New Research Opportunities by Open Data Open Source GIS meets the DWD Open Data Portal Dr. Peter Löwe, DIW Berlin (ploewe@diw.de) Mario Hafer, DWD (mario.hafer@dwd.de) • INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community) is an EU initiative to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to make spatial information more accessible and interoperable for a wide range of purposes supporting sustainable development. • In parallel, the number of freely available geospatial open source software tools to derive information from spatial data sources continues to grow. • The combination of these two developments has created a critical mass of research opportunities for (citizen) scientists within and beyond Europe. Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) is the German Meteorological Service based in Offenbach am Main. Basic charges are to monitor weather and meteorological conditions across Germany and to provide weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviation, agricultural and hydrological purposes. It is governed by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Principal tasks include warning on weather-related hazards as well as monitoring and accessing climate variability and trends affecting Germany. DWD operates its own numerical weather prediction model suite on its supercomputer and a network of 17 C-Band weather radars for reliable weather forecasts. DWD also manages the national climate archive and one of the largest libraries dedicated to weather and climate worldwide. SELECTED REFERENCES • Metereological data is a valuable ressource for near-real time and retrospective analysis • Measuring, archiving, provision and analysis of streams of metereological data, which continue to grow in volume, variety and velocity, require reliable digital infrastructures. • European initiatives ensure open access to publicly funded geospatial data for citizens, science and education. • Open source software tools opens up new opportunities for innovation in science, education and commerce. • 4D Data Visualisation and Quality Control: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1422359 • SAWS MaxCAPPI / CFAD video: DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1418432 • SAWS CFADT video: DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1288304 • SAWS Space Tine Cube video: DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1415411 • Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Radarmeteorologie und Bodenerosionsforschung (urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-7594) • DISSIX: DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1164724 Radar-based Precipitation Climatology of DWD: • 10.5676/DWD/RADKLIM_RW_V2016.003 (gauge-adjusted one-hour precipitation sum) • 10.5676/DWD/RADKLIM_RW_V2017.002 (gauge-adjusted one-hour precipitation sum) • 10.5676/DWD/RADKLIM_YW_V2017.002 (quasi gauge-adjusted five-minute precipitation rate) Das DIW Berlin ist Mitglied der www.diw.de | Oktober 2018 MOTIVATION CONCLUSIONS Deutscher Wetterdienst New Opportunities Stakeholders The German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) or more commonly DIW Berlin is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is an independent, non-profit academic institution which is involved in basic research and policy advice. DIW Berlin presents its research results in science journals, within the scope of national and international scientific events as well as at workshops, symposia and colloquia. Current economic and structural data, forecasts and advice as well as services in the area of quantitative economics are provided to decision makers in economics and policy and the broad public. DIW Berlin endues a target group specific range of publications, events and data sources. DIW is committed to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) paradigm to enable Open Science and is a signatory of the Enabling FAIR Data commitment statement. The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit non- governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open ge