SHARE Geonetwork, a system for climate and paleoclimate data sharing

This study is dedicated to the development of a webGIS service platform for the environment data sharing. This new service is integrated into national and international projects supported by EvK2-CNR Committee and mainly focused on climate change studies. The system is based on the integration of the metadata catalogue Geonetwork and a dedicated database WDBPALEO. The scientific interest of this service is the possibility to access into the same site to the data acquired from the network of highest altitude stations for actual climate analysis and provision and data from paleoclimate samples acquired from ice and sea cores. The service for the first time shares these data in a downloadable standard format for all researchers and describes with the metadata catalogue all the necessary information for the correct use of these data. Since 2005, the Ev-K2 CNR Committee has promoted an integrated environmental project named SHARE (Station at High Altitude for Research on the Environment) focused on the mountain regions as primary indicators of climate change. Originally launched as a system of measurements in environmental and earth sciences in the Himalaya-Karakorum region, SHARE has later expanded its network to Europe (Apennines and Alps), Africa (Rwenzori) and more recently to South America (Andes). The Italian project NextData, supported by Ministry of Education, Universities and Research has proposed this system for the development of a national service of environment data and metadata sharing dedicated to the study of climate change in the last 2000 years in the Mediterranean basin.