Multidisciplinary Interoperability for Earth Observations: Some Architectural Issues

Author

Mazzetti, Paolo ; Nativi, Stefano

Author_Institution

Inst. of Atmos. Pollution Res. (CNR-IIA), Nat. Res. Council of Italy, Rome, Italy

Volume

5

Issue

3

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1054

Lastpage

1059

Abstract

The scope and complexity of Earth Observation investigations require advanced digital infrastructures supporting multidisciplinary information sharing and interoperability. The existing cyber(e)-infrastructures are often designed either for disciplinary applications, or for addressing specific challenges (e.g. high performance computing). However, moving towards an effective multidisciplinary support poses new architectural and technological challenges to observation infrastructures. This paper introduces and discusses promising Information Technology (IT) solutions facilitating multidisciplinary interoperability to advance existing Earth Observation interoperability.

Keywords

geophysics computing; open systems; remote sensing; Earth Observation investigations; Information Technology solutions; architectural challenges; digital infrastructure; multidisciplinary interoperability; observation infrastructures; technological challenges; Computer architecture; Data models; Earth; Geospatial analysis; Semantics; Servers; Service oriented architecture; Distributed information systems; GEOSS interoperability; sensor web; web services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1939-1404

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2190721

Filename

6184335