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Topical Workshop, Aug 23-25, 2011, Stomorska, Island Solta, Croatia
Networking Air Quality Observations and Models: From Virtual to Real
Air quality data for Decision Support Systems and Science Teams are typically delivered through closed and dedicated data systems, so called "stovepipe" systems. Users may also download the needed data from any of the Data Portals and then decode reformat the data through tedious manual procedures. Two decades of genuine effort by Facilitating Initiatives, the dramatic advances in web technologies and the new social networking phenomenon yielded only marginal advances toward seamless flow from data providers to users. Recently, a pilot air quality data sharing network is in emergence that enables several major air quality data hubs to exchange data through standards-based, loosely coupled web services. A real, operational version of this network has the potential to improve re-use of valuable data and
At the workshop, practitioners from Europe and North America will assess the current state of the network; identify key issues, share best practices and develop concrete plans(??) to move(?) the emerging voluntary air quality data sharing network from virtual to real.