Standards meet applications for the Earth Sciences domain: the CP use case

1. OGF25/EGEE User Forum Le CiminiereCatania, ItalyMarch 2-6, 2009 GridApplicationExperiences Standards meet applications for the Earth Sciences domain: the CP use case Stefano Nativi (ESSI-Labof the CNR-IMAA)

2. Layout • Introduction • Resources as an Infrastructure • GMES platform: Environmental Policymaking • Earth Sciences Infrastructure • The CP Infrastructure experience • CYCLOPS project • Experimented Architecture • Demonstrations • Reccomandations

3. ResourcesasanInfrastructure • Resources: Data, Services, Models, Knowledge, … • Civil Protection, GMES, Earth and Space Science MárioCampolargo (Acting Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures) European Commission - DG INFSO – OGF 23, Barcelona June 2008

4. InfrastructuresInteroperability Domain SEMANTICS StrategicApplications CP GeospatialResources GMES platform Earth Sciences Infrastructure CapacityProvision Computing / Data GRID Infrastructure

5. GMES Platform • Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) • GMES concept was endorsed by the EC togather and use all available data and information • To create innovative and value-added services • To use these services to • enable decision makersto better anticipate or mitigate crisis situations • manage issues related to the environment and security GMES platform

6. GMES: CP services • The Final Report for the GMES Initial Period • Recognized the European Civil Protection as a valuable GMES service category • Outlined the importance to develop enabling e-infrastructures and virtual organization services to serve specific GMES applications CP GMES platform The riskcircle: F. Pisano (UNITAR).

7. Services to support Environmental Policymaking • Environmental policymaking services are underpinned by Geo-spatial Information Infrastructures • To shift from a “traditional” data centric approach to a more advanced service-based solution for Earth System Science information • air quality • climate change • water • energy • risk zones • ecosystems • ... GMES platform Earth System Sciences Earth Sciences Infrastructure

8. Earth Sciences Infrastructure • Growing demand of Society to discover, access and use Earth Information, in a seamless, effective and NRT way: • Applications and initiatives (ES infrastructures) • Decision Support Systems (DSS) • Earth and Environment System of Systems (GEOSS, GMES, SEIS) • Spatial Data Infrastructures (INSPIRE, NSDI, NFGIS) • Observatory systems (NEON, BON) • Science Digital Library (NSDL) • Technological drivers • Increasing resolution and availability of remotely sensed data • Growing number of operational satellites and sensor networks • Ubiquitous connectivity throughout the Society • Growing computing and storage capabilities Earth Sciences Infrastructure

9. Multidisciplinary ES resources interoperability Adopting a Standardization process: international standards, best practices EarthSciencesInfrastructure Semantic Expliciteness/ Interoperability level SOCIETY INFRASTRUCTURES, PLATFORMS and SYSTEMS Knowledge Extraction & Harmonization Resources Fruition through a SOA Approach ES resources Generation & Encoding Earth Sciences Infrastructure

10. AdvancedCyber-infratructureforEarth System Science: objectives and challenges • Advanced cyber-infrastructures can support the formation and operation of distributed, multidisciplinary collaborative teams • To integrate multidisciplinary knowledge to understand the properties of the Earth System and serve important Societal Benefit Areas • This is a real challenge for information technologyas much as it is for scientists GEOSS Infrastructure Earth Sciences Infrastructure

11. InteroperabilitythroughStandardization • Interoperability is underpinned by standards developed at the international level • Standards are developed at the level of the lowest common component [Source: Lesley WybornGeoscience Australia]

12. The CP InfrastructureUse case CYCLOPS experience

13. CYCLOPS Overview • Instrument: • FP6 – SSA for EGEE • Duration: • June 06 – December 08 • Partnership: • Civil Protection Agencies • ANPC (PT),DDSC (FR), DPC (IT), Pr. Chania (GR) • Scientific and Technological Centres • CNR (IT), EMA (FR), INFN (IT), TEI (GR), UMINHO (PT) • Main Outcomes • Grid-enabled CP applications proof-of-concept • Research Strategies and Innovation Guidelines for a European CP e-Infrastructure

14. CommunitiesInteroperability Application Domain SEMANTICS StrategicApplications GMES & CP Communities Web Services SOA • “To bridge the existing gap between Grid and CP/GMES Communities” GeospatialServices Earth & Space Science IT Community Grid Service ResourceProvision GRID Community

