Event-Driven Cyberinfrastructure Technologies Supporting the Disaster Life Cycle

Sara J Graves, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States, Manil Maskey, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI), Huntsville, United States and Ken Keiser, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Abstract:
The cyberinfrastructure components to be discussed include Event-Driven Data Delivery (ED3) and Data Albums. These are complementary technologies that combine to provide comprehensive access to timely and relevant data for disaster events. ED3 provides a cyber framework that allows situational awareness and decision systems to prepare data plans consisting of data access, generation, workflows, etc., that meet the users’ data needs in the event of a future disaster event. Data Albums provides a resulting container of relevant data and functionality for an overall information package for a specific event. The combination of these technologies provides useful data capabilities as part of the disaster life cycle.