterways. Pentair offers complete monitoring solutions using buoys and floating platforms to measure various water conditions in real-time. Their solutions provide continuous data to help clients better understand risks, detect problems early, and manage resources like fisheries. Pentair's experience and global resources allow them to customize solutions that meet specific monitoring needs.
The microAeth® MA300 is a small, real-time 5-wavelength UV-IR Black Carbon monitor with an 85 sampling location automatic filter tape advance system which allows for 3-12 months of continuous measurements.
The device is a self-contained instrument with built-in pump, flow control, data storage, and 4X the battery capacity of the MA200. The MA300 also features onboard GPS, satellite time synchronization, accelerometer, altimeter/barometer, and sensors for relative humidity and temperature. Wireless communications are provided for network and/or smartphone app integration and connection to other wireless health and environmental sensors.
The MA300 is designed for extended multi-month measurement campaigns in both stationary and mobile applications The 85 location filter tape cartridge allows for extended continuous sampling of higher concentrations for up to a year depending on the sampling environment conditions and instrument settings.
The spectrum measurement provides insight into the composition of light absorbing carbonaceous particles and helps to distinguish among the different optical signatures of various combustion sources such as diesel, woodsmoke, biomass, and tobacco.
The instrument supports the DualSpot® loading compensation method which corrects for optical loading effects and provides additional information about aerosol optical properties.
Applications
Continuous real-time monitoring
Mobile monitoring
Multi-month monitoring
Personal monitoring
Ambient air monitoring
Indoor air quality
Source apportionment
Woodsmoke
Tobacco
Biomass
Stationary monitoring
Engine testing
Vehicle on-road mobile monitoring
Network monitoring
UAVs & vertical profiling
High concentration / Cookstove monitoring
The document discusses future developments in hydrographic software by QPS. It summarizes that QPS will focus on managing increasing data volumes from new sensor technologies through real-time processing and cloud computing. New visualization and user experience techniques will be needed to analyze larger and more complex 4D datasets. QPS will integrate new sensors like sub-bottom profilers and ADCPs into its software suite and optimize workflows. Short term developments at QPS include changes to its product suite and a new feedback voting system.
IoT for marine environment protection (QNAP QIoT + Sigfox)Winnie Cheng
How to connect sigfox with QNAP QIoT to solve the environment problems by using lots of different sensors (e.g., color detector sensors, temperature sensors).
The document describes a proposed early warning system (EWS) project using RFID sensors to protect a village from flood risks. The system would involve:
1) Installing flood detectors along waterways and within a 100km risk zone to monitor water levels and map flood advancements.
2) Developing an integrated flood management information system using the sensor data, drones, and other technologies to detect and respond to flooding.
3) Establishing coordination centers to transmit warnings via various technologies and help direct emergency response operations.
The data behind the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern OceanAnton Van de Putte
Griffiths, H. , Van de Putte, A. , Danis, B. , De Broyer, C. , Koubbi, P. , Raymond, B. , D'Udekem D'Acoz, C. , David, B. , Grant, S. , Gutt, J. , Held, C. , Hosie, G. , Huettmann, F. , Post, A. and Ropert-Coudert, Y. (2014): The data behind the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean , 2014 XXXIII SCAR Open Science Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 23 August 2014 - 3 September 2014
Antarctic Biodiversity Portal Virtual Research EnvironmentAnton Van de Putte
This document discusses plans for an Antarctic Virtual Research Environment (VRE) as part of the EU Lifewatch project. The VRE will provide researchers access to and tools for analyzing biodiversity data from Antarctica. It will build on existing efforts like the Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility and use standardized taxonomic classifications and databases. The VRE will include maps, data on biodiversity and the environment, and code like R packages for working with Southern Ocean taxonomic and dietary data.
