Use Case Promotion Package: D5.5

Destination Earth DESP Use Cases: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE) Use Case Promotion Package D5.5

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AMENDMENT HISTORY

This document shall be amended by releasing a new edition of the document in its entirety.
The Amendment Record Sheet below records the history and issue status of this document.

Table 1. Amendment Record Sheet
ISSUE	DATE	REASON
0.1	22/04/2024	Initial in-progress draft
1.0	22/04/2024	First released version
1.0	19/09/2024	Second released version

1. Introduction

1.1. Purpose and Scope

This document represents the Use Case Promotion Package (UCPP) for the Destination Earth DESP Use Cases: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE) project 8482 with ESA contract 4000140320/23/I-NS.

1.2. Structure of the Document

Chapter 2: This section provides an overview of the Destination Earth DESP Use Cases: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE).

1.3. Reference Documents

The following is a list of Applicable and Reference Documents with a direct bearing on the content of this document.

Reference	Document Details	Version
[SOW]	Statement of Work Destination Earth DESP Use Cases selection - Round 1 Reference: CS301353.Docref.0002	1.0
[Proposal]	Proposal No. 8482: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE)	1.1 06/06/2023

Reference

Document Details

Version

[SOW]

Statement of Work Destination Earth DESP Use Cases selection - Round 1
Reference: CS301353.Docref.0002

1.0

[Proposal]

Proposal No. 8482: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE)

1.1
06/06/2023

1.4. Terminology

The following terms have been used in this document.

Term	Meaning
Admin	User with administrative capabilities on a platform.
Code	The codification of an algorithm performed with a given programming language - compiled to Software or directly executed (interpreted) within the platform.
Discovery	User finds products/services of interest to them based upon search criteria.
Interactive Web Application	An Interactive Application for analysis provided as a rich user interface through the user’s web browser.
Key-Value Pair	A key-value pair (KVP) is an abstract data type that includes a group of key identifiers and a set of associated values. Key-value pairs are frequently used in lookup tables, hash tables and configuration files.
Object Store	A computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects. Each object typically includes the data itself, a variable amount of metadata, and a globally unique identifier.
Products	EO data (commercial and non-commercial) and Value-added products.
Software	The compilation of code into a binary program to be executed within the platform on-line computing environment.
User	An individual using the services.
Visualization	To obtain a visual representation of any data/products held within the platform - presented to the user within their web browser session.
Web Coverage Service (WCS)	OGC standard that provides an open specification for sharing raster datasets on the web.
Web Feature Service (WFS)	OGC standard that makes geographic feature data (vector geospatial datasets) available on the web.
Web Map Service (WMS)	OGC standard that provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases.
Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)	OGC standard that provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting map tiles of spatially referenced data using the images with predefined content, extent, and resolution.
Web Processing Services (WPS)	OGC standard that defines how a client can request the execution of a process, and how the output from the process is handled.

Term

Meaning

Admin

User with administrative capabilities on a platform.

Code

The codification of an algorithm performed with a given programming language - compiled to Software or directly executed (interpreted) within the platform.

Discovery

User finds products/services of interest to them based upon search criteria.

Interactive Web Application

An Interactive Application for analysis provided as a rich user interface through the user’s web browser.

Key-Value Pair

A key-value pair (KVP) is an abstract data type that includes a group of key identifiers and a set of associated values. Key-value pairs are frequently used in lookup tables, hash tables and configuration files.

Object Store

A computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects. Each object typically includes the data itself, a variable amount of metadata, and a globally unique identifier.

Products

EO data (commercial and non-commercial) and Value-added products.

Software

The compilation of code into a binary program to be executed within the platform on-line computing environment.

User

An individual using the services.

Visualization

To obtain a visual representation of any data/products held within the platform - presented to the user within their web browser session.

Web Coverage Service (WCS)

OGC standard that provides an open specification for sharing raster datasets on the web.

Web Feature Service (WFS)

OGC standard that makes geographic feature data (vector geospatial datasets) available on the web.

Web Map Service (WMS)

OGC standard that provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases.

Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)

OGC standard that provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting map tiles of spatially referenced data using the images with predefined content, extent, and resolution.

