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Assessment of the usefulness and availability of NASA's earth and space science mission data /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on the Usefulness and Availability of NASA's Space Mission Data
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 and Space 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.