The Datacrossing DSS: A Data-GRID Based Decision Support System for Groundwater Management

• Published in: 2006 Second IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing (e-Science'06) p. 107
• Main Authors: Manca, Simone, Cau, Pierluigi, Bonomi, Ernesto, Mazzella, Alessandro
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-12-2006
• Subjects: Application software; Data-grid; Decision support systems; DSS; Geographic Information Systems; Grid computing; Ground support; Groundwater Modeling; History; Hydrology; Portals; Portovesme; Resource management; Sea measurements; Water resources; WEBGIS
• ISBN: 0769527345; 9780769527345
• DOI: 10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2006.261191

The Datacrossing DSS (http://datacrossing.crs4.it) is a basin-scale groundwater model that relies on a geographically distributed GIS to support decision makers, through a user-friendly Web interface, in the field of sustainable water resources management. The portal, for the general user, exposes hydrological applications based on complex models that make use of large volumes of distributed data available in a GRID infrastructure. Free software and in-house technologies are combined to transparently and automatically deploy the applications. Our objective is to build a development platform that by introducing the computational and data-sharing advantages of the GRID infrastructure promotes joint initiatives and encourages cooperation among multidisciplinary teams operating in environmental sciences. To illustrate the potential of our data-grid DSS, we present its application to a Sardinian case history where a coastal aquifer is threatened by the leakage of highly toxic inorganic residuals from the Portoscuso industrial settlements.