A roadmap for a dedicated Earth Science Grid platform

Due to its intensive data processing and highly distributed organization, the multidisciplinary Earth Science applications community is uniquely positioned for the uptake and exploitation of Grid technologies. Currently Enabling Grids for E-sciencE, and other large Grid infrastructures are already deployed and capable of operational services. So far however, the adoption and exploitation of Grid technology throughout the Earth Science community has been slower than expected. The Dissemination and Exploitation of GRids in Earth sciencE project, proposed by the European Commission to assist and accelerate this process in a number of different ways, had between its main goals the creation of a roadmap towards Earth Science Grid platform. This paper presents the resulting roadmap.     

地质图信息服务的SIG技术实践

从网格概念出发,详细介绍了实现地质图协同编辑的SIG(SPATIAL INFORMATIONGR ID)空间信息网格技术,以及国家地质空间信息网格体系的结构和服务机制。国家地质空间信息网格采用万维网体系架构,以资源和信息共享、协同为主线,构成一个三层次体系架构。主要组成为:网格应用层、网格平台层、网格基础设施。并针对地质图空间数据共享与服务,设计了地质图服务流程,提供了信息查询、信息服务页面,展示了地质图的在线协同编辑。     

新版数字黑河信息系统的设计与实现

随着黑河流域时空数据的快速增长,已有的黑河信息系统在共享效率、数据分析及平台架构等方面存在缺陷,已无法满足现实的需要。本研究针对目前平台的缺陷重新设计新版数字黑河信息系统（NDHRIS）的整体框架,从观测、数据及模型三个角度实现新版数字黑河信息系统的新功能。首先从基础设施、服务及应用三个层面介绍系统整体设计,其次详细阐述系统实现的关键技术及功能改进,最后,讨论了该系统仍然存在的问题及未来发展方向。目前该系统已业务化运行,数据量超过5 T,共1 058条元数据,向大约100个研究所和50个项目提供了大约8 TB数据集和5 000个数据服务,有效提升了黑河流域科学数据的共享效率,支撑全球寒区监测计划的实施。     

地学e-Science研究与实践——以东北亚联合科学考察与合作研究平台构建为例

地学e-Science被认为是继理论分析、实验观察和模拟计算之后的地学科研方法,将促进传统地学科研模式的变革,提升地学研究的效率和水平.由于地学e-Science的研究刚刚起步,国内外学者对其本质、内容、技术架构和未来发展,还缺乏一个统一、清晰的认识.认为地学e-Science的实质就是支撑地学研究的信息化环境及其在此...     

The MED-SUV virtual research environment for enabling the GEO Geohazard supersites in Italy

This paper presents the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) enabling two European GEO Geohazard Supersites in Italy. According to GEO (Group on Earth Observation) vision, Geohazard Supersites provide access to spaceborne and in-situ geophysical data and models for selected sites prone to natural hazards –noticeably, earthquakes and volcano eruptions. The VRE was implemented in the framework of the Mediterranean Supersite Volcanoes (MED-SUV) project, funded by the European Commission. MED-SUV realized one of the European supersite demonstrators covering the two Permanent Supersites selected in Italy: Mt. Etna and Campi Flegrei/Vesuvius. The MED-SUV VRE provides advanced services for heterogeneous data and information management and sharing. MED-SUV started identifying the main supersite requirements including: the interoperability with existing data/information supply systems, the support of policy-based access control, the access to processing capabilities provided by external platforms, the management resources for publishing and sharing new products, the integration with significant global systems such as GEOSS and EPOS. MED-SUV adopted a System of Systems (SoS) approach to address interoperability with the identified heterogeneous systems supplying data and information. The SoS approach is based on a brokering architecture, where a specialized component (i.e the MED-SUV Broker: MSB) connects the existing and next-coming data sources leaving them autonomous. MSB carries out all the necessary mediation and harmonization tasks exposing standard interfaces enabling the interconnection with external systems like GEOSS and EPOS. In addition, MSB is accessible via a JavaScript library implementing Web APIs to facilitate the development of Web and mobile applications.     

