EarthServer-2 delivers game-changing new services by enhancing existing data archives with flexible, scalable query functionality, whose results will form a substantial contribution to GEOSS and Copernicus.
Services cover several scientific domains with distinct data and end user requirements. To achieve this, EarthServer-2 builds upon the groundbreaking results achieved in FP7 EarthServer and the consortium that consists of Europe’s leading data centers large-scale trans-European facilities and technology oriented SMEs.
EarthServer-2 will provide distinct entry points for the different domains and will showcase a combined federated service, allowing scientists to query/analyse multiple Petabyte scale datasets spread over multiple data providers using a single query, a truly novel service.