Journal:A multi-service data management platform for scientific oceanographic products
| Full article title | A multi-service data management platform for scientific oceanographic products |
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| Journal | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Author(s) |
D'Anca, Alessandro; Conte, Laura; Nassisi, Paola; Palazzo, Cosimo; Lecci, Rita; Cretì, Sergio; Mancini, Marco; Nuzzo, Alessandra; Mirto, Maria; Mannarini, Gianandrea; Coppini, Giovanni; Fiore, Sandro; Aloisio, Giovanni |
| Author affiliation(s) | Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), University of Salento |
| Primary contact | Email: alessandro dot danca at cmcc dot it |
| Year published | 2017 |
| Volume and issue | 17(2) |
| Page(s) | 171-184 |
| DOI | 10.5194/nhess-17-171-2017 |
| ISSN | 1684-9981 |
| Distribution license | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 |
| Website | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/171/2017/nhess-17-171-2017.html |
| Download | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/171/2017/nhess-17-171-2017.pdf (PDF) |
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Abstract
An efficient, secure and interoperable data platform solution has been developed in the TESSA project to provide fast navigation and access to the data stored in the data archive, as well as a standard-based metadata management support. The platform mainly targets scientific users and the situational sea awareness high-level services such as the decision support systems (DSS). These datasets are accessible through the following three main components: the Data Access Service (DAS), the Metadata Service and the Complex Data Analysis Module (CDAM). The DAS allows access to data stored in the archive by providing interfaces for different protocols and services for downloading, variable selection, data subsetting or map generation. Metadata Service is the heart of the information system of TESSA products and completes the overall infrastructure for data and metadata management. This component enables data search and discovery and addresses interoperability by exploiting widely adopted standards for geospatial data. Finally, the CDAM represents the back end of the TESSA DSS by performing on-demand complex data analysis tasks.
Introduction
TESSA (Development of TEchnology for Situational Sea Awareness) is a research project born from the collaboration between operational oceanography research and scientific computing groups in order to strengthen operational oceanography capabilities in Southern Italy for use by end users in the maritime, tourism and environmental protection sectors. This project has been very innovative as it has provided the integration of marine and ocean forecasts and analyses with advanced technological platforms. Specifically, an efficient, secure and interoperable data platform solution has been developed to provide fast navigation and access to the data stored in the data archive, as well as standard-based metadata management support.
This platform mainly targets scientific users and contains a set of high-level services such as the decision support systems (DSS) for supporting end users in managing emergency situations due to natural hazards in the Mediterranean Sea. For example, the DSS WITOIL[1][2] is crucial for oil spill accidents which could have severe impacts on the Mediterranean Basin and contribute effectively to the reduction of natural disaster risks. Moreover, the DSS Ocean-SAR[3] supports the search-and-rescue (SAR) operations following accidents, and EarlyWarning manages alerts in cases of extreme events by providing near-real-time information on weather and oceanographic conditions. Finally, VISIR[4][5] is able to compute the optimal ship route with the aim of increasing safety and efficiency of navigation. It relies on various forecast environmental fields which affect the vessel's stability in order to ensure that the computed route does not result in an exposure to dynamical hazards. In this context, the developed platform faces the lack of an efficient dissemination of marine environmental data in order to support situational sea awareness (SSA), which is strategically important for maritime safety and security.[6] In fact, an updated situation awareness requires an advanced technological system to make data available for decision makers, improving the capacity of intervention and avoiding potential damages.
References
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- ↑ De Dominicis, M.; Pinardi, N.; Zodiatis, G.; Archetti, R. (2013). "MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model for short-term forecasting – Part 2: Numerical simulations and validations". Geoscientific Model Development 6 (6): 1871-1888. doi:10.5194/gmd-6-1871-2013.
- ↑ Coppini, G.; Jansen, E.; Turrisi, G. et al. (2016). "A new search-and-rescue service in the Mediterranean Sea: A demonstration of the operational capability and an evaluation of its performance using real case scenarios". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 16 (12): 2713-2727. doi:10.5194/nhess-16-2713-2016.
- ↑ Mannarini, G.; Pinardi, N.; Cippini, G. et al. (2016). "VISIR-I: Small vessels – Least-time nautical routes using wave forecasts". Geoscientific Model Development 9 (4): 1597-1625. doi:10.5194/gmd-9-1597-2016.
- ↑ Mannarini, G.; Turrisi, G.; D'Anca, A. et al. (2016). "VISIR: Technological infrastructure of an operational service for safe and efficient navigation in the Mediterranean Sea". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 16 (8): 1791-1806. doi:10.5194/nhess-16-1791-2016.
- ↑ Lecci, R.; Coppini, G.; Creti, S. et al. (2015). "SeaConditions: Present and future sea conditions for safer navigation". Proceedings from OCEANS 2015 - Genova 2015. doi:10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271764.
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