15. CP & GMES Requirements • Civil Protection and GMES applications/systems have specific requirements: • to access infrastructure, run models and search information in a real-time (RT) or near-real-time (NRT) way • privileging time of response instead of accuracy • to control sensors networks and acquisition systems and modify their acquisition strategy and processing chain • to share geospatial information that has complex characteristics: • Huge amounts of remotely-sensed observations, which are multidimensional and frequently updated • To formalise the knowledge required to analyse data and provide decision-makers with effective information • To implement the strict data policy and the security requirements typical of dual systems (civil/military);

16. CYCLOPS Research Strategy Conceive a complete Grid-based platform underpinning Geospatial Information services to support Civil Protection/GMES applications: The CYCLOPS platform CP GMES platform Earth Sciences Infrastructure Computing / Data GRID Infrastructure

17. CYCLOPS Platform Presentation and Fruition Services Business logic Services CYCLOPS Infrastructure Spatial Data Infrastructure Services Interoperability Platform Security Infrastructure Geospatial Resources Services Advanced Grid Services Environmental Monitoring Resource Infrastructure CYCLOPS Architectural Framework Appl. Platform Real Time and Near Real Time Applications for Civil Protection (Data integration, high-performance computing and distributed environment for simulations) GRID Platform (EGEE) Processing Systems Infrastructure Data Systems Instrument Services

18. Geospatialresourcesservices: The INSPIRE architecture [source: INSPIRE]

19. CS-W Discovery services based on ISO 19115 profiles Access and Download services Presentation services Thematic Portals WFS Processing Services View services WCS Virtual Globe Services WMS WMS Geospatial resources service tiers GI Resources GeospatialResourceServices WPS Processing Services

20. CYCLOPS: Methodology & Achievements D6 “Business Process Analysis” D9 “Use Cases” D11 “System Requirements” D8 “Existing Analysis” D15 “Toward a Grid - Guidelines for Innovation Strategies for Civil Protection Systems ” RISICO Proof-of-Concept CYCLOPS Platform D16 “Research Strategies for the development of a Civil Protection E-Infrastructure ” SPC-GD Proof-of-Concept

21. CYCLOPS: Prototypes • Wild FiresRiskAssessment • Linked to the PREVIEW GMES service • G-RISIKO Proof-of-Concept Input Data Input Data OGC-WCS Output Data OGC-WCS Web ServicesInfrastructure • Prototypingactivities GridInfrastructure GUI Web RISIKO tool OGC-WPS RISICO Model RISICO Model

22. CYCLOPS: Prototypes • FloodForecast • Linked to GMES flash flood anticipation service • SPC-GD Proof-of-Concept EGEE Environment SPC-GD LocalEnvironment • Prototypingactivities WCS WPS WMS

23. CYCLOPS: Implemented on EGEE

24. ResearchStrategies Target audience: Researchactivities and fundingdecision-makers Methodology: CivilProtectionSystemsanalysis Usecasesanalysis Architecturalframeworkdefinition Prototyping Identificationofmainresearchthemes and topics • DefinitionofResearchStrategies & InnovationGuidelines

25. ResearchThemes and Topics

26. InnovationGuidelines Target Audience: CP innovationdecision-makers Methodology: CivilProtectionSystemsanalysis Architecturalframeworkdefinition Prototyping Identificationofobstaclestoinnovation and possiblesolutions • DefinitionofResearchStrategies & InnovationGuidelines

27. InnovationThemes and Strategies

28. Follow-on: GLite-OWS (G-OWS) WG • Objectives: • To address standardization needs for Earth and Space Science Community and GMES for the GLite framework; • To establish an open forum to govern the OWS implementation specifications for the GLite platform. • To contribute to the OGC-OGF initiative. • Participants: • CYCLOPS Consortium • DORII Consortium • GENESI-DR Consortium • Actions: • To release a standard GLite package being comprised of OWS implementations: • Access : Web Coverage Service (WCS); Web Feature Service (WFS); • Processing : Web Processing Service (WPS); • Discovery : Catalog Service for Web (CSW); • Sensors: Sensor Observation Service (SOS); • Visualization: Web Map Service (WMS). • To reach out to other Projects/Initiatives and invite them to join the WG; • To disseminate the WG activities (e.g. at EGU-ESSI, April 2009).

29. Useful Information • CYCLOPS Project Web Site • www.cyclops-project.eu • G-OWS Working Group • http://sites.google.com/a/imaa.cnr.it/g-ows/Home “Earth Sciences grid/cloud applications using OGC services” OGF25 SESSION Wednesday16:00 – 17:30 ( Bernini)

30. Thankyouforyourattention ! stefano.nativi@cnr.it nativi@imaa.cnr.it