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

该项目将1)显著提高地球科学模型界的研究生产力，2)通过开放的网络接口和元数据标准有效利用现有的传感器网络数据和地球观测，3)促进地球系统模型师、地球空间信息科学家和信息技术员之间的合作，4)加强地球科学研究和教育的基础设施。CyberConnector将使科学家从费力准备模型输入和发布模型输出中解放出来。它将自动将地球观测数据处理成正确的产品，以正确的形式进行地球系统模型初始化、验证和相互比较。该项目开发了一个名为CyberConnector的EarthCube构建块，用于促进历史和近实时地球观测定制数据和按需派生产品的自动准备和输入到地球科学模型中。将以ESM初始化、验证和相互比较所需的正确形式自动将EO数据处理为正确的产品。它可以通过统一框架下的标准接口支持多种不同的ESM。CyberConnector还可以通过标准数据服务，以可互操作的形式自动为模型产出提供服务，以促进模型间的快速比较，并支持模型产出的社会应用。最近举办的EarthCube终端用户研讨会表明，拟议的网络连接器的能力是多个地球科学界愿望清单上的头等大事。为了实现这些能力，该项目利用了国家科学基金会(例如Unidata、NEON)、其他联邦机构(NASA、NOAA、USGS)和国际EO组织(例如CEOS成员)的EO网络基础设施(例如Unidata、NEON)、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由本提案和其他调查人员构建的成功的网络系统(例如GeoBrain、SEPS、GEOSS和CWIC)的大量EO数据的在线可用性。拟议的项目将与其他EarthCube构建块团队和最终用户社区密切合作。本项目将以云解析模型(CRM)、社区多尺度空气质量模型(CMAQ)、有限体积沿海海洋模型(FVCOM)以及草原和农业生态系统动力学模型(CENTURY)为例，测试、验证和演示CyberConnector的功能和功能。CyberConnector方法是一种通用的方法，可以通过标准接口和地理空间处理模型(GPM)机制支持多种不同的地球系统模型

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