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Planetary computing for data-driven environmental policy-making

Authors :
Ferris, Patrick
Dales, Michael
Jaffer, Sadiq
Holcomb, Amelia
Scott, Eleanor Toye
Swinfield, Thomas
Eyres, Alison
Balmford, Andrew
Coomes, David
Keshav, Srinivasan
Madhavapeddy, Anil
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We make a case for "planetary computing" -- infrastructure to handle the ingestion, transformation, analysis and publication of global data products for furthering environmental science and enabling better informed policy-making. We draw on our experiences as a team of computer scientists working with environmental scientists on forest carbon and biodiversity preservation, and classify existing solutions by their flexibility in scalably processing geospatial data, and also how well they support building trust in the results via traceability and reproducibility. We identify research gaps in the intersection of computing and environmental science around how to handle continuously changing datasets that are often collected across decades and require careful access control rather than being fully open access.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2303.04501
Document Type :
Working Paper