Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of Eenvironment 9th Ifip Wg 5.11 International Symposium, Isess 2011, Brno, Czech Republic, June 27-29, 2011, Proceedings.

eEnvironment: Reality and Challenges for eEnvironment Implementation in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ji.rپL. H.rebپL..cek and Werner Pillmann Making Progress in Integrated Modelling and Environmental Decision Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Anthony J. Jakeman, Sondoss El Sawah, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, and Suzanne A. Pierce Microsoft Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI), Eye on Earth Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Zden.ek Ji.rپL..cek and Francesa Di Massimo Environmental Statistics at the CZSO: Past Development and Future Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Iva RitschelovپLa, Egor Sidorov, and Ji.rپL. H.rebپL..cek eEnvironment and Cross-Border Services in Digital Agenda for Europe The National Secretariat GEOSS/GMES . Implementation of GEOSS and GMES in the Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 JaromپL.r Adamu.ska and Simona LosmanovپLa Vision and Requirements of Scenario-Driven Environmental Decision Support Systems Supporting Automation for End Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Sascha Schlobinski, Ralf Denzer, Steven Frysinger, Reiner GپNuttler, and Thorsten Hell OGD2011 . Requirements Analysis for an Open Data Strategy (in Austria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Martin KaltenbپNock SISE Semantics Interpretation Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Karel Kisza and Ji.rپL. H.rebپL..cek Flood Management and Geoinformation Support within the Emergency Cycle (EU example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Petr KubپL..cek, Eva Muli.ckovپLa, Milan Kone.cnپLy, and Jitka Ku.cerovپLaSelected Aspects of Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Jitka MachalovپLa Knowledge-Based Service Architecture for Multi-risk Environmental Decision Support Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Stuart E. Middleton and Zoheir A. Sabeur GMES . The EU Earth Observation Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Ond.rej MirovskپLy Can Volunteered Geographic Information Be a Participant in eEnvironment and SDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Peter Mooney and Padraig Corcoran 3D Modelling as a Tool for Landscape Restoration and Analysis . . . . . . . 123 Jan Pacina, Kamil NovپLak, and LukپLa.s Weiss GINA (Geographical Information Assistant): Fresh Wind in Environmental Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Zbyn.ek PoulپL..cek, Boris ProchپLazka, and Petra Ba.cپL.kovپLa Environmental Information Systems on the Internet: A Need for Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Sven Schade, Barbara Fogarty, Michael Kobernus, Katharina Schleidt, Paul Gaughan, Paolo Mazzetti, and Arne-Jorgen Berre Geospatial Virtual Appliances Using Open Source Software . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Christian Schwartze, Sven Kralisch, and Wolfgang-Albert FlپNugel How to Analyse User Requirements for Service-Oriented Environmental Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Thomas UslپNander and Thomas Batz Building an Environmental Information System for Personalized Content Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Leo Wanner, Stefanos Vrochidis, Sara Tonelli, JپNurgen Mosgraber, Harald Bosch, Ari Karppinen, Maria Myllynen, Marco Rospocher, Nadjet Bouayad-Agha, Ulrich BپNugel, Gerard Casamayor, Thomas Ertl, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Tarja Koskentalo, Simon Mille, Anastasia Moumtzidou, Emanuele Pianta, Horacio Saggion, Luciano Serafini, and Virpi TarvaineEnvironmental Information Systems and Services . Infrastructures and Platforms Using Negotiation for Dynamic Composition of Services in Multi-organizational Environmental Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Costin B.adic.a, Sorin Ilie, Michiel Kamermans, Gregor Pavlin, and Mihnea ScafeپCs data.reegle.info . A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Florian Bauer, Denise Recheis, and Martin KaltenbپNock GENESIS, a Flexible Solution for Building Networks of Collaborative Environmental Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Stephane Bonnot, Simone Gianfranceschi, Steven Smolders, Marc Gilles, Thomas Holzer-Popp, and Marc Erlich An Environmental Decision Support System for Water Issues in the Oil Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Ralf Denzer, Fernando Torres-Bejarano, Thorsten Hell, Steven Frysinger, Sascha Schlobinski, Reiner GپNuttler, and Hermilo RamپL.rez Open Environmental Platforms: Top-Level Components and Relevant Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Dumitru Roman, Sven Schade, and Arne-Jorgen Berre Best Practice Network GS SOIL Promoting Access to European, Interoperable and INSPIRE Compliant Soil Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Katharina Feiden, Fred Kruse, TomپLa.s . ReznپL.k, Petr KubپL..cek, Herbert Schentz, Einar Eberhardt, and Rainer Baritz A Concept of a Virtual Research Environment for Long-Term Ecological Projects with Free and Open Source Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Mirko Filetti and Albrecht Gnauck Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Measuring Corporate Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Zuzana ChvatalovپLa, Alena KocmanovپLa, and Marie Do.cekalovپLa Software Architectures for Distributed Environmental Modeling . . . . . . . . 