Spatial Data Infrastructure for Soil-vegetation-atmosphere Modelling: Set-up of a Spatial Database for a Research Project (sfb/tr32)

Data storage and data exchange is a key issue of interdisciplinary research projects which focus on environmental field studies and regional modelling. The overall success of such projects depends on the well organized data management and data exchange between all involved sub-projects. This includes the organization of data, the implementation of a database for and the maintenance of such a system for intensive data exchange between the project sections. The project database ensures the sustainable use of collected measurement data and research results of long-term research projects. Especially, projects which focus on spatial modelling of soil, vegetation and atmosphere interactions rely on data exchange of geo and attribute data. In this contribution, the design and set up of a spatial data infrastructure for a research project (TR32) that focuses on soil-vegetation-atmosphere modelling is presented. The introduced data management design enables web-based (i) upand (ii) download of data, implementation of different (iii) user views, interactive input of (iv) metadata and the integration of a (v) WebGIS. * Corresponding author.