The Joint ESA-NASA Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform:
Next-Generation Collaboration Tool for Scientific Algorithms and
Datasets
Abstract
The ESA-NASA Multi-mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) is a
platform designed to meet the need of the international scientific
community to collaborate on the generation and analysis of increasingly
massive datasets from space-based, airborne, and field observations for
aboveground terrestrial carbon dynamics. The MAAP is an open-source,
cloud-based platform that distinguishes itself from other science
platforms by being agnostic to any science disciplines and allows
scientists to write, develop, and execute their own algorithms in shared
workspaces that are tailored to their specific area of research. We
present an overview of the capabilities of the Pilot implementation of
MAAP. Users can explore and visualize ESA and NASA data that is ingested
in the MAAP data catalog, develop and test algorithms to generate new
datasets and act upon existing ones, launch matured algorithms as
large-scale processing jobs, and analyze the results. This allows
scientists to follow the entire scientific process within the platform,
from the conception of a hypothesis to the creation of scientific
results in a version-controlled and reproducible environment. Users can
document their process, collaborate with other users, and share
algorithms and datasets. We will conclude with an outlook on the
features that the next phase of development will bring to the platform.