Automating Semantic Metadata Collection in the Field with Mobile ApplicationDeborah McGuinness
Presentation at Mobile Deployment of Semantic Technologies Workshop at the International Semantic Web Conference. Abstract: In the past few decades, the field of ecology has grown from a collection of disparate researchers who collected data on their local phenomenon by hand, to large ecosystems-oriented projects partially fueled by automated sensor networks and a diversity of models and experiments. These modern projects rely on sharing and integrating data to answer questions of increasing scale and complexity. Interpreting and sharing the big data sets generated by these projects relies on information about how the data was collected and what the data is about, typically stored as metadata. Metadata ensures that the data can be interpreted and shared accurately and efficiently. Traditional paper-based metadata collection methods are slow, error-prone, and non-standardized, making data sharing difficult and inefficient. Semantic technologies offer opportunities for better data management in ecology, but also may pose a challenging learning curve to already busy researchers. This paper presents a mobile application for recording semantic metadata about sensor network deployments and experimental settings in real time, in the field, and without expecting prior knowledge of semantics from the users. This application enables more efficient and less error-prone in-situ metadata collection, and generates structured and shareable metadata.
Wat erp ogc_recommendationshyfeatures_v0.0InclamSoft
The WatERP project evaluated the use of HY_Features concepts in developing an ontology for water resource management. HY_Features provided compatible definitions for features of interest that were mapped to the WatERP ontology. This allowed external data from models using HY_Features to be understood. Recommendations include incorporating additional domains and expanding to regulatory/financial observations. HY_Features also supports reasoning about geospatial data and standard representations that could benefit water management platforms.
Water and Environmental Hub - GEOSS - July 24 2011Alex Joseph
A not-for-profit project called the Water and Environmental Hub, led by the University of Lethbridge, Cybera Inc., and Alberta WaterPortal, launched its beta website on July 1st. The Hub provides an open web platform and API to make water and environmental data more accessible and discoverable for government, academic, industry, NGO, and citizen users. It aims to enable greater data sharing, engagement, and insights by connecting various producers and users of water information.
Nick - Benefits of Using Combined Bathymetry and Side Scan Sonar in Shallow W...Codevintec Italiana srl
Codevintec Days 2018 - Trieste
EDGETECH - Nick - Benefits of Using Combined Bathymetry and Side Scan Sonar in Shallow Water Surveys
Codevintec Days 2018 - Trieste
Relazione di Nick Lawrence - Edgetech
GRover: developing sensors for vineyard use Amanda Woods
GRover: developing sensors for vineyard use by Everard Edwards, Matt Siebers, Mark Thomas & Rob Walker, CSIRO Australia. Presented at the Precision Viticulture of the Riverland event on 1st Dec 2016. This presentation includes information on sensors for the vineyard.
The microAeth® MA200 is a compact, real-time, wearable 5-wavelength UV-IR Black Carbon monitor with a 15 sampling
location automatic filter tape advance system which allows for up to 2-3 weeks of continuous measurements.
10 - Xylem River Water Monitoring WORLD BANK-Sep-15indiawrm
This document discusses river and reservoir monitoring solutions from Xylem. It describes Xylem's portfolio of brands and monitoring equipment for measuring parameters like flow, level, water quality, and conducting full discharge measurements. This includes in-situ sondes, handheld devices, permanent monitors, and analytics. It also covers topics like sensor quality, fouling prevention, data transmission, and design of monitoring stations. The goal is to provide customers with innovative tools to monitor water resources and help address challenges like water scarcity and pollution.
Bioinformatics tools for the diagnostic laboratory - T.Seemann - Antimicrobi...Torsten Seemann
Torsten Seemann discussed bioinformatic tools for diagnostic laboratories using whole genome sequencing (WGS). He explained that WGS generates large amounts of sequencing reads that can be assembled de novo or aligned to references to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and characterize genomes. Key applications of WGS include diagnostic identification, antimicrobial resistance profiling, virulence factor detection, and high-resolution epidemiological typing through SNP analysis and phylogenetic trees. Seemann emphasized that WGS analysis requires metadata, domain expertise, and open data sharing for maximum public health benefit.
Use of satellite imagery for the generation of an aquaculture atlas : a case ...Blue BRIDGE
The document describes a project to design an Aquaculture Atlas Production System (AAPS) that takes satellite imagery as input and generates products about aquaculture for users. It will implement a prototype for areas in Greece and Indonesia. The system will use tools to automatically detect aquaculture features like fish cages in images and map them. It will make the outputs like location maps and statistics available to users through a virtual research environment by the end of 2016 to support aquaculture monitoring, analysis and planning.
1. The document proposes an integrated boating management system called Itsme Nautic that would combine navigation, security, communication, and other functions onto one platform accessible via computer and mobile devices.
