Infrastructure design v.2.0 (Deliverable D7.5)

The goal of OCEAN ICE is to evaluate the impacts of key Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and Southern Ocean processes on sea level rise, deep water formation, and ocean circulation to enhance predictions of how changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets impact global climate. To achieve this, historical datasets, observations from the period spanning 2022 to 2024, and numerical models, including the development of coupled ice sheet-ocean and ice sheet-ocean-climate models, will be employed. The WP7 Data Management team has assumed responsibility for the legacy of the EU Horizon 2020 SO-CHIC project, aiming to contribute to the long-term findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse of Southern Ocean data. As described in the OCEAN ICE Data Management Plan (Novellino & Misurale, 2023; Novellino & Dapueto, 2024), WP7 focuses on in situ data. OCEAN ICE moves beyond open access in implementing open science practices while adhering to the principles of FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability): OCEAN ICE infrastructure is designed to provide immediate, free access and interoperability for collected data. It adopts open data management software tools (e.g., ERDDAP™, GeoServer, GeoNetwork) and ensures that OCEAN ICE data is immediately integrable and accessible through the European Commission public data repositories. This Deliverable D7.5 is an update to Deliverable D7.4: Infrastructure Design 1.0. The revisions are built in on the initial version, with modifications and additions highlighted in yellow for clarity.