Anne Socquet et al.

VAO symposium, March 15th, 2018

EPOS research infrastructure (European Plate Observing System)

and its potential to improve our knowledge of the deformation of the Alps

Earth observation to understand the dynamics of the Earth.

Applications to natural hazards in Europe, characterized by complex tectonics, telluric hazards - earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, etc. - and anthropogenetic hazards, associated with high vulnerability, and to georessources

Seismogenic faults (red) and seismicity (blue)

Document: I. M

anighetti Motivation

EPOS integrates the

existing (and future)

advanced European

facilities into

a single, distributed,

sustainable infrastructure

taking full advantage

of new e-science

opportunities

… introducing EPOS https://www.epos-ip.org/

EPOS is a long-term plan for the integration of research infrastructures for solid Earth Science in Europe

EPOS Community The range of communities participating in EPOS measures its multidisciplinary

insight and potential impact on the Earth Science community and beyond.

EPOS aim to increase the efficiency of the integrated research infrastructures by improving and simplifying the access (Trans National & Virtual Access - TNA&VA) to them and the use of their data and products

10 Thematic Core Services

3 Pillars

National Research Infrastructures ensure the competences and resources for collecting and analysing data and for maintaining national observation systems.

… summing up EPOS

National Research Infrastructures ensure the competences and resources for collecting and analysing data and for maintaining national observation systems.

TCS are responsible for integrating data, metadata and services from various infrastructures for each discipline.

… summing up EPOS

… summing up EPOS National Research Infrastructures ensure the competences and resources for collecting and analysing data and for maintaining national observation systems.

TCS are responsible for integrating data, metadata and services from various infrastructures for each discipline.

ICS provide a new interface that, by adopting data access policies aligned to Open Science principles, provides data and products in a FAIR* form for users.

*Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable

National Research Infrastructures ensure the competences and resources for collecting and analysing data and for maintaining national observation systems.

TCS are responsible for integrating data, metadata and services from various infrastructures for each discipline.

ICS provide a new interface that, by adopting data access policies aligned to Open Science principles, provides data and products in a FAIR* form for users.

Promote scientific and technological innovation for successfully addressing global major challenges in Earth sciences.

*Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable

… summing up EPOS

EPOS Timeline

Dec. 2008: Inclusion of EPOS in the ESFRI (European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures) Roadmap

2010-14: Preparatory Phase (EPOS-PP)

Oct. 2015: Start of the Implementation phase (EPOS-IP) – Funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program (only 3 infrastructures selected among 15 proposals) – About 18.5 M€ (2 M€ for France)

Mid-2018: Starting of EPOS –ERIC (European RI Consortium)

Oct. 2019: End of EPOS-IP – Start of the EPOS Operational Phase

EPOS-ICS GUI (Graphical User Interface) Discover and harvest available Data, Data Products, Software and Services (DDSS)

Keypoints : standardized data and metadata, direct links for access and download

• Level 0: raw data, or basic data seismograms

Access to Data, Data Products, Softwares, Services

• Level 0: raw data, or basic data

• Level 1: data products coming from nearly automated procedures

Earthquake locations

Access to Data, Data Products, Softwares, Services

• Level 0: raw data, or basic data

• Level 1: data products coming from nearly automated procedures

• Level 2: data products resulting by scientists’ investigations

Access to Data, Data Products, Softwares, Services

• Level 0: raw data, or basic data

• Level 1: data products coming from nearly automated procedures

• Level 2: data products resulting by scientists’ investigations

• Level 3: integrated data products coming from complex analyses or community shared products Seismic hazard

map

Access to Data, Data Products, Softwares, Services

• Level 0: raw data, or basic data

• Level 1: data products coming from nearly automated procedures

• Level 2: data products resulting by scientists’ investigations

• Level 3: integrated data products coming from complex analyses or community shared products

• Level 4: Software, IT tools

Access to Data, Data Products, Softwares, Services

10 Thematic Core Services in EPOS

France is involved

OSUG / ISTerre is involved

TCS GNSS Data and Products Objectives

Archive and Distribute GNSS data (Rinex)

and GNSS Products (Time-Series, Velocity Fields, Strain Rate Maps ) At European scale (Big Data) High and homogeneous quality standard Unique portal (visibility) démocratise /extend the use of GNSS data

Sea Level

TCS GNSS Data and Products For Whom ?

