Hi Steve, Perhaps the established Ferret/Live access server that is widely used in physical oceanography is one to have a look at?
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/home Best, Andrew Dr Andrew Davies Scottish Association for Marine Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anddavies.co.uk Amazing coral site: http://www.lophelia.org/ The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is registered in Scotland as a Company Limited by Guarantee (SC009292) and is a registered charity (9206). There are 2 wholly owned subsidiary companies: SAMS Research Services Ltd a Limited Company (SC224404) and the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology, a Company Limited By Guarantee (SC205318). All Companies in the group are registered in Scotland and share a registered office at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban Argyll PA37 1QA. The content of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of SAMS unless specifically stated. >>> David Kirschtel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/25/08 2:32 AM >>> Steve - David Maidment (at UT-Austin) has been leading an NSF funded project to develop a Water Data Service system. The ODM (Observation Data Model) component would be a good candidate for your needs. from our website(his.cuashi.org): The CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System project is developing information technology infrastructure to support hydrologic science. One aspect of this is a data model for the storage and retrieval of hydrologic observations in a relational database. The purpose for such a database is to store hydrologic observations data in a system designed to optimize data retrieval for integrated analysis of information collected by multiple investigators. It is intended to provide a standard format to aid in the effective sharing of information between investigators and to allow analysis of information from disparate sources both within a single study area or hydrologic observatory and across hydrologic observatories and regions. The observations data model is designed to store hydrologic observations and sufficient ancillary information (metadata) about the data values to provide traceable heritage from raw measurements to usable information allowing them to be unambiguously interpreted and used. A relational database format is used to provide querying capability to allow data retrieval supporting diverse analyses. A generic template for the observations database is presented. This is referred to as the Observations Data Model (ODM). ODM has been used at the WATERS testbed sites and Critical Zone Observatories. The CUAHSI-HIS suite includes other tools for data storage publication and retrieval - including hydroseek, hydroExcel and WaterML webservices. Data partners includes: USGS, EPA, NOAA, NASA regards. David ========================================== David Kirschtel, Ph.D. - Sr Program Manager CUAHSI 2000 Florida Ave, NW Washington, DC 20009 202.777.7309 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am looking for recommendations for a database management system or > data > archiving system that can handle longitudinal daily data records. For > example, we have a hydrological monitoring program that maintains > records > since 2000, records represent the daily mean water stage at several > hundred > monitoring sites, that have been interpolated and assigned to a grid > with > 405 rows and 287 columns. Each cell in this grid represent a 400 x > 400 > meter area. > > Our modeling goals are to use these data along with a much larger and > broader suite of environmental data to conduct vegetation and wildlife > simulations that are being designed to address adaptive management > decisions. > > So I am looking to see if there are any substantial data management > systems > available that can handle this kind of volume of data. Currently the > hydrological data is stored in netCDF, however it requires advanced > users > to ensure access to the data. > > Are there alternatives? > > Thanks > Steve > > > Steve Friedman Ph. D. > Spatial Statistical Analyst > Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Park > 950 N Krome Ave (3rd Floor) > Homestead, Florida 33034 > > Office (305) 224 - 4282 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
