Review of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center

Review of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center PDF

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-09-19

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0309089115

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The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA's mission. It concludes that NGDC is the natural place within NOAA and the nation for stewardship and dissemination of data related to the solid Earth and space environment. These subject areas are also relevant to NOAA's new priority on integrated environmental approaches. For NGDC to fulfill its potential, however, it must first rearticulate its mission and overcome some solvable problems, including obtaining effective feedback from its users and organizing the center to eliminate parallel activities and reduce scientific isolation among the divisions.

The Upper Atmosphere

The Upper Atmosphere PDF

Author: Walter Dieminger

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 1023

ISBN-13: 3642787177

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Especially due to the increasing environmental problems there is a need to collect as many data as possible in the upper atmosphere. This book serves as a general multidisciplinary guide and introduction for a more effective use of the large amount of now available data from the Earth's atmosphere. It also shows the problems of the use of large amounts of time series data - for basic science as well as for environmental monitoring - and the related information systems. The book is aimed for scientists and students interested in the Earth's atmosphere which is vital for the understanding of environmental changes in the global system Earth.