Simulation Processes in the Cloud for Emergency Planning

In recent years, various environmental disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, forest fires and nuclear incidents) have caused numerous losses in lives and infrastructure. In such emergency, remote access to the simulation resources can increase the emergency response success. We propose a new architecture based on the RISE simulation services middleware and on Tavern a workflow to execute the entire simulation process into the Cloud. We present its use through an emergency flooding scenario use case in which emergency crew can order a new simulation and visualize result on Google Earth.