Collaborative Research: ELEMENTS: The LROSE Science Gateway LIDAR/RADAR Analysis In The Cloud

气象雷达和激光雷达的遥感观测包含大量的原始数据。 对这些数据的分析通常非常耗时，从而减缓了将数据转化为科学见解的速度。 该研究小组在NSF的资助下开发了激光雷达开放软件环境（LROSE），该环境由免费提供的工具组成，以帮助分析和可视化数据。 该奖项将使LROSE在线可用，消除在本地计算机上进行复杂安装的需要，并利用云上的数据集。 该项目的影响将涉及利用激光雷达和雷达数据的所有科学领域，例如恶劣天气和空气质量。 在线方法还将使教育工作者能够在教室里为学生设置练习和教具，同时提供沿着学习活动的相关数据和文件。该项目建立在激光雷达开放软件环境的基础上，该环境是一个用于分析雷达和激光雷达数据的软件工具箱，为LROSE开发了一个功能齐全的科学网关。 该研究团队将把LROSE集成到一个门户网站环境中，从而允许通过Web浏览器界面随时访问计算资源，并允许用户直接在云中移动数据。 CSSI Elements奖项的目的是促进分析和数据处理工具的使用，减少有效科学的障碍并扩大用户群。 该项目有两个主要的开发组成部分：1）底层基础设施，包括网关、数据处理层和数据可视化功能; 2）科学软件模块，允许用户使用数据进行实验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Remote sensing observations from weather radars and lidars consist of a tremendous amount of raw data. Analysis of this data is often time-consuming, slowing the translation of data to scientific insights. The research team, under prior NSF funding, developed the Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE) which consists of freely available tools to help analyze and visualize data. This award will take the next step by making LROSE available online, eliminating the need for a complicated installation on local computers and taking advantage of data sets on the cloud. The impact of this project will be on all areas of science that make use of lidar and radar data, such as for severe weather and air quality. The online approach will also make it possible for educators to set up exercises and teaching aids for students in a classroom, along with the relevant data and documentation for learning activities.This project builds upon the Lidar Radar Open Software Environment, which is a software toolbox for analyzing radar and lidar data, by developing a fully functional science gateway for LROSE. The research team will integrate LROSE into a web portal environment, thereby allowing ready accessibility to computational resources via web browser interfaces and allowing users to move data directly within the cloud. The intent of this CSSI Elements award is to facilitate access to analysis and data processing tools, reducing barriers to effective science and expanding the user base. The project has two major development components: 1) the underlying infrastructure, including the gateway, the data handling layer and data visualization capabilities, and 2) the scientific software modules that allow users to perform experiments using the data.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.