Geoinformatics in the public service: Building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys
By: M. Lee Allison, Linda C. Gundersen, and Stephen M. Richard
Edited by: G. Randy Keller and Chaitanya Baru
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Abstract
Advanced information technology infrastructure is increasingly being employed in the Earth sciences to provide researchers with efficient access to massive central databases and to integrate diversely formatted information from a variety of sources. These geoinformatics initiatives enable manipulation, modeling and visualization of data in a consistent way, and are helping to develop integrated Earth models at various scales, and from the near surface to the deep interior. This book uses a series of case studies to demonstrate computer and database use across the geosciences. Chapters are thematically grouped into sections that cover data collection and management; modeling and community computational codes; visualization and data representation; knowledge management and data integration; and web services and scientific workflows. Geoinformatics is a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field for readers across the solid Earth sciences and an invaluable reference for researchers interested in initiating new cyberinfrastructure projects of their own.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Geoinformatics in the public service: Building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys |
| ISBN | 9780511976308 |
| DOI | 10.1017/CBO9780511976308.024 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Office of Science Quality and Integrity |
| Description | 8 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Geoinformatics: cyberinfrastructure for the solid Earth sciences |
| First page | 342 |
| Last page | 349 |
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