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Big Data Analytics for Earth Sciences: the EarthServer approach

Big Data Analytics is an emerging field since massive storage and computing capabilities have been made available by advanced e-infrastructures. Earth and Environmental sciences are likely to benefit from Big Data Analytics techniques supporting the processing of the large number of Earth Observation datasets currently acquired and generated through observations and simulations. However, Earth Science data and applications present specificities in terms of relevance of the geospatial information, wide heterogeneity of data models and formats, and complexity of processing. Therefore, Big Earth Data Analytics requires specifically tailored techniques and tools. The EarthServer Big Earth Data Analytics engine offers a solution for coverage-type datasets, built around a high performance array database technology, and the adoption and enhancement of standards for service interaction (OGC WCS and WCPS). The EarthServer solution, led by the collection of requirements from scientific communities and international initiatives, provides a holistic approach that ranges from query languages and scalability up to mobile access and visualization. The result is demonstrated and validated through the development of lighthouse applications in the Marine, Geology, Atmospheric, Planetary and Cryospheric science domains.

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Peter Baumann, Paolo Mazzetti, Joachim Ungar, Roberto Barbera, Damiano Barboni, Oliver Clements, Alex Dumitru, Mike Grant, Pasquale Herzig, George Kakaletris, John Laxton, Panagiota Koltsida, Kinga Lipskoch, Alireza Rezaei Mahdiraji, Simone Mantonavi, Vlad Catalin Merticariu, Antonio Messina, Dimitar Misev, Stefano Natali, Stefano Nativi, Jelmer Oosthoek, Marco Pappalardo, James Passmore, Angelo Pio Rossi, Francesco Rundo, Marcus Sen, Vittorio Sorbera, Don Sullivan, Mario Torrisi, Leonardo Trovato, Maria Grazia Veratelli, Wagner Sebastian, "Big Data Analytics for Earth Sciences: the EarthServer approach ", International Journal of Digital Earth, 2015
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10.1080/17538947.2014.1003106
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International Journal of Digital Earth
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