| The Future of Dams |
| The DDC will soon have available more dams data for New England. This dataset is developed by an interdisciplinary team of NEST researchers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. |
| Completed: Summer 2019 |
| More NEST Data |
| The DDC continues to work with NEST research teams to acquire and host their project data. DDC staff will provide technical support as needed. |
| Completed: Fall 2017 |
| The Future of Dams |
| The DDC now provides data on 7000 dams in New England. This dataset includes Feature Characteristics, Land Use Classification, Dam Hazard Classification and related attributes and is developed by an interdisciplinary team of NEST researchers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. |
| Completed: Spring 2017 |
| Intensive Snow Measurements |
| This new data portal encompasses a suite of snowpack characteristics: snow depth and density, grain size, albedo, temperature, and major ion and black carbon chemistry. |
| Completed: Fall 2016 |
| NEST Data Available |
| The DDC is pleased to make available 4 new data portals highlighting the interdisciplinary work of NEST research teams: Maine and New Hampshire Beachgoer Survey, Maine and New Hampshire Coastal Resident Survey, Healthy Maine Beaches, and Public Perceptions of Water Issues. More NEST data portals will be released soon. |
| Completed: Summer, 2016 |
| Additional NH MODIS Data |
| The DDC will soon house six MODIS data products for use by the Pixel Extraction Tool within the Data Query interface. The Pixel Extraction Tool allows users to extract pixel values from the imagery at station locations. New data products will include MCD12Q2 (Land Cover Dynamics), MOD11A1 (LST Daily), and MOD11A2 (LST 8-day Composite) data products. MCD43B3 (Albedo) and MOD13A2 (NDVI) data products for the years 2006 through 2014 are currently available through the DDC as are MCD15A2 (LAI) data products for 2007 through 2014. |
| Completed: Spring 2016 |
| Web Mapping Capabilities |
| The DDC is developing new web mapping utilities to allow for the mapping of data across the states of Maine and New Hampshire. This will help users to define spatial trends within the data, and will be available within the main DDC interface as well as within individual project portals. |
| Completed: Spring 2016 |
| Filtering Capability |
| To accommodate the growth of the DDC data holdings, new filtering options are being added to the interface. These will allow users to more easily select portals and data sets based on content, theme, or geography. |
| Completed: Winter/Spring 2016 |
| The DDC Gets a New Look |
| The DDC recently implemented a redesign of its website to better accommodate its users. This new intuitive interface allows for quicker and more efficient access to data, data visualizations, and supporting data and information. The interface also provides a “What’s New for the DDC” blog as well as other communications tools for users to better keep track of new data and tools being hosted and produced by the DDC. |
| Completed: Fall 2015 |
| Poster Gallery |
| The DDC now has an on-line poster gallery highlighting the research activities of the New England Sustainability Consortium (NEST). The gallery is accessible through the 'Resources' tab on the navigation menu. New posters will be added to the gallery as they become available. Individual portals will have links to project-specific posters as well. |
| Completed: Fall, 2015 |
| NH MODIS Data |
| The DDC has made available three MODIS data products for use with the Pixel Extraction Tool within the Data Query interface. The Pixel Extraction Tool allows users to extract pixel values from the imagery at station locations. MCD43B3 (Albedo) and MOD13A2 (NDVI) data products for the years 2006 through 2014 are currently available through the DDC as are MCD15A2 (LAI) data products for 2007 through 2014. Additional data products including MCD12Q2 (Land Cover Dynamics), MOD11A1 (LST Daily), and MOD11A2 (LST 8-day Composite) will be available soon. |
| Completed: Fall 2015 |
| NEST Portal Development |
| The DDC is collaborating with the NEST research teams to develop new portals. Initial development will focus on the following research projects: Clamflat Shell Addition Experiment; Fecal Bacteria Assessment; Media Analysis; Public Transmedia Storytelling; and Surfers, Water Quality, & Decision Making. |
| Completed: Summer/Fall 2015 |
| Fecal Bacteria Assessment Data |
| Fecal Bacteria Assessment data is now available through the DDC. The data were collected during the summer of 2015 at two watershed locations – the Oyster River Watershed and the Little River Watershed in southeastern New Hampshire. |
| Completed: Fall, 2015 |
| Pixel Extraction Tool |
| The Pixel Extraction Tool (P-E-T) Tool will allow users to extract data and time series values from any DDC raster data product(s) via the location of existing station sensor locations or via a user defined click within a map of New Hampshire. These data will be made available for download or for visualization and comparison against other station data or raster data variables within the DDC Enhanced Graphing Tool. |
| Completed: Winter 2015 |
| Land Use and Demographics |
| The Land Use and Demographics data portal is now available through the DDC. This portal combines newly available housing density data with existing forest characteristics, demographic and remote sensing data to examine the relationship among residential development patterns, spatial variations in forest cover and ecosystem change in New Hampshire. |
| Completed: Early Winter 2015 |
| Advanced Metadata Tool |
| The DDC is in the process of finalizing version 1 of our Advanced Metadata Tool. This tool will allow DDC users to add and update metadata in FGDC, ISO, and EML metadata standards for any of their data products through an easy to use graphic user interface. Future iterations of the Advanced Metadata Tool will allow for conversion capabilities between metadata standards and for easy download of metadata records. |
| Completed: Early Winter 2015 |
| New Hampshire Water and Watershed Survey |
| New Hampshire Water and Watershed Survey data is now accessible through the DDC. This project adds new survey data that focuses on evaluating and valuing the ecosystem services (benefits from nature provided to humans) provided by New Hampshire’s watersheds. |
| Completed: Early Winter 2015 |
| Data Dashboard |
| The Data Dashboard will allow project data managers to efficiently upload and manage data, metadata, and access permissions for all files owned by them. This new tool will allow managers to designate data field names, edit metadata through a standard template, and grant/modify access rights to their data sets. Training sessions will be scheduled with each EPSCoR data manager to better promote the use of the new DDC Data Dashboard. |
| Completed: Fall/Winter 2014 |
| DDC Track II Data Surveys |
| The DDC is pleased to support the inclusion of data from the EPSCoR Track II, New England Sustainability Consortium (NEST) Project. This data will focus on economic, social and environmental dimensions of coastal closures along the New Hampshire and Maine seacoasts. For further information, please see http://nhepscor.org/safe-beaches-shellfish |
| Completed: Fall/Winter 2014 |
| Educational Subsets and Lessons |
| In our effort to link current science data to relevant classroom learning, the DDC will be rolling out a new series of Educational Science Data Subsets and Lessons for use in understanding important science questions of the day. |
| Completed: Fall/Winter 2014 |
| Airborne Data |
| The Airborne project adds new high resolution multispectral SPECTIR imagery to the DDC, providing a mechanism for scaling EPSCoR network sensor and other field observations that are primarily pointmeasurements to broader geographic areas. |
| Completed: November 2014 |
| Direct Data Access |
| This new capability of the Data Discovery Center (DDC) will allow users to directly download all available DDC data. Available lists of data files will be sortable alphabetically, chronologically, or categorically for easy access. |
| Completed: September 2014 |
| Enhanced Graphing Tool |
| The Multi-Date Multi-Variable Graphing Tool will allow users to visualize data over a month, a year, or the full data record allowing for the exploration of long term trends. |
| Completed: September 2014 |