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020			_a9781108446587
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a550.285574 _bG292
245			_aGeoinformatics _cedited by G. Randy Keller and Chaitanya Baru _bcyberinfrastructure for the solid earth sciences
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2011 _aCambridge
300			_axiv, 374p
520			_aAdvanced 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.
650			_aGeodatabases
650			_aEarth science -- Computer network resources
650			_aGeoinformatics
700			_aKeller, G. Randy [ed.]
700			_aBaru, Chaitanya [ed.]
942			_cBK
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