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Making better sense of the mosaic of environmental measurement networks: a system-of-systems approach and quantitative assessment
Irish Climate Analysis Research UnitS, Department of
Geography, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Fabio Madonna
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie
per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Potenza, Italy
Joerg Schulz
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Tim Oakley
Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva,
Switzerland
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Bruce Ingleby
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading,
UK
Marco Rosoldi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie
per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Potenza, Italy
Emanuele Tramutola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie
per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Potenza, Italy
Antti Arola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Matthias Buschmann
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
Germany
Anna C. Mikalsen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen,
Norway
Richard Davy
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen,
Norway
Corinne Voces
Irish Climate Analysis Research UnitS, Department of
Geography, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Karin Kreher
BK Scientific, Mainz, Germany
Martine De Maziere
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB),
Brussels, Belgium
Gelsomina Pappalardo
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie
per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Potenza, Italy
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Short summary
The term system-of-systems with respect to observational capabilities is frequently used, but what does it mean and how can it be assessed? Here, we define one possible interpretation of a system-of-systems architecture that is based upon demonstrable aspects of observing capabilities. We develop a set of assessment strands and then apply these to a set of atmospheric observational networks to decide which observations may be suitable for characterising satellite platforms in future work.
The term system-of-systems with respect to observational capabilities is frequently used, but...
