Canone, Davide

Emanuela, Forni

Eugenio, Cavallo

Ferraris, Stefano

Giorgia, Bagagiolo

Laura, Alemanno

Laura, Turconi

Marcella, Biddoccu

Massimo, Arattano

Massimo, Demarziis

Previati, Maurizio

Velio, Coviello

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Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 18, EGU2016-13964, 2016EGU General Assembly 2016© Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License.Interconnecting sensors and people to improve the knowledge andsustainable management in rural and alpine environment: the CIRCEprojectEugenio Cavallo (1), Marcella Biddoccu (1,3), Giorgia Bagagiolo (1), Massimo De Marziis (2), Emanuela GaiaForni (2), Laura Alemanno (2), Stefano Ferraris (3), Davide Canone (3), Maurizio Previati (3,5), Laura Turconi(4), Massimo Arattano (4), and Velio Coviello (4)(1) Institute for Agricultural and Earthmoving Machines (IMAMOTER), National Research Council of Italy, Torino, Italy(m.biddoccu@ima.to.cnr.it), (2) 3a srl, Torino, Italy, (3) Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies andPlanning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino and Università di Torino, Torino, Italy, (4) Research Institute for Geo-HydrologicalProtection (IRPI), National Research Council of Italy, Torino, Italy, (5) EnviCons srl, Torino, ItalyEnvironmental sensor monitoring is continuously developing, both in terms of quantity (i.e. measurement sites),and quality (i.e. technological innovation). Environmental monitoring is carried out by either public or privateentities for their own specific purposes, such as scientific research, civil protection, support to industrial and agri-cultural activities, services for citizens, security, education, and information. However, the acquired dataset couldbe cross-appealing, hence, being interesting for purposes that diverted from their main intended use.The CIRCE project (Cooperative Internet-of-Data Rural-alpine Community Environment) aimed to gather, man-age, use and distribute data obtained from sensors and from people, in a multipurpose approach. The CIRCE projectwas selected within a call for tender launched by Piedmont Region (in collaboration with CSI Piemonte) in order toimprove the digital ecosystem represented by YUCCA, an open source platform oriented to the acquisition, sharingand reuse of data resulting both from real-time and on-demand applications. The partnership of the CIRCE projectwas made by scientific research bodies (IMAMOTER-CNR, IRPI-CNR, DIST) together with SMEs involved inenvironmental monitoring and ICT sectors (namely: 3a srl, EnviCons srl, Impresa Verde Cuneo srl, and NetValuesrl).Within the project a shared network of agro-meteo-hydrological sensors has been created. Then a platform and itsinterface for collection, management and distribution of data has been developed.The CIRCE network is currently constituted by a total amount of 171 sensors remotely connected and originallybelonging to different networks. They are settled-up in order to monitor and investigate agro-meteo-hydrologicalprocesses in different rural and mountain areas of Piedmont Region (NW-Italy), including some very sensitivelocations, but difficult to access. Each sensor network differs from each other, in terms of purpose of monitor-ing, monitored parameters, instrumentation, system architecture, data acquisition and communication processes.In addition to real-time data, the CIRCE database includes many historical datasets, which were uniformed to theadopted database architecture. Such datasets were collected before the implementation of the project both from theconnected sensors, and from sensors no longer active.In order to attempt to reduce the gap between the research community and end users, specific APP for smartphonesand tablets were created. Such tools facilitate the access and the enrichment of the CIRCE database both for thehydrological section (APP IDRO) than for the agro-meteorological section (APP AGRO). Non-specialists mayparticipate in enrichment of the sensor punctual data with sending qualitative and quantitative information aboutthe observed processes (e.g. watercourse levels, erosion processes, presence of pathogens, damage pictures, etc.).The territorial investigation and the data acquisition also involved groups of citizens (namely farmers, technicianand volunteers), that were engaged in creating and testing the informatics tools, according with the “Living Lab”approach.Finally, the CIRCE platform was interfaced with the YUCCA platform, allowing an open access to the CIRCEdataset and its integration in the SmartDataNet system of the Regione Piemonte public administration.The CIRCE project was funded by EU FESR, by Italian Government and Regione Piemonte within the programmeRegione Piemonte POR/FESR 2007–2013.

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