矿产资源潜力评价成果数据信息管理系统设计与实现

全国矿产资源潜力评价（2006-2013）工作历时8年,是建国以来规模最大的矿情调查工作之一,形成了海量（TB级）的成果数据。如何高效的管理该数据集,实现数据的广泛应用,成为数据共享服务的关键和难点。文章以全国矿产潜力评价成果数据为基础,运用GIS技术,分析了地质大数据存储管理、基于元数据的查询检索、空间数据可视化等关键技术,提出了一种针对海量、多源、异构的地质数据的统一管理思路。通过对成果数据的分析整理,构建元数据库作为存储不同类型数据的索引,完成数据的统一集成管理,同时实现数据的快速查询访问;借助强大成熟的Mapgis k9功能模块和开源的NASA World Wind三维数字地球引擎,进行二次开发,搭建适合于矿产资源潜力评价成果数据信息管理系统平台,为矿产资源潜力评价成果数据推广应用提供信息技术支撑,提高潜力评价数据的信息化服务能力。     

服务于大型综合地学科研项目的在线数据支撑平台

大型综合地学科研项目产生的数据既是项目研究成果的组成部分, 又是科技创新的重要基础。面向复杂地学信息资源汇交、管理和共享的需要, 有必要建立针对项目自身运行管理和数据产出特色的在线数据支撑平台。本文以973项目“白垩纪地球表层系统重大地质事件与温室气候变化”为例, 研究并应用 Web Services技术与地理信息技术建立服务于特定项目的数据支撑平台。论文阐述了项目数据的分类方法和数据汇交机制, 并基于“数据-功能-用户”视图理念, 设计实现了提供数据汇交、管理和共享功能的数据服务门户以及对WebGIS的集成。应用结果表明: 在线数据支撑平台对发挥多源、复杂、高成本的地学科研数据共享利用价值具有良好的支撑作用; 同时, 具有一定通用性的平台框架对同类项目数据成果的归档管理以及验收汇报演示具有示范意义。     

地质调查信息网格GIS平台山东结点建设探讨

地质调查信息网格平台是基于网格GIS技术,空间数据库具有开放性、集成性,可以对地质调查信息化成果进行多样式、海量数据的组织集成与分布、网络共享服务。结点是平台系统中实现数据资源无缝集成与共享的中间件,是其核心部分。该文叙述地质调查信息网格平台山东结点建设中应用的技术方法。     

面向移动空间信息服务的可移植嵌入式GIS平台

智能终端和移动互联网的快速发展使得移动空间信息服务成为数字城市和数字地球的重要内容,而各种基于定位导航的嵌入式地理信息系统(geographic information system,GIS)也逐步成为这类信息服务的主要方式.分析了现代移动空间信息服务的特征,采用层次式模块化的方法,介绍了基于GIS的可移植抽象层、多元数据存储模型、电子地图显示引擎和高性能应用服务引擎等关键模块的设计,设计了可移植的嵌入式GIS平台,为通用的移动空间信息服务移动端的应用开发提供了一个切实可行的方案.      

Electron Backscattered Diffraction in the Study of Matrices for High-Level Wastes

Doklady Earth Sciences - The possibilities of scanning electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in the study of matrices for immobilization of high-level radioactive wastes...     

地球观测数据卫星分发系统发展综述

地球观测数据卫星分发系统(GEONETCast)借助通信卫星,把从地面站点、航空和航天平台获取的观测数据、产品传送给广大的用户。GEONETCast当前由CMACast,EUMETCast和GEONETCast Americas 3个区域系统组成,作为地球观测组织(GEO)提出的全球综合地球观测系统(GEOSS)的全球地球观测数据和信息卫星分发系统,旨在满足9个社会受益领域的用户需求。GEONETCast建立在现有区域系统之上,利用GEO的协调机制,共同确定GEONETCast系统的整体计划和要求。各区域系统在科研项目和业务建设的支持下,不断发展完善。未来要保障GEONET-Cast健康、良性和可持续的业务运行,还需要加强4个方面的工作:①区域系统之间的互相通信;②保持GEONETCast的开放性和动态性,发展更多的数据提供者提供地球观测数据;③发展更多的数据使用者;④数据政策。     

中国地质调查信息网格平台构建和地质图 数据服务的实现

对组成中国地质调查信息网格平台的结点计算池的构架、机制和组成结点计算池的资源聚合器、元服务、智能服务引擎的概念进行了阐述,提出了结点自治的方案;基于资源共享、虚拟化、Web服务等创建了基于元数据服务、栅格流服务、矢量地图服务、三维可视化服务等多模式的地质图数据服务。目前已初步构建了中国地质调查信息网格,连通10个结点 ,为地质图空间信息共享和应用提供一种全新的技术解决方案,取得了良好的实际运行效果。     

