User requirements of Big Earth Data - Survey 2019

The survey was conducted between November 2018 and May 2019 with the aim to find out how users working with large volumes of environmental data interact with data, what challenges they face and how they would like to use cloud-based data services in the future. The term Big Earth Data in this context refers to digital information about Earth, including observations, imagery, derived higher-level products, forecasts and analyses produced by computer models. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and as part of a PhD thesis on "Big Data technologies for environmental and climate data" at University of Marburg, Germany. The results are published in form of two articles: Wagemann, J., Siemen, S., Seeger, B. and J. Bendix (2021): Users of open Big Earth data - An analysis of the current state. Computers and Geosciences 2021. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104916 Wagemann, J. Siemen, S., Seeger, B. and J. Bendix (2021): A user perspective on future cloud-based services for Big Earth data. International Journal of Digital Earth 2021. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2021.198203