Journal
EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATICS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1-17Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-017-0308-4
Keywords
Multisource Earth observation; Earth science model; Cyberinfrastructure; Geospatial web service; Geoprocessing workflow
Funding
- NSF EarthCube [ICER-1440294]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-NA0001123]
- OGC Testbed 12
- ICER
- Directorate For Geosciences [1440294] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Feeding multisource Earth observation (EO) data into Earth science models (ESM) remains a daunting challenge. This paper presents a service-oriented approach as an alternative solution. It uses geospatial web services to process the EO data and geoprocessing workflow for automation. Different from existing approaches, it takes advantage of virtual data products (VDP) to release modelers from intensive data processing. It can directly connect ESMs to public EO sources via Cyberinfrastructure. A prototype called CyberConnector is implemented. CyberConnector supports intuitive building of VDP, automatic execution of workflows and effortless retrieval of model-ready input files. We used it to stream multiple datasets to several ESMs including finite-volume coastal ocean model (FVCOM) and cloud-resolving model (CRM). The results show that CyberConnector can truly benefit modelers on time saving and effort minimizing.
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