EMODnet data in the Blue-Cloud framework - An interview with Kate Larkin, EMODnet Secretariat
The European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet) is a long-term marine data initiative funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (managed by EU DG MARE).
Kate Larkin (Deputy Head of the EMODnet Secretariat) explains what EMODnet does and the mutual benefits of the win-win collaboration with Blue-Cloud.
EMODnet develops interoperable services that simplify the interaction between different machines and promote the exchange of European seas and ocean data and metadata.
Some EMODnet portals are already exploring the use of Virtual Research Environments for speeding up product generation chains, for validating and harmonising the processing of large collections of data sets and for generating derived data products. Therefore, EMODnet has an interest in the VRE activities of the Blue-Cloud, next to providing access to its harmonised data collections through the Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access Service (DD&AS) and for use in the Blue-Cloud Virtual Research Environment (VRE) and its Virtual Labs.
In particular, Blue-Cloud Virtual Labs are integrating diverse data from EMODnet. For example, biodiversity and environmental data (relevant for Plankton Genomics), physics, biology, chemistry data (relevant for Marine Environmental Indicators), biology and coastlines data (relevant for Fish, a matter of scales), and in-situ environmental data for ground-truthing and European marine topography (relevant for Aquaculture Monitor).
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