WP4

The main aim of this WP is to integrate Research infrastructures working in the atmospheric domain through synergistic approaches and cross boundaries developments. Linkages with extra-RI atmospheric data and services will be also fostered and enhanced. This will allow the establishment of a national integrated system for the atmospheric observations to address the current national and international open topics on atmospheric characterization and impacts on several sectors from climate change to human health, from agriculture to renewable energy production.

Hot topics in the atmospheric domains will be addressed as Pilot services: their achievements will demonstrate the added value of such a synergistic approach, paving the way for further developments.

To achieve this aim, the involved RIs will be: ACTRIS, ICOS, CeTrA, EUFAR and SIOS.

With this aim, the following major objectives and implementation actions are identified:

OBJ1 - Integration and harmonization within the Italian Network of Environment Ris The integration and harmonization within ITINERIS aim to develop potentialities for a synergistic approach between the different RIs.

This will be done providing data which complement the different RIs and that will be harmonized in the ITINERIS data portal and This will be done providing data which complement the different RIs and that will be harmonized in the ITINERIS data portal and made explorable and interactively used in the ITINERIS VRE. The synergies between the RIs will be achieved by reciprocal support of the RIs: portable instruments and back up instruments will be available for the provision of data for test case under the Pilot activities.

Some back-up instruments and main instruments components will be available for supporting data provision at the RI observational sites distributed on the Country in case of dysfunctionality of the instruments. Among these, portable instruments will be available also as a tool for synergies among RIs and for application in specific locations as of interest for the purposes of Pilot activities (see below) and for potential interested users. Further complementing instruments will be located at observational sites for allowing the developments of synergistic approaches and advanced data products provision.

Data collection and provision will be strongly enhanced reinforcing the data curation and connection of the Italian component of atmospheric RIs, including data acquired in polar regions. For the data not yet curated and maintained by the European Research infrastructures, data will be curated by correspondingly OUs in ITINERIS taking into account recommendations and guidelines provided by WP2. Actions will be carried out for providing virtual access to the data through the ITINERIS entry point developed in WP2.

Each one of the OUs involved in WP4 is in charge of its own action (namely the ones between 4.1-4.10) focused on the integration and harmonization objective, as OU contribution to this overall goal. Although such activities are individual and carried on under the responsibility of each OU, only the coordination of such actions and exchange of expertise among the OU possible in ITINERIS can really lead to the aimed integration and harmonization of a distributed data system.