Division of Rende, CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rende, Italy,
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Mar;21(6):4193-208. doi: 10.1007/s11356-013-2308-3. Epub 2013 Nov 20.
The need for coordinated, systematized and catalogued databases on mercury in the environment is of paramount importance as improved information can help the assessment of the effectiveness of measures established to phase out and ban mercury. Long-term monitoring sites have been established in a number of regions and countries for the measurement of mercury in ambient air and wet deposition. Long term measurements of mercury concentration in biota also produced a huge amount of information, but such initiatives are far from being within a global, systematic and interoperable approach. To address these weaknesses the on-going Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS) project ( www.gmos.eu ) established a coordinated global observation system for mercury as well it retrieved historical data ( www.gmos.eu/sdi ). To manage such large amount of information a technological infrastructure was planned. This high-performance back-end resource associated with sophisticated client applications enables data storage, computing services, telecommunications networks and all services necessary to support the activity. This paper reports the architecture definition of the GMOS Cyber(e)-Infrastructure and the services developed to support science and policy, including the United Nation Environmental Program. It finally describes new possibilities in data analysis and data management through client applications.
建立环境汞协调、系统和编目的数据库至关重要，因为改进的信息有助于评估为淘汰和禁止汞而制定的措施的有效性。许多地区和国家都建立了长期监测站点，以测量环境空气中的汞和湿沉降。对生物群中汞浓度的长期测量也产生了大量信息，但这些举措远非全球性、系统性和可互操作的方法。为了解决这些弱点，正在进行的全球汞观测系统（GMOS）项目（www.gmos.eu）为汞建立了一个协调的全球观测系统，还检索了历史数据（www.gmos.eu/sdi）。为了管理如此大量的信息，计划了一个技术基础设施。这个高性能的后端资源与复杂的客户端应用程序相结合，能够支持数据存储、计算服务、电信网络以及支持活动所需的所有服务。本文报告了 GMOS 网络基础设施的体系结构定义，以及为支持科学和政策而开发的服务，包括联合国环境规划署。最后，通过客户端应用程序描述了数据分析和数据管理的新可能性。
