Pilot Virtual Observatory

试点虚拟天文台

• 批准号: NE/I002200/1
• 负责人: Bridget Emmett
• 金额: $ 206.46万
• 依托单位: NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FI002200%2F1
• 关键词: Pilot; Virtual; Observatory

Environmental science suffers from fragmentation of many kinds, and progress in answering big science questions and tackling major environmental issues depends on developing new tools to reduce this fragmentation, add knowledge and develop and communicate integrated solutions. Specific concerns include: > Spatial, temporal gaps in data > Disrupted alignment of data > Multiple portals for access to data > Isolated and unlinked models > Fragmented disciplines, institutes, agencies, countries (within and outwith UK) > 'Silo' management of our natural resources (e.g. air, soil, water and biodiversity) Emerging information technologies can provide solutions to this fragmentation but the embrace of these new technologies by the environmental science community will need nurturing, working with computer scientists and others. Much of the environmental science community does not embrace new information technologies readily and is poorly equipped in its training to exploit new information technologies quickly. New standards will need to be developed and tested to allow easy information exchange. The Pilot Virtual Observatory (VO) seeks to develop a proof of concept or a 'shop window' to stimulate interest and engagement in the environmental community at all levels in these new technologies, to demonstrate effectiveness, to help to set international standards for exchanges of data and models and to explore how the technology can be used in environmental management. We will concentrate on the 'Sustainable use of Soils and Water' component of NERC's portfolio initially because it illustrates well all aspects of a Virtual Observatory while presenting manageable sized data sets and models. A critical component of the work will be the development of a cyber-infrastructure (i.e. the 'cloud') for environmental science that enables the integration of a variety of information sources (including disparate data sets, sensor data and models) together with associated information services to provide both interoperability between such services and encourage the flow from data to knowledge to policy setting in the quest for answering big science questions. Success will be an engaged and enthusiastic academic and environmental manager community beyond the soils and water focus of the Pilot project with secured financial support for the next phase of the Virtual Observatory project.

环境科学受到多种分散的影响，在回答重大科学问题和解决重大环境问题方面的进展取决于开发新的工具来减少这种分散，增加知识，开发和传播综合解决方案。具体关切包括：>数据的空间和时间差距>数据排列混乱>访问数据的多个门户网站>孤立和无关联的模型>分散的学科、研究所、机构、国家（英国内外）>自然资源的“筒仓”管理（例如空气，土壤，水和生物多样性）新兴的信息技术可以为这种分散化提供解决办法，但环境科学界对这些新技术的接受需要培育，与计算机科学家和其他人一起工作。环境科学界的许多人并不乐于接受新的信息技术，而且在迅速利用新信息技术的培训方面装备不足。将需要制定和测试新的标准，以便于信息交流。试验性虚拟观测站旨在开发一种概念验证或“橱窗”，以激发各级环境界对这些新技术的兴趣和参与，展示其有效性，帮助制定数据和模型交流的国际标准，并探索如何在环境管理中使用这些技术。我们将集中在NERC的投资组合的“土壤和水的可持续利用”的组成部分最初，因为它很好地说明了虚拟天文台的各个方面，同时提出可管理的规模的数据集和模型。这项工作的一个关键组成部分将是发展网络基础设施（即“云”）环境科学，使各种信息源的整合（包括不同的数据集，传感器数据和模型）以及相关的信息服务，以提供这些服务之间的互操作性，并鼓励从数据到知识再到政策制定的流动，科学问题。成功将是一个参与和热情的学术界和环境管理者社区超越土壤和水的试点项目的重点，并为虚拟天文台项目的下一阶段提供可靠的财政支持。

项目成果

Environmental Virtual Observatory Pilot Final Report . Natural Environment Research Council (UK). NE/I002200/1.

环境虚拟观测站试点最终报告。

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