TY  - BOOK
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - Assessment of the usefulness and availability of NASA's earth and space science mission data
SN  - 0309581435
AV  - G70.4 .A87 2002eb
U1  - 621.3678 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy Press
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Space sciences
KW  - Remote sensing
KW  - Sciences spatiales
KW  - Informatique
KW  - Télédétection
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Assessment of the Usefulness and Availability of NASA's Earth and Space Science Mission Data -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- AVAILABILITY AND USEFULNESS OF NASA'S SPACE MISSION DATA -- MANAGEMENT OF DATA WITHIN NASA -- INVESTMENTS IN SOFTWARE AND DATA ANALYSIS -- LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF DATA -- FEDERATED DATA SYSTEMS -- EARTH SCIENCES DATA SYSTEM -- USERS OF NASA DATA -- STRATEGIES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THERESEARCH COMMUNITY -- 1 NASA: A Knowledge Agency -- INTRODUCTION -- SPACE SCIENCE ENTERPRISE; Astrophysics: Origins and the Structure and Evolution of the Universe -- The Sun-Earth Connection -- Solar System Exploration -- EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE -- THE CHANGING PARADIGM FOR NASA -- 2 Accessibility of Data: The Architectureof the Archives -- SPACE SCIENCE DATA SYSTEMS -- Astrophysics Data Systems -- Planetary Data Systems -- Solar and Space Physics Data Systems -- Solar Data Analysis Center -- Space Plasma Physics -- EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM -- STRATEGIC EVOLUTION OF ESE DATA SYSTEMS -- LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF DATA; Space Science Data and the National Space Science Data Center -- Earth Science Data -- Conclusions -- 3 The Users of NASA Data -- USER PROFILE -- AVAILABILITY OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE DATA -- SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY USERS -- NONSCIENTIST USERS -- Education Community -- Formal Education -- Informal Education -- Usefulness of Data to the Education Community -- Online Outreach -- News Media -- Commercial Users and Decision Makers -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Strategies for Managing Earth andSpace Science Data -- A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ISSUES OF BALANCE: ACQUISITION, ANALYSIS, AND ARCHIVING -- Data Analysis Funding -- Timeliness of Data Analysis -- FEDERATED DATABASES -- The National Virtual Observatory -- Planetary Data System -- Federation of Earth Science Information Partners -- ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE DATA MANAGEMENT -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Letter of Request -- Appendix B The Data Life Cycle -- Appendix C Questionnaire to the Active Archives, Data Centers, and Data Services -- Information Requested from the Space Science and Earth Science Facilities -- Additional Information Requested of the Space Science Active Facilities; Additional Information Requested of the Distributed Active Archive Centers -- Appendix D Biographies of Task Group Members -- Appendix E Meeting Agendas -- Appendix F Acronyms
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