2. It analyzes potential markets including recreational boaters, professionals, and charter boaters and outlines scenarios for partnering with boat manufacturers, electronics companies, or focusing on specific boating niches.
3. The system is intended to reduce the number of individual devices needed on boats, make information more accessible, and enable new communication tools and social support networks for boaters.
2013 ICEEFP Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS) at Petascale_Mark ...Christa Woodley
Since 2004 the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) cabled array and autonomous node systems have been deployed in the Columbia River Basin to provide survival estimates and understand fish passage. Autonomous nodes provide presence/absence while cabled arrays provide 3D fish position estimates. Cabled array deployments consist of over 100 acquisition systems continually collecting data through the juvenile salmonid migration season. Raw data volumes are approaching petabytes. Real-time software processing reduces decode acoustic micro transmitter (AMT) signals surgically implanted in juvenile salmonids. Given the distance between and number of systems, cellular modems notify a central monitoring system of potential system issues. Project management receives system alerts in efforts to proactively fix faulting equipment. System downtime and fish detections are coordinated with dam operations data, run at large estimates, environmental measurements, and fish condition data. Fish condition helps estimate the run of the river and is collected throughput the season. This data includes photographing each fish used in the study. In 2012, approximately 65,000 photographs were taken. Images are archived and used for reporting to management agencies. We present a fisheries information management system for large studies that can facilitate future spatiotemporal meta-data analysis to support management of hydropower systems.
Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forec...inside-BigData.com
In this deck from the UK HPC Conference, Peter Dueben from ECMWF presents: Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forecasts.
"I will present recent studies that use deep learning to learn the equations of motion of the atmosphere, to emulate model components of weather forecast models and to enhance usability of weather forecasts. I will than talk about the main challenges for the application of deep learning in cutting-edge weather forecasts and suggest approaches to improve usability in the future."
Watch the video: https://wp.me/p3RLHQ-l1X
Learn more: https://www.ecmwf.int/
and
http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2019/uk-conference/agenda.php
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insidehpc.com/newsletter
This document summarizes Pentair's remote monitoring solutions for coastal, estuary, and inland waterways. Pentair offers complete monitoring solutions using buoys and floating platforms to measure various water conditions in real-time. Their solutions provide continuous data to help clients better understand risks, detect problems early, and manage resources like fisheries. Pentair's experience and global resources allow them to customize solutions that meet specific monitoring needs.
The microAeth® MA300 is a small, real-time 5-wavelength UV-IR Black Carbon monitor with an 85 sampling location automatic filter tape advance system which allows for 3-12 months of continuous measurements.
The device is a self-contained instrument with built-in pump, flow control, data storage, and 4X the battery capacity of the MA200. The MA300 also features onboard GPS, satellite time synchronization, accelerometer, altimeter/barometer, and sensors for relative humidity and temperature. Wireless communications are provided for network and/or smartphone app integration and connection to other wireless health and environmental sensors.
The MA300 is designed for extended multi-month measurement campaigns in both stationary and mobile applications The 85 location filter tape cartridge allows for extended continuous sampling of higher concentrations for up to a year depending on the sampling environment conditions and instrument settings.
The spectrum measurement provides insight into the composition of light absorbing carbonaceous particles and helps to distinguish among the different optical signatures of various combustion sources such as diesel, woodsmoke, biomass, and tobacco.
The instrument supports the DualSpot® loading compensation method which corrects for optical loading effects and provides additional information about aerosol optical properties.
Applications
Continuous real-time monitoring
Mobile monitoring
Multi-month monitoring
Personal monitoring
Ambient air monitoring
Indoor air quality
Source apportionment
Woodsmoke
Tobacco
Biomass
Stationary monitoring
Engine testing
Vehicle on-road mobile monitoring
Network monitoring
UAVs & vertical profiling
High concentration / Cookstove monitoring
The document discusses future developments in hydrographic software by QPS. It summarizes that QPS will focus on managing increasing data volumes from new sensor technologies through real-time processing and cloud computing. New visualization and user experience techniques will be needed to analyze larger and more complex 4D datasets. QPS will integrate new sensors like sub-bottom profilers and ADCPs into its software suite and optimize workflows. Short term developments at QPS include changes to its product suite and a new feedback voting system.
