AlpEnDAC

On the initiative of the Schneefernerhaus Environmental Research Station (UFS) on the Zugspitze and with support from the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, the “Virtual Alpine Observatory” ( VAO ) network bundles the activities of research stations in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and Germany.

Within this framework, a modern and innovative IT infrastructure has been developed for research data management, analysis and collaboration - the “Alpine Environmental Data Analysis Centre” (AlpEnDAC). It includes data archival and Computing-on-Demand functionalities, e.g. for pollutant dispersion simulations. Data are conveniently visualised and can be directly published. Also, remote operation of instruments (Operating-on-Demand) is supported.

This project has been developed by the VAO-II and AlpEnDAC-II collaborations. With the University of Augsburg leading the effort, LRZ, DLR, UFS and bifa participated in AlpEnDAC-II.

As an example for the technical inner workings, the picture below shows the principles behind the Operating-on-Demand backend, deployed at LRZ.