Benefit of GEOSS interoperability in assessment of environmental impacts illustrated by the case of photovoltaic systems

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1722-1728

  Menard, Lionel ^a   Blanc, Isabelle ^a   Beloin Saint Pierre, Didier ^a   Gschwind, Benoît ^a   Wald, Lucien ^a   Blanc, Philippe ^a   Ranchin, Thierry ^a   Hischier, Roland ^b   Gianfranceschi, Simone ^c   Smolders, Steven ^d   Gilles, Marc ^e   Grassin, Cyril ^f  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Intecs SpA   (Italy)

^d GIM Nv   (Belgium)

^e Spacebel ^*  (Belgium)

^f THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; FP7 projects; GEOSS; interoperability; life cycle assessment; photovoltaic systems; standards

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FP7 PROJECTS; GEOSS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL DATA; WEB-BASED TOOLS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; STANDARDS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

DATA SET; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EOS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84872054055     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2196024     Document Type: Article

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