IoT for marine environment protection (QNAP QIoT + Sigfox)Winnie Cheng
How to connect sigfox with QNAP QIoT to solve the environment problems by using lots of different sensors (e.g., color detector sensors, temperature sensors).
The document describes a proposed early warning system (EWS) project using RFID sensors to protect a village from flood risks. The system would involve:
1) Installing flood detectors along waterways and within a 100km risk zone to monitor water levels and map flood advancements.
2) Developing an integrated flood management information system using the sensor data, drones, and other technologies to detect and respond to flooding.
3) Establishing coordination centers to transmit warnings via various technologies and help direct emergency response operations.
The data behind the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern OceanAnton Van de Putte
Griffiths, H. , Van de Putte, A. , Danis, B. , De Broyer, C. , Koubbi, P. , Raymond, B. , D'Udekem D'Acoz, C. , David, B. , Grant, S. , Gutt, J. , Held, C. , Hosie, G. , Huettmann, F. , Post, A. and Ropert-Coudert, Y. (2014): The data behind the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean , 2014 XXXIII SCAR Open Science Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 23 August 2014 - 3 September 2014
Antarctic Biodiversity Portal Virtual Research EnvironmentAnton Van de Putte
This document discusses plans for an Antarctic Virtual Research Environment (VRE) as part of the EU Lifewatch project. The VRE will provide researchers access to and tools for analyzing biodiversity data from Antarctica. It will build on existing efforts like the Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility and use standardized taxonomic classifications and databases. The VRE will include maps, data on biodiversity and the environment, and code like R packages for working with Southern Ocean taxonomic and dietary data.
Energetic Value of Zooplankton and Nekton of the Southern Ocean: A ReviewAnton Van de Putte
This document summarizes a database on the energetic value of zooplankton and nekton in the Southern Ocean. The database was created by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and contains data on the energy densities, proximate compositions, and taxonomic identities of various marine organisms. It includes information from multiple geographic locations and seasons. However, data are skewed towards large, abundant taxa and more data are still needed on small organisms and how values vary regionally and seasonally. The database is available online and the community is encouraged to contribute additional data and analyses.
The Antarctic Master Directory, sharing Antarctic (meta)data from multiple di...Anton Van de Putte
International Workshop on Sharing , Citation and Publication of Scientific Data across Disciplines.
Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research (DS) ,
Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Biodiversity informatics for Polar Regions - how to transform data into knowl...Anton Van de Putte
This document summarizes Dr. Anton P. Van de Putte's presentation on transforming polar biodiversity data into knowledge. It discusses Belgium and Portugal's roles in the Antarctic Treaty and scientific cooperation in Antarctica. It then describes projects like the Census of Antarctic Marine Life that have made biodiversity data open access. The presentation highlights the Antarctic Biodiversity Portal and tools like the Antarctic Master Directory that integrate and analyze biodiversity data from the region. It emphasizes making research more visible through open data sharing and transforming data into knowledge products like the Atlas of Southern Ocean Marine Biodiversity.
This document discusses the mARS project, which aims to create an open information system to facilitate discovery and analysis of georeferenced microbial diversity data from Antarctica. It provides an overview of past workshops and development activities for mARS. It also outlines the standard operating procedure for researchers to get their Antarctic microbial sequence and metadata into the mARS database, which involves preparing metadata files, describing the data in the Integrated Publishing Toolkit, uploading the files, and publishing the data. The ultimate goal is to integrate georeferenced molecular sequence data to enable analysis of circum-Antarctic microbial diversity.
This document discusses the complexity of Antarctic pelagic food webs. It notes that the traditional view of a simple krill-centered food chain is an oversimplification, as food webs vary spatially and temporally. Different techniques like gut content analysis, stable isotopes, DNA barcoding are used to identify trophic links between species. While krill remain an important base of the food web, other species like copepods and lanternfish may play a more significant role than previously thought under certain conditions. The document advocates for a better understanding of Antarctic food webs through modeling and considering various sources of uncertainty.
This document summarizes an Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF) workshop in 2012. ANTABIF aims to make Antarctic biodiversity data open, linked, useful, and interoperable. It has developed tools like the Antarctic Field Guides website for species identification, a biogeographic atlas of the Southern Ocean, and the Microbial Antarctic Resource System (MARS) for genomic data. Challenges include handling the increasing volume and complexity of data from Antarctica.
