EarthCube Building Blocks: CyberConnector: Bridging the Earth Observations and Earth Science Modeling for Supporting Model Validation, Verification, and Inter-comparison

EarthCube 构建模块：Cyber​​Connector：连接地球观测和地球科学建模以支持模型验证、验证和相互比较

• 批准号: 1440294
• 负责人: Liping Di
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1440294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EarthCube; Building; Blocks; CyberConnector; Bridging

The project will 1) significantly increase research productivity in the Earth science modeling community, 2) enable the effective use of the existing Sensor Web data and Earth Observations through open Web interfaces and metadata standards, 3) foster collaborations among Earth system modelers, geospatial information scientists, and information technologists, and 4) enhance infrastructure for Earth science research and education. CyberConnector will free scientists from the laborious preparation of model inputs and release of model outputs. It will automatically process the Earth Observation data into the right products in the right form needed for Earth Systems Model initialization, validation, and inter-comparison.This project developes an EarthCube building block, called CyberConnector, for facilitating the automatic preparation and feeding of both historic and near-real time Earth Observation customized data and on-demand derived products into Earth science models. will automatically process the EO data into the right products in the right form needed for ESM initialization, validation, and inter-comparison. It can support many different ESMs through its standard interfaces under a unified framework. CyberConnector can also automatically serve the model outputs in interoperable forms through standard data services to facilitate rapid inter-model comparison and support the societal applications of the model outputs. Recent EarthCube end-user workshops indicate the proposed capabilities of the CyberConnector are at the top of the wish lists of multiple Earth science communities. To achieve these capabilities, this project leverages the online availability of huge volume of EO data at EO cyberinfrastructure of NSF (e.g., Unidata, NEON), other federal agencies (NASA, NOAA, USGS), and international EO organizations (e.g., CEOS members), advancements in standard-based geospatial web service and sensor web technologies, and successful cyber-systems built by the investigators of this proposal and others (e.g., GeoBrain, SEPS, GEOSS, and CWIC). The proposed project will closely collaborate with other EarthCube building block teams and end-user communities. The ISO geospatial data and metadata standards and standard-based geospatial web service, workflows, and sensor web technologies are the foundation for this project.The Cloud-Resolving Model (CRM), the Community Multi-scale Air Quality Model (CMAQ), the Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM), and the Grassland and Agroecosystem Dynamics Model (CENTURY) will be used as examples in this project to test, validate, and demonstrate the capabilities and functionality of CyberConnector.The CyberConnector approach is a general one that can support many different Earth system models through the standard interfaces and the geospatial processing model (GPM) mechanism

该项目将1）显着提高地球科学建模界的研究生产力，2）通过开放的Web接口和元数据标准有效利用现有的传感器Web数据和地球观测，3）促进地球系统建模者、地理空间信息科学家之间的合作，和信息技术专家，以及4）增强地球科学研究和教育的基础设施。CyberConnector将使科学家从繁重的模型输入准备和模型输出发布中解放出来。该项目开发了一个称为CyberConnector的EarthCube构件，以促进自动准备和向地球科学模型提供历史和近实时地球观测定制数据和按需衍生产品。将自动将EO数据处理为ESM初始化、验证和相互比较所需的正确形式的正确产品。它可以在一个统一的框架下通过其标准接口支持许多不同的ESM。CyberConnector还可以通过标准数据服务以可互操作的形式自动提供模型输出，以促进快速的模型间比较，并支持模型输出的社会应用。最近的EarthCube最终用户研讨会表明，CyberConnector的拟议功能是多个地球科学界愿望清单上的首选。为了实现这些功能，该项目利用了NSF EO网络基础设施中大量EO数据的在线可用性（例如，Unidata、氖）、其他联邦机构（NASA、NOAA、USGS）和国际EO组织（例如，地球观测卫星委员会成员），基于标准的地理空间网络服务和传感器网络技术的进步，以及本提案和其他提案的研究人员建立的成功的网络系统（例如，GeoBrain、SEPS、GEOSS和CWIC）。拟议项目将与其他EarthCube积木小组和最终用户社区密切合作。ISO地理空间数据和元数据标准以及基于标准的地理空间网络服务、工作流程和传感器网络技术是本项目的基础，云解析模型（CRM）、社区多尺度空气质量模型（CMAQ）、有限体积沿海海洋模型（FVCOM）和草地和农业生态系统动力学模型（世纪）将在本项目中作为示例进行测试、验证、并展示CyberConnector的功能和功能。CyberConnector方法是一种通用方法，可以通过标准接口和地理空间处理模型（GPM）机制支持许多不同的地球系统模型