ARM Archive remodeling: streamlined user interfaces and new access features
Authors
Raymond A. McCord — retired
Giri Prakash — Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Karen N. Gibson — Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Category
Infrastructure & Outreach
Description
The Archive home page and user interfaces are being streamlined and restructured to make the initial reaction to the ARM Data Archive less overwhelming. Changes will reduce the number of interfaces, improve the grouping of interfaces, and provide more emphasis on data discovery from a measurements perspective (versus instruments). The Archive home page is organized into: searching for data, visualizing data, and access to specialized data. Data searching is refocused on a measurement theme for users who are less familiar with the desired data. A "one-page" interface provides efficient access for users familiar with the desired data. Data visualization includes the Archive Thumbnail Browser (pre-computed plots) and NCVWeb (interactive plots). Access to specialized data includes pathways to field campaign data, showcase data, evaluation data, and PI data. Direct access to ARM data from user applications is being explored with THREDDS catalog technology and machine-readable DQR information (see poster by Sean Moore et al.).