Web Processing Services (WPS)

OGC standard that defines how a client can request the execution of a process, and how the output from the process is handled.

1.5. Glossary

The following acronyms and abbreviations have been used in this document.

Term	Definition
ADD	Architecture Design Document
AOI	Area of Interest
API	Application Programming Interface
COG	Cloud optimized GeoTiff
EO	Earth Observation
EOX	EOX IT Services GmbH
ESA	European Space Agency
FUSE	Filesystem in Userspace
ICD	Interface Control Document
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
KVP	Key-value Pair
M2M	Machine-to-machine
OGC	Open Geospatial Consortium
PMP	Project Management Plan
REST	Representational State Transfer
SDD	Software Design Document
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol
SRF	Software Reuse File
SRN	Software Release Note
SRP	Software Release Plan
SRS	Software Requirements Specification
SSH	Secure Shell
STAC	Spatio-Temporal Asset Catalog
SUM	Software User Manual
SVVP	Software Verification and Validation Plan
SVVR	Software Verification and Validation Report
TOI	Time of Interest
UMA	User-Managed Access
US	User Story
WCS	Web Coverage Service
WFS	Web Feature Service
WMS	Web Map Service
WMTS	Web Map Tile Service
WPS	Web Processing Service
WPS-T	Transactional Web Processing Service

Term

Definition

ADD

Architecture Design Document

AOI

Area of Interest

API

Application Programming Interface

COG

Cloud optimized GeoTiff

Earth Observation

EOX

EOX IT Services GmbH

ESA

European Space Agency

FUSE

Filesystem in Userspace

ICD

Interface Control Document

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

KVP

Key-value Pair

M2M

Machine-to-machine

OGC

Open Geospatial Consortium

PMP

Project Management Plan

REST

Representational State Transfer

SDD

Software Design Document

SFTP

Secure File Transfer Protocol

SRF

Software Reuse File

SRN

Software Release Note

SRP

Software Release Plan

SRS

Software Requirements Specification

SSH

Secure Shell

STAC

Spatio-Temporal Asset Catalog

SUM

Software User Manual

SVVP

Software Verification and Validation Plan

SVVR

Software Verification and Validation Report

TOI

Time of Interest

UMA

User-Managed Access

User Story

WCS

Web Coverage Service

WFS

Web Feature Service

WMS

Web Map Service

WMTS

Web Map Tile Service

WPS

Web Processing Service

WPS-T

Transactional Web Processing Service

2. Overview

Polar View Earth Observation Limited is working in collaboration with EOX IT Services, Drift+Noise Polar Services, the Danish Meteorological Institute, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and the Finnish Meteorological Institute to develop a fully functional Use Case that utilizes the DESP/DestinE system capabilities and data and adds value to meet the needs of policy and decision makers who require information on the past, current, and forecasted sea ice and other relevant conditions for operational purposes in the Baltic Sea, European Arctic Ocean, and the rest of the polar regions.

The Use Case will build on and complement existing operational and climate sea ice products and services including those provided by the Copernicus Marine Service, the national Ice Services, the ESA Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform (Polar TEP), and the commercial Drift+Noise IcySea app. The Use Case will augment and improve on the current offerings by:

Aggregating information of different types and from different sources to provide common products that span jurisdictional boundaries.
Producing new products that will improve the ability of users to make good decisions.
Making the products available in ways and means that are appropriate for the skills and requirements of different user communities.

One driver for the project is the regulation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the United Nations mandating that ships operating in the polar regions meet certain requirements (the Polar Code). Among other things, the Polar Code specifies a range of information that ships traveling in polar waters are required to access for planning and operations. The Use Case will demonstrate the value of short and medium-term forecasts of sea ice, meteorological, and ocean conditions suitable for strategic and tactical decision making by ships and their owners.

A second driver for the project is the effect of climate change on polar conditions that will impact long-term planning and policy development for polar operations such as fishing, tourism, scientific research campaigns, oil and gas development, and supplying northern communities. The Use Case will deliver long-term forecasts of how changing sea ice and other conditions will affect where different types of ships will be able to travel in the polar regions compared to historical averages.

Benefits to polar operations and the rest of society will include increased safety of life and property, decreased pollution, and protection of sensitive environmental areas.