DRIHM: Distributed Research Infrastructure for Hydro-Meteorology

Abstract

One of the main challenges of the 21 st century is represented by accurate weather predictions together with the estimate of extreme phenomena and their impacts on the environment and on the society. The key point of this challenge is to enable the acceleration of advances in hydrometeorological research, and to integrate these advances in the everyday forecasts thus improving the protection of civilians and of the environment. The DRIHMS (Distributed Research Infrastructure for Hydro-Meteorology Study) project suggests that a step forward in this direction lies on the ability to easily access hydrometeorological data, to share predictive models, and to facilitate the collaboration among different experts in this area. At this aim it is necessary the support of an einfrastructure permitting to deal with the massive amount of information needed and providing the adequate level of systems interoperability. These are the goals of the DRIMH, Distributed Research Infrastructure for HydroMeteorology, project presented hereafter.