antarctic Sea level
monitoring network
state of network
- Lack of systematic procedures from downloading to public release of data (eg Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level does not receive data)
- Backlog of unprocessed data needing QC and calibration
- Need to maintain international best practice
Outcomes of meeting on Present state and future of Australian Antarctic sea level monitoring network. Attendees: Henk Brolsma, Roger Handsworth, John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, John Hunter, Ben Galton-Fenzi and Richard Coleman. Held: 4 Feb 2014
State of network
4. Ad hoc support of network for levelling, deployments, downloads, maintenance etc..
5. Decentralised management (STS, Comms, Science, Data Centre)
recomMendations
- Update download procedures and automate as much as possible
- Clear backlog of unprocessed/uncalibrated data ~ 6 months work.
- Identify and implement international best practice for future monitoring
- Ad hoc support?
- Decentralised management ?
1. Downloads and processing
- Mark Richardson implementing SOP as outlining by Hunter, Watson, Connell and G-F with assistance from IMOS (2014), using python.
2. Data backlog
- Requires ~ 6 months work
- Coding/scripting skills, e.g. IMOS
- Funding?
3. Future
- Review of network and consideration and implementation of recommendations
- Possible external reviewers:
- Phil Woodworth (retired)
- Laurent Testut (p[resently managing French ROSAME network, including Antarctic and Southern Ocean
4. Decentralised management
australian baseline sea level monitoring
