Knowledge Book

A high-level description platform for PITHIA-NRF entities has been implemented and released. The platform provides details on the Infrastructures, Datasets and Models, constituting, this way, the PITHIA-NRF Knowledge Book.

The description of each asset consists of entries regarding basic and advanced information as follows:

• The basic info per infrastructure includes the type (ionospheric sounder, incoherent scatter radar, CDSS, GNSS, ASC, EFM, etc) model and name of the instrument, its operational status (active, inactive or in maintenance) and location, as well as the operator’s contact info. The advanced info provides technical details such as installation date, frequency values (operation, sampling, scan), derived products, S/W, O/S, archiving.
• The basic info per dataset includes its name, temporal (real-time or historical) and spatial (regional or global) coverage, its availability status (online or offline), as well as the operator’s contact info. The advanced info includes details regarding the temporal and spatial data availability, data levels, the observed properties, the collections in which it belongs, and the observation facilities from which it derives.
• The basic info per model includes its name, its availability status (online or offline), as well as the operator’s contact info. The advanced info includes details on the model input and output, its runtime and the possible modes of use (via GUI, download, clone, etc.).

The project beneficiaries have full access to the platform, so that they can register and update their assets, whereas anonymous users can effectively query and view information.

The PITHIA-NRF Knowledge Book is a useful tool for the different users, especially for the TNA participants and the e-Science Centre users.

You can access the PITHIA-NRF Knowledge Book platform here.