1. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 GFZ Potsdam contribution to eGY Bernd Ritschel (rit@gfz-potsdam.de) electronic Geophysical Year

2. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Outline GFZ Potsdam and Data Center GFZ Potsdam and Data Center ISDC for geoscience data ISDC for geoscience data Duties and Responsibilities in eGY Duties and Responsibilities in eGY Status of eGY in Germany/Europe Status of eGY in Germany/Europe Activities and Projects related to eGY Activities and Projects related to eGY Further Objectives and Tasks Further Objectives and Tasks

3. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (1) Biggest and most important German georesearch center Biggest and most important German georesearch center Covering all geoscience disciplines Covering all geoscience disciplines Geodesy and Remote Sensing Physics of the Earth Geodynamics Chemistry of the EarthGeoengineering

4. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (2) Own satellite missions (CHAMP, GRACE [with US], TerraSAR-X [with DLR], SWARM [with ESA]) Own satellite missions (CHAMP, GRACE [with US], TerraSAR-X [with DLR], SWARM [with ESA]) Big geoscience projects (GEOFONE, ICDP, CHAMP, …) Big geoscience projects (GEOFONE, ICDP, CHAMP, …) Infrastructure (Instruments, Data Center, Computing Center, …) Infrastructure (Instruments, Data Center, Computing Center, …) 750 employess (500 scientists) 750 employess (500 scientists) Publicly funded (90% Bund, 10% Land Brandenburg) Publicly funded (90% Bund, 10% Land Brandenburg)

5. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 GFZ Data Center Research on information management and data exchange (metadata standards and ontologies, semantic web, metadata and data exchange mechanism, …) Research on information management and data exchange (metadata standards and ontologies, semantic web, metadata and data exchange mechanism, …) Development of IT infrastructure applications and systems (ISDC + degree framework CWS [interoperability]) Development of IT infrastructure applications and systems (ISDC + degree framework CWS [interoperability]) Operation of data management services using information systems (ISDC) Operation of data management services using information systems (ISDC)

6. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 ISDC for geoscience data (1) Information System and Data Center (ISDC) for big geoscience projects Information System and Data Center (ISDC) for big geoscience projects CHAMP/GRACE satellite mission CHAMP/GRACE satellite mission GPS time series dataGPS time series data Magnetic field dataMagnetic field data Gravity field dataGravity field data Atmospheric/Ionospheric dataAtmospheric/Ionospheric data Auxiliary dataAuxiliary data

7. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 ISDC for geoscience data (2) Global Geodynmaic Project (GGP) Global Geodynmaic Project (GGP) Superconducting Gravimeter Network dataSuperconducting Gravimeter Network data GPS Reprocessing data (Orbits, ERP) GPS Reprocessing data (Orbits, ERP) … => All metadata are available in the GCMD DIF standard (parent XML GCMD DIF standard (parent XML DIF + child XML/ASCII DIF) DIF + child XML/ASCII DIF)

8. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 isdc.gfz-potsdam.de

9. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Duties and Responsibilities in eGY (1) Member of European/German eGY Committee Member of European/German eGY Committee Representing eGY at GEO meeting in Bonn, IPY opening Ceremony in Paris, … Representing eGY at GEO meeting in Bonn, IPY opening Ceremony in Paris, … Involved in the unique IAG Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) project Involved in the unique IAG Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) project

10. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Duties and Responsibilities in eGY (2) ISDC has been announced as system in GEOSS ISDC has been announced as system in GEOSS EGU GI10 Convener (together with Peter Fox) “Informatics: distributed information systems - technology and applications” EGU GI10 Convener (together with Peter Fox) “Informatics: distributed information systems - technology and applications” => 36 contributions ISDC is selected as eGY showcase (AGU) ISDC is selected as eGY showcase (AGU)

11. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Status of eGY in Germany/Europe (1) Very fragmented picture in Europe Very fragmented picture in Europe Italy (Mauro), Russia, France, UK, … Italy (Mauro), Russia, France, UK, … In Germany at least eGY awareness at the GFZ Potsdam In Germany at least eGY awareness at the GFZ Potsdam eGY European Meeting (before EGU, 13-14 April 2007 in Potsdam) eGY European Meeting (before EGU, 13-14 April 2007 in Potsdam)

12. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Status of eGY in Germany/Europe (2) EGU 2007 Vienna: eGY town hall meeting EGU 2007 Vienna: eGY town hall meeting IUGG 2007 Perugia: eGY official opening ceremony IUGG 2007 Perugia: eGY official opening ceremony 7 th European framework program is linked to eGY objectives 7 th European framework program is linked to eGY objectives

13. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Activities and Projects related to eGY IAG Workshop in Potsdam on “real” networked global Gravity Field Services (connected to GGOS project) IAG Workshop in Potsdam on “real” networked global Gravity Field Services (connected to GGOS project) IUGG Union session contribution “Geoscience information systems and interoperable catalog and data access services for global distributed gravity field data” IUGG Union session contribution “Geoscience information systems and interoperable catalog and data access services for global distributed gravity field data”

14. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Further Objectives and Tasks (1) Improve awareness of eGY and eGY objectives Improve awareness of eGY and eGY objectives Keep active in eGY in different ways Keep active in eGY in different ways ISDC system in GEOSS ISDC system in GEOSS Close the gap between GFZ and DLR Earth observation data management in the sense of eGY Close the gap between GFZ and DLR Earth observation data management in the sense of eGY

15. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Further Objectives and Tasks (2) Start of the IAG GGOS portal project Start of the IAG GGOS portal project Improve the role of GGOS in the sense of a global networked information system in GEOSS Improve the role of GGOS in the sense of a global networked information system in GEOSS Join the WDC Directors Conference in Bremen as eGY representative? Join the WDC Directors Conference in Bremen as eGY representative?

16. eGY General Meeting, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007 Further Objectives and Tasks (3) ISDC catalog interoperability by OGC/ISO WCS (degree framework) ISDC catalog interoperability by OGC/ISO WCS (degree framework) ISDC data interoperability by OGC SWE concept (virtual observatory) ISDC data interoperability by OGC SWE concept (virtual observatory) Providing thematic and ontology based metadata catalog search and access to tailored products (metadata + data) Providing thematic and ontology based metadata catalog search and access to tailored products (metadata + data) Publication of data using DOI and/or URN Publication of data using DOI and/or URN GFZ/ISDC IDN portal in CEOS GFZ/ISDC IDN portal in CEOS