GNSS Products to study the deformation of the Alps Horizontal velocity field

Strain rate map

GNSS Products to study the deformation of the Alps

Subsidence in Venice

vertical velocity field Uplift in the Alps and the Appenines

Emilia earthquake (Mw 5.9) , 2012 Time series, co-seismic signal GNSS Products to study Earthquakes

The EPOS Integrated Core Services (ICS)

- will provide access to multidisciplinary data, data products, synthetic data from simulations, processing and visualization tools ....

- will serve scientists and stakeholders, young researchers and students (training), professionals and industry

The EPOS Thematic Core Services (TCS) will contribute with mature services that have already well demonstrated their effectiveness and relevance in investigating the physical processes controlling Earth dynamics.

EPOS is more than a data portal: it will provide not just data but the means to integrate, analyse, compare, interpret and present data and information about Solid Earth.

In summary, EPOS: a single, pan-European distributed Research Infrastructures

EPOS IP … and beyond Timeline

EPOS IP project Timeline

Validation Pre-operation

TCS-ICS Validation

TCS-ICS testing for operation

TCS cost assessment

Implementation

Data generation Data collection

Responsible of sustainability

and operation IPR

Data curation Metadata

Registration Community Services

Standardization Data pocilies

Interoperability Brokerage

Metadata registry Processing

Aggregation Integrated analyses

Visualization

EPOS Architecture for Implementation community-specific integration novel e-infrastructure

Procurement Sustainability

Provide services at national level

Send data to the European thematic data infrastructures

The governance framework where data and services

are provided by communities

Interoperability Layer Access to

multidisciplinary data, products and tools for different stakeholders

Community Layer Community-specific integration

Integration Layer Novel e-infrastructure

EPOS Concept & Functional Architecture National Research

Infrastructures

Partnership

EPOS Thematic Core Services 1/2

EPOS Thematic Core Services 2/2

EPOS IP Concept

TCS Implementation

Technical Implementation

Governance

Legal & Financial Work

Communication

Managem

ent, Comm

unication Harm

onization

EPOS IP Impact & Global Perspectives

• 10 TCS to be implemented • ICS-C to be implemented

• ICS-d to be designed • Harmonization with >20

countries • Further engagement

of stakeholders

EPOS IP Budget: 18.379 M€ Total Financial Volume: 31.360.834 M€

Management 5%

Harmonization 12%

ICS developm. 15%

TCS implement. 68%

TCS+ICS Implementation

83%

EPOS IP budget partitioning

WP1

WPs 6-7

WPs 2-5 WPs 8 - 17

EPOS IP Project Timeline

Implementation Validation Pre-operation

Validation and Testing

• A rigorous testing and validation phase is foreseen in the DoA and in the GA for each TCS and for the ICS at M12 and M24

• Establishing the metrics for EPOS IP impact assessment and TCS-ICS validation is a duty for the first year of activity (Session 5 of the kickoff agenda)

• The Service Coordination Board (SCB) and the PDB will ensure that all activities associated with the service implementation will be discussed and endorsed for validation in WP1 and WP3

• The Implementation Phase Council (IPC) will approve the outcomes of validation and their transmission to BGR for final decision after discussion in the Board of National Scientific Representatives (BNSR)

Exploitation of Results • The EPOS IP impact will be measured in terms of:

• Scientific value • Capacity building • Economic value • Societal value

• Communication and dissemination activities (Session 3 of the kickoff agenda) are essential to this task and involve the whole EPOS IP partnership

• Access to data, data products and services through the implemented infrastructure and the ICS is a fundamental contribution

• The adoption of metrics to measure socio-economic impact is essential as well

Risk Management

• Risk management • Risk management policy • Risk management plan • Risk register

• PDB is responsible for regular review of significant threats

• IPC discuss and approve transmission to BGR

Open Access for Open Science

Open Data & Services • Accessibility (scientific use) • Commercial use (no pricing) • Dissemination to Society • Services to society

Implications • Metrics (use & re-use) • Public funding • Education & training • Ethics Issues

Ethics Issues

Science Communication • Dissemination • Education • Training • Information • Knowledge • Data Use

Risk Communication • Awareness • Preparedness • Resilience to geo-

hazards • Risk perception • Decision-making • Misuse of open data

EPOS: a single, pan-European distributed RI

_ Diverse Data _

Seismograms Geological Maps

SAR Interferograms

Hazard Maps

EPOS RI beyond EPOS IP