General objectives

The Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure will increase European capability to generate timely, accurate, disaggregated, people-centred, accessible (GSM-compatible) and user-friendly environmental information based on Earth Observation data. We will achieve this by building a cyberinfrastructure anchored in FAIR data principles, leveraging and improving our existing platforms OpenEO.org Geopedia.world GlobalEarthMonitor.eu EarthSystemDataLab.net OpenLandMap.org OpenDataScience.eu LifeWatch.eu XCUBE and EuroDataCube.com.

We do this in 3 phases:
a) implementation of the computing engine and in-situ O&M data services;
b) direct application of the Open-Earth-Monitor to support EU Green Deal and other strategic actions;
c) dissemination and engagement of stakeholders & target users through series of open workshops, then revise the tools and adjust them to better fit their objectives and limitations.

CMCC role
Coordination of WP4 – Open-Earth-Monitor in-situ O&M usability tools. Leader of task 4.01 – Inventory, prioritization, analysis of gaps and general strategy considering the available in-situ datasets and of task 4.02 – Preparation of continuous in-situ observations of GHG fluxes / meteorological data on terrestrial ecosystems

Activities
– Compile an analysis of in-situ observations needs, priorities and gaps based on the requirements by the other WPs in relation with the tools to be offered;
– Define the priority list in the data streams to organise in order to provide open access to ready-to-use data as soon as possible;
– Define the general strategy for all the involved dataset to converge toward an integrated data access system that improve usability;”
“- Ensure GHGs fluxes and meteo continuous and robust data access in a FAIR and direct-to-use format following international standards;
– Involve main international networks such e.g. ICOS, AmeriFlux, NEON, TERN, eLTER, CERN, FLUXNET in order to ensure cross-infrastructures data access and standardization;
– Create tools for specific data products that simplify data use and discovering also by stakeholders and citizens.

Expected results

We will innovate:
1) implementation of original cloud-based solutions to seamlessly integrate in-situ (point, site) & EO data so that we can produce environmental information at analysis- and decision-ready levels;
2) implementation of fully-scalable Automated Mapping / AutoML frameworks;
3) user-experience-designed data provision and Apps possibly reaching millions of users across EU and globally
4) financial assessment tools allowing users to directly quantify ecosystem services (SEEA methodology), to identify optimal environmental and climate solutions, & to build business solutions.

Coordinating organization
STICHTING OPENGEOHUB

Partner
IIASA
GFZ Helmholtz German Research Centre for Geosciences
GiLAB
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Brockmann Consult GmbH
NATURE 4.0 BC SRL
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Wageningen University
Sinergise
MultiOne
Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi) / University of Munster
Association of Balkan Eco-Innovations
Terrasigna
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
EURAC Research
Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications
euroMediterranean Center on Climate Change
LifeWatch ERIC
Vizzuality
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