This document discusses the advantages of scientific data publication and open sharing, as well as perceptions and barriers around data publishing. It notes that while 90% of scientists think data should be freely shared, only 10% actually do so. Common reasons for not publishing data include concerns about privacy, competition, effort required, and retaining exclusive rights. The document then introduces some data publication tools and frameworks to help standardize, upload, publish, and incentivize high-quality data sharing, including the Integrated Publishing Toolkit, AntaBIF, data papers, and scholarly credit and citation for data publishers.
This document summarizes a presentation on Antarctic data management and policy. It discusses different types of Antarctic data and metadata. It describes challenges around data sharing, including concerns over privacy and ownership. It outlines the Antarctic Treaty's principles of openly exchanging scientific results. It also explains various organizations and systems involved in Antarctic data management, such as SCADM, GCMD, SOOS, and biodiversity.aq. The presentation promotes openly publishing and sharing Antarctic data for greater scientific progress and verification.
Recycling and Disposal on SWM Raymond Einyu pptxRayLetai1
Increasing urbanization, rural–urban migration, rising standards of living, and rapid development associated with population growth have resulted in increased solid waste generation by industrial, domestic and other activities in Nairobi City. It has been noted in other contexts too that increasing population, changing consumption patterns, economic development, changing income, urbanization and industrialization all contribute to the increased generation of waste.
With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
• Separation – recycling – marketing.
• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Presented by The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action at GLF Peatlands 2024 - The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action
Climate Change All over the World .pptxsairaanwer024
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies.EpconLP
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies. With over 4000 installations worldwide, EPCON has been pioneering new techniques since 1977 that have become industry standards now. Founded in 1977, Epcon has grown from a one-man operation to a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative air pollution control technology and industrial heating equipment.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
ENVIRONMENT~ Renewable Energy Sources and their future prospects.tiwarimanvi3129
This presentation is for us to know that how our Environment need Attention for protection of our natural resources which are depleted day by day that's why we need to take time and shift our attention to renewable energy sources instead of non-renewable sources which are better and Eco-friendly for our environment. these renewable energy sources are so helpful for our planet and for every living organism which depends on environment.
9. ANALYSE
• Some tools available
• AtlasR
• Biotaxa
• Currently packages for use on stand alone
system
• Future: run R server in order to run these R
tools online using the Lifewatch infrastructure
in Spain
12. DEVELOP
CODE
solong
This R package provides allometric equations that
relate the body size of Southern Ocean taxa to their
body part measurements
Sohungry
This R package provides access to the SCAR
Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database
Antanym
This R package provides easy access to Antarctic
geographic place name information.
14. RAATD
• Retrospective Analysis of
Antarctic Tracking data
• > 70 contributors
• 12 national Antarctic
programs
• 17 predator species
• 4060 individual animals
• 2.9 million observed
locations
DATA code
15. Quantarctica
A Cross-Platform, Full-Featured, Free
GIS for Antarctic Research
http://quantarctica.npolar.no
quantarctica@npolar.no
Original data quality
Peer-reviewed datasets
Import and analyze your own data
Field-tested: runs entirely offline
Production-quality map and figure
design tools
Free and open publication and
redistribution
Metadata and citation
information included
Quantarctica v3 under development now – get a sneak preview
Biology
Atmosphere
Environmental
managment
Geology
Geophysics
Oceanography
Sea Ice
17. Polar Federated
Search
• Collaboration between
– Southern Ocean Observation System
– Arctic Data Committee
– Standing Committee of Antarctic data managers
Biotaxa is a analytical and visualisation tool to explain and predict the discovery of taxonomic diversity. It looks at (1) how well a model can plan the growth of taxonomic diversity in a region, (2) how confident one can be in explaining the growth of the taxonomic diversity, (3) what would be the likely gaps of taxonomic diversity. Users can harness the power of the provided functions to estimate the taxonomic diversity they are interested in a region.
SOOS is an international initiative with the mission to facilitate the collection and delivery of essential observations on dynamics and change of Southern Ocean systems to all international stakeholders (researchers, governments, industries), through design, advocacy and implementation of cost-effective observing and data delivery systems.
The Antarctic Biodiversity portal advises on key datasets to contribute to SOOSmap and on data flows towards SOOSmap (through OBIS).