Grid in earth sciences

The Earth Sciences (ES) community, with its mosaic of disciplines and players such as academia, industry, national surveys, international organizations, has specific requirements described next. In particular, any observation depends on four coordinates (three spatial dimensions and time) and then n...

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Published in:Earth science informatics 2009-06, Vol.2 (1-2), p.1-3
Main Authors: Petitdidier, M., Cossu, R., Mazzetti, P., Fox, P., Schwichtenberg, H., de Cerff, W. Som
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earth System Sciences
Editorial
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Ocean, Atmosphere
Ontology
Physics
Sciences of the Universe
Simulation and Modeling
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
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Summary:The Earth Sciences (ES) community, with its mosaic of disciplines and players such as academia, industry, national surveys, international organizations, has specific requirements described next. In particular, any observation depends on four coordinates (three spatial dimensions and time) and then needs geospatial tools for its use. The data policy is very complex and strict, as many real-time data may be strategic for the country and/or have an economic impact. In addition, the ES community provides short-term and medium-term predictions of weather and natural hazards in real-time and requires for those tasks immediate availability of resources by advance reservation or pre-emption. Model simulations of a host of phenomena relating to the Earth and its space environment need access to various large sets of data distributed geographically in different data centres. The various sources of data, among others, include satellite missions, observational networks, large instruments and simulations.
ISSN:1865-0473
1865-0481
DOI:10.1007/s12145-009-0028-5