255 Ari Jolma and Kostas Karatzas Supporting the Use of Environmental Information Systems and Services . Experiences with a Course for Postgraduate Professional Education . . . 261 Roman Lenz, Werner Rolf, and Christian Tilk Envimat.cz . Online Database of Environmental Profiles of Building Materials and Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Julie HodkovپLa, AntonپL.n LupپL..sek, .St.epپLan Man.cپL.k, Lud.ek Vochoc, and TomپLa.s .ZdپfپLaran The ENVISION Environmental Portal and Services Infrastructure . . . . . 280 Patrick MauپLe and Dumitru Roman Crop Simulation Model Registrator and Polyvariant Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 295 Sergey Medvedev and Alexander Topaj Process Methodology for Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 TomپLa.s LudپL.k and Jaroslav RپLa.cek Architecture of a Pan-European Framework for Integrated Soil Water Erosion Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Daniele de Rigo and Claudio Bosco Towards a Universal Search in Environmental Information Systems . . . . . 319 Clemens DپNupmeier, Werner Geiger, Thorsten Schlachter, Rainer Weidemann, Renate Ebel, and Ulrich BپNugel Methodology for the Efficiency Evaluation of the Municipal Environmental Protection Expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Jana SoukopovپLa and Michal Struk CryoLand . GMES Service Snow and Land Ice . Interoperability, Service Integration and User Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Gerhard Triebnig, Andrei Diamandi, Richard Hall, Eirik Malnes, Lars Marklund, Sari MetsپNamپNaki, Thomas Nagler, Jouni Pulliainen, Helmut Rott, Christian Schiller, Rune Solberg, and Andreas Wiesmann RBIS . An Environmental Information System for Integrated Landscape Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Franziska Zander, Sven Kralisch, Carsten Busch, and Wolfgang-Albert FlپNugel Semantics and Environment User-Friendly Access to Structured Environmental Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Andreas Abecker, Veli Bicer, Wassilios Kazakos, Gabor Nagypal, Radoslav Nedkov, and Aleksei Valikov Leveraging Ontologies for Environmental Information Systems . . . . . . . . . 364 Ulrich BپNugel, Martin Schmieder, Boris Schnebel, Thorsten Schlachter, and Renate Ebel An Architecture for the Semantic Enhancement of Environmental Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 P. DihپLe, Steven Frysinger, Reiner GپNuttler, Sascha Schlobinski, L. Petronzio, Ralf Denzer, Sa.sa Ne.siپLc, T. Lobo, G. Schimak, Ji.rپL. H.rebپL..cek, and M. Donatelli Building Environmental Semantic Web Applications with Drupal . . . . . . 385 Denis Havlik Semantics Annotations of Ontology for Scenario: Anthropogenic Impact and Climate Change Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Miroslav Kub¢¥asek, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ H¢§reb¢¥©¥¢§cek, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ Kalina, Ladislav Du¢§sek, and Ivan Holoubek Towards a Semantically Unified Environmental Information Space . . . . . . 407 Sa¢§sa Ne¢§si¢¥c, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli, and Ioannis N. Athanasiadis A Model for Semantic Annotation of Environmental Resources: The TaToo Semantic Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Tom¢¥as Pariente, Jos¢¥e Mar¢¥©¥a Fuentes, Mar¢¥©¥a Angeles Sanguino, Sinan Yurtsever, Giuseppe Avellino, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli, and Sa¢§sa Ne¢§si¢¥c Climate Twins . An Attempt to Quantify Climatological Similarities . . . 428 Joachim Ungar, Jan Peters-Anders, and Wolfgang Loibl Semantic Wiki in Environmental Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Jakub Tala¢§s, Tom¢¥a¢§s Gregar, and Tom¢¥a¢§s Pitner The Relevance of Measurement Data in Environmental Ontology Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Markus Stocker, Mauno R،§onkk،§o, Ferdinando Villa, and Mikko Kolehmainen Using Semantic Search as a Means of Support for Research Projects . . . . 