Title :
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
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2190721
