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Abstract

The Helmholtz research infrastructure MOSES (Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems) is a novel „system-of-systems“ for Earth Observation, designed to decipher the interactions of short-term events and long-term trends in Earth and environmental systems. The Helmholtz Observatories provide essential data and concepts to monitor long-term trends. MOSES now expands these capabilities towards short-term events and their interaction with long-term trends across different compartments. Data management platforms play an increasing role in the advancement of knowledge and technology in many scientific disciplines. Through high quality services they support the establishment of efficient and innovative research environments. Well designed research environments can facilitate the sustainable utilization, exchange, and re-use of scientific data and functionality by using standardized community models. Together with innovative visualization, these concepts provide added value in improving scientific knowledge-gain, even across the boundaries of disciplines. For MOSES, a conceptual design has been devised that comprises an architectural blueprint for a data management platform based on common and standardized data models, protocols, and encodings. It also fosters the re-use of existing and proven software systems and components provided by individual Helmholtz Centres. Following the principles of event-driven service oriented architectures, the design enables novel processes by sharing an reusing functionality. Through the use of standards, this blueprint supports integrated approaches to include long-term sensor networks and observatories (e.g., TERENO, COSYNA) that provide complementary processes for dynamic and event-driven monitoring.