Scope
(more information here, at the main page of the project)
The E2EDM technology is designed for distributed marine information resource management, that generates local data systems on request or by regulations.
The E2EDM prototype demonstrate real-time access to, and fusion of data:
- at operational and delay-mode time scale;
- across oceanographic and marine meteorological disciplines;
- from multiple data source formats;
- from multiple data providers in different geographic regions.
The E2EDM prototype utilize pre-existing technologies/systems where possible and should provide the following functionality:
- data centers of local data systems install software and information components of E2EDM technology so that the local data could be available for technology services;
- a user can enter the system via a web browser and request data of single or multiple types from distributed data sources over a single (or possibly multiple) space-time region(s);
- appropriate data, on user's request, will be automatically sourced from wherever they reside and returned to the requesting intermediate portal providing value-added services;
- tools will fuse the aggregated data in real time to produce a newly created data product of value to the user.
The E2EDM prototype manipulate with data and information on the following parameters:
- In-situ data, including marine meteorological data (air temperature, sea surface temperature, pressure, wave height and wave direction, wind speed and wind direction) and oceanographic data (temperature, salinity, oxygen, and some nutrients);
- satellite data (ocean colour imagery data).
The following data sources involve in the E2EDM prototype for the above-mentioned list of parameters:
- historical (for the last 5-10 years) marine meteorological data;
- historical (for the last 5-10 years) ocean cruise data;
- real-time GTS marine meteorological (SHIP) data;
- real-time GTS ocean (BATHY and TESAC) data;
- real-time GTS ocean (TESAC/ARGO) data ;
- monthly climatic fields of ocean parameters (imageries);
- analysis/forecast data from GTS (sea surface temperature and wave);
- ocean SST satellite data (imageries).
The geographic area of the E2EDM prototype operation cover the North Atlantic, including Norwegian, North and Greenland seas.
The E2EDM prototype consist of the technical specifications of the distributed data/metadata exchange and the software for the E2EDM prototype functioning.