Database Management - David Court

Current Tasks

last update: 20.10.2012

News:
CALIBRATION

- I've created a timeline for the MicroPro 113 calibration history. You can view figures here:

uPro Irradiance - UV

- The sample times for all the MicroPro data have been edited. All times are GMT.
- All MicroPro data have been RE-submitted to SeaBASS to ensure correct sample times. Jermey has been notified
- PAR values have been calculated from all in-water SPMR & MicroPro irradiance profile data 18.10.2012
- I've asked for a Microsoft operating system to be installed - along with VMware Fusion 02.10.2012
- I've found the "underway" irradiance data associated with the MER.
- I've extracted (and formatted) these Es data and have calculated daily PAR values based on the sampling interval of 1.4 seconds.
- These daily PAR values are now available on-line: ftp://ftp.eri.ucsb.edu/pub/org/oceancolor/BBOP/BBOP_PAR/BBOP_daily_PAR_1992_2011.txt

Ongoing:

Global Database of In-Situ Matchups
- Adding new data as it becomes available from SeaBASS
- Applying QC/QA measures to updates
- Most recent update: September 01, 2012
- Need to redevelop MySQL tools for on-line access

BBOP
- WEBPAGE: http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/bbop/
- Processing BBOP MicroPro data
- Formatting data for SeaBASS submissions
- Latest cruise: B171
- Submitted to SeaBASS: YES
- Data available on-line: YES

Plumes & Blooms
- WEBPAGE: http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/PnB/PnB.html
- Formatting processed CTD for SeaBASS submissions
- Processing and formatting PRR data for SeaBASS submissions
- Latest cruise: PB231
- Submitted to SeaBASS: NO
- Data available on-line: NO

CLIVAR
- Process MicroPro radiometric data as it becomes available
- Matchup data products (AOPs, IOPs & pigments)
- Last cruise: P6 - April 2010
- Submitted to SeaBASS: YES
- Additional cruises: A20 A22 AMMA I08S I09N P16S P16N P18

Global Matchups (In-Situ Data + Remotely Sensed Data Products)
- WEBPAGE: http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/~dcourt/MATCHUPS/

MEaSUREs
- Plan to build some web-tools per Stéphane's needs

Current Projects:

Re-organization of the BBOP database
Purpose:
- To increase the performance of the (in-situ) matchups
Methods:
- Imported all pigment measurements from SeaBASS
- Organized all radiometric data (MER, SPMR, & MicrPro)
- Organized all absorption data (ag, ad, ap & aph)
- Cross-referencing all measurements with BATS log sheets
Issues:
- The chlorophyll values in the original database were incorrect. The chlorophyll values were taken from the IOP bottle-files that had been submitted to SeaBASS. These were labeled as "chl_a", which is defined by SeaBASS as an HPLC product. However, these are Flourometric measurements. At some point, a script needs to be written to re-format these files and a they must then be re-submitted to SeaBASS.
- Many of the sample times are incorrect. This creates inaccuracies when trying to match-up the different measurements. Most of the problems are a result of submitting the data in local (Bermuda) time rather than GMT - as required by SeaBASS. Other issues exist as a result of the technician's computer clock being incorrectly set - sometimes by an order of years. Again, these data will ultimately have to edited and re-submitted to SeaBASS.