454 Michael Stencl, Oldrich Trenz, Ond¢§rej Popelka, and Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ H¢§reb¢¥©¥¢§cek Information Tools for Global Environmental Assessment Conceptual Model Enhancing Accessibility of Data from Cancer-Related Environmental Risk Assessment Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 Ladislav Du¢§sek, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ H¢§reb¢¥©¥¢§cek, Miroslav Kub¢¥asek, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ Jarkovsk¢¥y, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ Kalina, Roman Baro¢§s, Zde¢§nka Bedn¢¥a¢§rov¢¥a, Jana Kl¢¥anov¢¥a, and Ivan Holoubek GENASIS Information System: A Global Environmental Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Ivan Holoubek, Ladislav Du¢§sek, Jana Kl¢¥anov¢¥a, Miroslav Kub¢¥asek, Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ Jarkovsk¢¥y, Roman Baro¢§s, Kl¢¥ara Komprdov¢¥a, Zde¢§nka Bedn¢¥a¢§rov¢¥a, Richard H¢ھulek, and Ji¢§r¢¥©¥ H¢§reb¢¥©¥¢§cek Is On-line Data Analysis Safety? Pitfalls Steaming from Automated Processing of Heterogeneous Environmental Data and Possible Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Ji.rپL. JarkovskپLy, Ladislav Du.sek, and Eva Janou.sovپLa CETOCOEN Project: From the Laboratory to the Field and Beyond. . . 491 Jana KlپLanovپLa, Lud.ek BlپLaha, Ji.rپL. DamborskپLy, Petr KlپLan, Ladislav Du.sek, and Ivan Holoubek Spatial Soil Modeling of Organochlorine Pesticides, Their Pools and Volatilization Fluxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 KlپLara KomprdovپLa, Ji.rپL. Komprda, Milan SپLa.nka, and Ond.rej HپLajek Global Environmental Assessment Requires Global Functional Searching Engines: Robust Application of TaToo Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Miroslav KubپLasek, Ji.rپL. H.rebپL..cek, Ji.rپL. Kalina, Ladislav Du.sek, Jaroslav UrbپLanek, and Ivan Holoubek Temporal Changes in Biological Communities Affecting Models for Evaluating of Ecological Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Simona LittnerovپLa and Ji.rپL. JarkovskپLy Autocalibration of Environmental Process Models Using a PAC Learning Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Markiyan Sloboda and David Swayne Modeling Heterogeneous Expertsپf Preference Ratings for Environmental Impact Assessment through a Fuzzy Decision Making System . . . . . . . . . . 535 Ivan Vrana and Shady Aly Climate Services and Environmental Tools for Urban Planning and Climate Change Applications and Services New Methods of Flash Flood Forecasting in the Czech Republic . . . . . . . 550 Lucie B.rezkovپLa, Milan .SپLalek, Petr NovپLak, Hana KyznarovپLa, and Martin Jonov Web Services for Incorporation of Air Quality and Climate Change in Long-Term Urban Planning for Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 Magnuz Engardt, Christer Johansson, and Lars Gidhagen The Global Warming, Sustainability, and Environmental Tax: Dynamic General Equilibrium Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 Toshitaka Fukiharu Going Public with Advanced Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Niclas Hjerdt, Berit Arheimer, GپNoran LindstrپNom, Ylva Westman, Esa Falkenroth, and Martin Hultman Design and Development of Web Services for Accessing Free Hydrological Data from the Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 Ji.rپL. Kadlec and Daniel P. Ames SUDPLANپfs Experiences with the OGC-Based Model Web Services for the Climate Change Usage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 P. Kutschera, M. Bartha, and Denis Havlik Modelling Micro-climate Characteristics for Urban Planning and Building Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Wolfgang Loibl, Tanja TپNotzer, Mario KپNostl, Hans ZپNuger, and Markus Knoflacher Using a Commercial Optimisation Tool for Fine Tuning of Parameters of an Eutrophication Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Albrecht Gnauck, Bernhard Luther, and Wilfried Krug Downscaling of Short-Term Precipitation Time Series for Climate Change Impact Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Jonas Olsson, Lars Gidhagen, and Akira Kawamura Integrating Climate Change in the Urban Planning Process . A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 Stefan Sander, Holger Hoppe, and Sascha Schlobinski Decision-Support System for Urban Air Pollution under Future Climate Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Steen Solvang Jensen, Jorgen Brandt, Martin Hvidberg, Matthias Ketzel, Gitte Brandt Hedegaard, and Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen Towards User Requirements for an Information System of the Integrated Rhine Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Thomas UslپNander, Rainer Junker, and Ulrike Pfarr E-HypeWeb: Service for Water and Climate Information - and Future Hydrological Collaboration across Europe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 Berit Arheimer, Patrik Wallman, Chantal Donelly, Karin NystrپNom, and Charlotta Pers Development of an Information Portal for the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Isaac Wong, William G. Booty, Phil Fong, and Sarah Hall Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675