LTER Cyberinfrastructure
Site Assessment Survey - Raw Analysis
This survey is designed to assess the current state,
and cyberinfrastructure (CI) needs for LTER Network level science
being developed as part of the LTER Planning Process. Components
of the survey were developed by a CI Team which met in June to
initiate the CI needs assessment. Further information can be found
in the Cyberinfrastructure section of the LTER Planning Grant
Wiki at: http://intranet.lternet.edu/planning/
This assessment covers the LTER sites only. The LTER
Network Office was assessed separately from the sites.
This survey was written and processed by John
Vande Castle, LTER Network Office, using survey tools of "Surveymonkey.com"
(This is neither an endorsement or recommendation by the LTER
Network Office). Special thanks are due to the members of
the LTER Technology Committee and LTER Information Managers who
reviewed drafts of the survey, and especially to ALL the LTER
Information managers who took the time to fill out the survey.
This survey represents a response from sites of the entire LTER
Network, again thanks to the LTER Information Managers.
This survey is meant to cover the following topic areas identified
by the LTER CI team, although some questions were added at the
request of site information managers or members of the LTER Technology
Committee:
General overview of data collection, QA/QC, archive, delivery
EML/metadata completeness
GIS/map services
Instrumentation - sensors
Remote sensing infrastructure, data storage
Analytic tools
Models
Visualization
Number of IM FTE’s – break down by type, expertise
Institutional/site support – email, admin, licensing
Network bandwidth – internal-external
Storage capacity, backup solutions
Database formats/ organization/systems
Partnerships
Server architecture
Computational capacity – models, stats, database
Collaboration tools – Wikis, vtc, email, file sharing
NOTES: Some sites entered data from multiple sessions,
as reflected in some skipped questions, but the total response
was from all 26 LTER sites.
NOTES: Some skipped questions indicate the question
doesn't apply to the site, or the site does not use or have any
of the information requested.
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