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COSYNA data management is the link between observations, model results and data retrieval and usage. It organizes the data streams between observational and storage systems at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and partner sites, the data documentation and the user interfaces for data retrieval and presentation. Monitoring the actual status of the systems and subsequent pre-operational state reconstructions and forecasts requires fast transmission, automatic quality checks and data assimilation.
The integration of diverse data sources in terms of parameters, dimensionality and observation methods to gain a comprehensive view of the observations is achieved by describing the data in a generic way using metadata and by making all data available for different analyses and visualizations, interrelated and independent of data dimensionality.
The compliance with national and international standards or guidelines for data management and quality assurance ensures interoperability with other marine/coastal data centers regarding information sources, exchange of data, and metadata including data quality. This way, COSYNA is prepared to contribute to a European-wide network of coastal observatories. Together, meta, observational and model data will grow into a long-term searchable archive that can be used to detect patterns in the North Sea systemsʼ development over a broad range of temporal and spatial scales.
In the COSYNA data portal, all routine data that are measured in COSYNA can be selected and displayed in combination with remote sensing and radar data.
COSYNA follows an open data policy for users from the scientific community, coastal managers or interested laypersons. The COSYNA data portal presents all COSYNA data and metadata in a comprehensive way. The user can select parameters, data sources, time range and presentation type (overlay raster map or time series diagram) and choose to either display or download the selected data. The actual data retrieval is controlled exclusively by the metadata.
Datenportal Chlorophyll: the example depicts a combination of FerryBox data and MERIS data for chlorophyll.
All regularly measured data can be selected in the COSYNA data portal in combination with remote sensing and radar data. The example represented above illustrates a combination of FerryBox and MERIS data for chlorophyll.
Its aim is to provide sound scientific and independent information as a basis for decision-makers of public authorities in charge of the implementation of environmental policies.
In cooperation with: Steinbeis Transfer Center for Geoinformatics Greifswald-Rostock.