ROADNet: A Real-time Data Aware System for Earth, Oceanographic, and Environmental Applications

F.L. Vernon, IGPP; T.S. Hansen, SDSC/UCSD; K.G. Lindquist, Lindquist Consulting; B. Ludaescher, SDSC/UCSD; J. Orcutt, IGPP; A. Rajasekar, SDSC/UCSD

The Real-time Observatories, Application, and Data management Network (ROADNet) Program aims to develop an integrated, seamless, and transparent environmental information network that will deliver geophysical, oceanographic, hydrological, ecological, and physical data to a variety of users in real-time. ROADNet is a multidisciplinary, multinational partnership of researchers, policymakers, natural resource managers, educators, and students who aim to use the data to advance our understanding and management of coastal, ocean, riparian, and terrestrial Earth systems in Southern California, Mexico, and well off shore. To date, project activity and funding have focused on the design and deployment of network linkages and on the exploratory development of the real-time data management system. We are currently adapting powerful "Data Grid" technologies to the unique challenges associated with the management and manipulation of real-time data.