Central Energy Resources Team Proposed Work

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Subtask of Central Region Integrated Science Partnership Funds (CRISP) proposal:
Central Energy Resources Team Proposed Work for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems Project

Project Title: Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems: An Integrated Database and Information Management System (DIMS)

Project Dates: October 2004 – September 30, 2006

Co-Principal Investigators: David A. Ferderer, Data Management Project Chief,
Curt Huffman, Gulf Coast Geologic Framework Studies Project Chief, USGS Central Energy Resources Team, Denver CO 80225

Objective: To service geologically based, energy information needs of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems, Integrated Database and Information Management System (DIMS) through the contribution of selected geospatial information assets and services.

Approach: The approach taken by the Central Energy Resources Team (CERT) to meet this objective will focus on providing information assets and services in a variety of ways. The first approach will consist of the contribution of discrete data assets in a traditional, file based fashion. This may include the transfer of datasets in a variety of formats to a centrally managed system administered by DIMS project staff. The second approach will be to provide access to a variety of locally controlled and managed web services which can be easily integrated into the DIMS system in a distributed fashion using well documented, industry standard, web protocols and technologies including accepted OpenGIS specifications and vendor specific implementations including ArcIMS and ArcXML.

Tasks and Deliverable Products: Staff from the Data Management Project and Gulf Coast Framework Studies Project will identify, locate, organize, and document digital information holdings within CERT that coincide with the Gulf Coast Ecosystem research area of interest.

These assets will include geospatial datasets and services associated with the following Projects:

CERT’s 1995 and 2000 National Oil and Gas Resource Assessment
Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA) priority oil and gas assessments
Gulf Coast Geologic Framework Studies (pending publication)

Specific tasks performed by CERT will include:

Provide a detailed listing of potential applicable geospatial information assets and services.
Provide expertise and utilize techniques, tools, and capabilities developed in the Central Energy Team Data Management Project and prototype NOGA Online interactive map (IMS) capability to support the development of an information clearinghouse.
Organize and transfer specified geospatial datasets to DIMS system administrative staff.
Provide access to a variety of web based distributed services for use within the DIMS system including Internet Mapping and Metadata Services.
Provide additional energy commodity resource information such as coal and coalbed methane in the form a datasets and services as they become available.