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Glossary

LISTS OF ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS

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EPOS Projects

EPOS is a beneficiary of several EU-funded projects, which promote the knowledge-sharing and cooperation between several Research Infrastructures and other international organisations. Ongoing

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Community Portals

Within EPOS' framework, each Thematic Core Service (TCS) provides community-specific portals, where users can find a wide variety of data and other resources related to the Solid Earth Sciences.

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Who We Are

EPOS is composed of a variety of Earth Science stakeholders that are together working towards integrating a set of diverse European Earth Science National Research Infrastructures into one single interoperable platform. The programme will…

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Useful links

HORIZON 2020 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION | https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ EC - ESFRI | https://www.esfri.eu/esfri-roadmap-2021 Interactive map of Research Infrastructures | http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?…

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Partners

EPOS ERIC has established several collaboration agreements with international organisations. The Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) signed by EPOS ERIC and other entities establish a framework of cooperation for information exchange, devel…

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Scientists and Researchers

Researchers are addressing the complexity of the Earth systems in multi-disciplinary projects examining the origin of the planet, its magnetic field, composition, structure, and evolution. Earth scientists know that it is important to cons…

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EPOS ERIC Members

Member Countries and Representing EntitiesAustriaGeosphereBelgiumService public de programmation Politique scientifique (BELSPO) -Autorité fédérale

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What we do

EPOS is a long-term plan for the integration of existing national and trans-national research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe.

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SOLID EARTH SCIENCE

Progress in the understanding of the physical processes controlling earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis as well as those driving tectonics and Earth surface dynamics requires a long-term plan to facilitate integrated use of data,…

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the European Plate Observing System

the EPOS vision: To ensure sustainable and universal use and re-use of multidisciplinary solid Earth science data and products fostering state-of-the-art research and innovation.

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Users

EPOS will create an internationally recognised European research infrastructure that will open new horizons for European research in solid Earth science. Seamless access to national and European data and services will attract a variety of…

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Timeline

EPOS has evolved from a simple concept to integrate and distribute digital data into a distributed research infrastructure for European solid Earth science, integrating existing research infrastructures to enable innovative multidisciplina…

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Governments and Society

Society needs resources to support home life, industry and business and it needs security in the face of natural hazards. Earth science underpins both these areas and EPOS will facilitate research innovation to support European society.

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About EPOS

EPOS, the European Plate Observing System, is a multidisciplinary, distributed research infrastructure that facilitates the integrated use of data, data products, and facilities from the solid Earth science community in Europe.

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Services

The EPOS Delivery Framework can be defined as a truly international, federated framework encompassing the data and service provision integrated within the Thematic Cores Services (TCS) and made interoperable with the central hub of the Int…

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Communication

The long-term sustainable operation of the EPOS distributed RI requires an effective communication strategy to engage human resources and skills to be included through time in the governance and organizational structures. EPOS produces a s…

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Industry

The private sector, including industry and small-medium enterprises (SMEs), represents one of the stakeholders’ categories that must be engaged by EPOS in order to increase exploitation of achievements.

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