Orfeus Services for High-Quality Seismic Waveform Data Access in Pan-Europe

Session: Applications and Technologies in Large-Scale Seismic Analysis
Type: Oral
Date: 4/28/2020
Time: 11:30 AM
Room: 120 + 130
Description: 

ORFEUS (Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology) is a non-profit foundation that promotes seismology in the Euro-Mediterranean area through the collection, archival and distribution of seismic waveform (meta)data and closely related products. The data and services are collected / developed at national level by more than 60 agencies and further developed, integrated, standardized, homogenized and promoted through ORFEUS. ORFEUS statutory goals are achieved through services targeted to a broad community of seismological data users. Two Service Management Committees (SMCs) are consolidated within ORFEUS devoted to: (i) the European Integrated waveform Data Archive (EIDA; https://www.orfeus-eu.org/data/eida/); and (ii) the European Strong-Motion databases (SM; https://www.orfeus-eu.org/data/strong/). A new SMC is being formed to represent the European mobile pools. Products and services for computational seismologists are also considered for integration in ORFEUS. ORFEUS currently provides access to ~ 10,000 stations in Pan-Europe, including dense temporary experiments. Federated web services are used to ensure optimal data access. Particular attention is paid to adopting clear policies / licences and acknowledging the crucial role played by data providers / owners, who are part of the ORFEUS community. There are significant efforts by ORFEUS Institutions to enhance the existing services to tackle the challenges posed by the Big Data Era, with emphasis on strategies for scalability, high-volume data access / archival. ORFEUS data and services are assessed and improved through the feedback of a User Advisory Group (UAG), comprised of European Earth scientists with expertise encompassing a broad range of disciplines. All ORFEUS services are developed in coordination with EPOS and are EPOS compliant. ORFEUS is one of the founding Parties and fundamental pillars of EPOS Seismology. We present the current products and services of ORFEUS and introduce the planned key future activities. We welcome Community feedback about the ORFEUS strategies.

Presenting Author: Carlo Cauzzi

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