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Title: The DASH Portal: A Gateway to Simplified Access and Integration for Long-Term Ecological Data

Author
item SAVOY, HEATHER - New Mexico State University
item Peters, Debra
item RAMIREZ, GEOVANY - New Mexico State University
item BURRUSS, DYLAN - New Mexico State University

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/3/2018
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Various LTER projects can rely on the same geospatial data sets (e.g precipitation across a LTER site) and the work to integrate these data sets into individual workflows can become redundant. The Data Access and Spatiotemporal Harmonization (DASH) portal was created to automate these steps, such as accessing the data, subsetting the data by time and space, and performing statistical analyses. The portal tool allows users to obtain the data they need via a web-based interface that translates their selections into automated scripts so that the user does not need to use GIS software or programming languages themselves. This poster will describe the features of DASH and examples of how the portal benefits current and future LTER projects.