Federating scientific infrastructure and services for cross-domain applications of Earth observation and climate data

Abstract

In this contribution we describe a collaborative scientific infrastructure for the interdisciplinary use of Earth observation and climate data in research and teaching in Austria. The integration in European infrastructures such as the European Open Science Cloud or established by the Copernicus and Destination Earth programmes is a key requirement in the design of infrastructure and software components. Within Austria the focus will be on strengthening the integration of the Petabyte-scale storage and processing capabilities of the Earth Observation Data Centre, the Vienna Scientific Cluster, GeoSphere Austria with the computer systems and scientific services of the participating universities and research organisations. Access to data and their use will be simplified by a single sign-on procedure and new open source software solutions that enable multi-site workflows. This will enable scientists and students to work in an interdisciplinary manner with large amounts of data that are managed and stored at multiple geographic locations.