地球科学大数据的管理与共享：以英国地质调查局为例

大数据驱动的研究范式正在引起地学领域的革命,而海量大数据的有效管理和共享是数据高效利用的前提。英国地质调查局作为最早成立的国家地质调查局,拥有海量的地学数据资源,通过近年来对数字化工作的全面推进,在数据的开放共享方面走在了世界各国的最前沿。文章对英国地质调查局的数据资源管理和数据共享方式进行了分析调研,详细介绍了他们的一站式管理平台——开放地学的主体组成,以及他们与同行合作建设的数据库。开放地学全面汇总了地调局内的数据资源,并通过一系列数据共享将所有数据集有机链接,通过数据和模型的巧妙结合,在满足用户数据需求的同时,对数据的应用进行了全方位的拓展,是地球系统科学研究框架下地球科学数字化工作的良好典范。     

Durability of Matrices for the Rare-Earth–Actinide Fraction of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Water

Doklady Earth Sciences - The durability of matrices for the rare-earth–actinide fraction of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) composed of Nd2ZrTiO7 (cubic pyrochlore-type structure) or...     

Practical considerations on the GreenView application development and execution over SEE-GRID

Earth Science data and particularly the satellite images supplies important information on status and dynamics of earth covering vegetation. The development of environment applications is a challenge for Grid technologies and software development methodologies. This paper exemplifies and experiments the development of the GreenView application over SEE-GRID infrastructure by the Grid Application Development Methodology. The paper highlights through the ESIP and gProcess platforms based methodology the steps of the GreenView development. The application reveals three main functionalities—refinement of the satellite image resolution, field measurements based calibration and satellite image classification by vegetation index computation. A few experiments evaluate the execution time of the tasks at four sites of the SEE-GRID infrastructure.     

Crystal-Chemical Considerations in the Choice of Matrices for REE-Actinides

Doklady Earth Sciences - Light rare earth (REE) titanates, such as REE2TiO5, REE2Ti2O7, and REE4Ti9O24, are potential matrices for the REE-actinide fraction of high-level waste from the...     

SOA架构在城市地理信息公共服务平台建设中的应用研究

随着地理信息的广泛应用,迫切需要建立地理信息公共服务平台,实现不同行业和部门的基础地理信息数据共享,为各层次用户提供地理信息服务。本文简要介绍了SOA架构,探讨了基于SOA架构,采用OGC制定的地理信息服务标准构建城市地理信息公共服务平台的思路,并通过实例验证了该方案的可行性。     

AQUAGRID: an extensible platform for collaborative problem solving in groundwater protection

AQUAGRID is the subsurface hydrology computational service of the Sardinian GRIDA3 infrastructure, designed to deliver complex environmental applications via a user-friendly Web portal. The service aims to provide to water professionals integrated modeling tools to solve water resources management problems and aid decision making for contaminated soil and groundwater. In this paper, the AQUAGRID application concept and enabling technologies are illustrated. At the heart of the service are the computational models to simulate complex and large groundwater flow and contaminant transport problems and geochemical speciation. AQUAGRID is built on top of compute-Grid technologies by means of the EnginFrame Grid framework. Distributed data management is provided by the Storage Resource Broker data-Grid middleware. The resulting environment allows end-users to perform groundwater simulations and to visualize and interact with their results, using graphs, 3D images and annotated maps. The problem solving capability of the platform is demonstrated using the results of two case studies deployed.     

Earth science test suites to evaluate grid tools and middleware—examples for grid data access tools

The Earth Science (ES) community has three major IT related concerns: Modeling (computing intensive), exploitation of datasets, and production of large shared datasets. All could be accomplishable using Grid. Different Grid middleware solutions exist and are being developed. In DEGREE (Dissemination and Exploitation of Grids in Earth sciencE) the aim was to disseminate and promote uptake of Grid in ES and to create a bridge between ES and Grid communities. DEGREE identified key ES requirements and has disseminated these to Grid projects, evaluated Grid middleware tools and standards regarding ES requirements and provided feedback to Grid developers. In order to convey requirements to the Grid community, test suite specifications were developed. Test suites provide real applications for testing functional and non-functional aspects of Grid, contrary to typical whiteboard tests or use cases. In this paper the GOMEVAL test suite is explained in detail and the results obtained are discussed.