HR: 11:35h
AN: U32A-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Ready access and utilization of data: Essential ingredients for global observation systems
AU: Barton, C
AF: Australian National University, Mills Road, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
AU: * Baker, D N
AF: University of Colorado - LASP, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Peterson, W K
AF: University of Colorado - LASP, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: CoBabe-Ammann, E
AF: University of Colorado - LASP, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AB: The anniversary years of 2007-2008 are widely known as the "IGY+50" period. There are several "International Years" that commemorate the IGY and build upon the IGY legacies. Two of the finest of these legacies are the foundation of a global information commons for Earth and space science, and the establishment of the system of World Data Centers. The first legacy finds expression today in the endeavor by the multi-national Group on Earth Observation (GEO) to build an open access Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS), and efforts such as the "Global Information Commons for Science Initiative" of ICSU's Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA). Ready access to data and data preservation continues to be an essential ingredient for efficient science. There is also the realization that data and information from discipline specific data stores are very useful to investigators who do not work in the narrow discipline areas served by these particular data stores. Evolving data centers are then challenged to provide data and information to non-traditional users, creating new, flexible interfaces to meet their expanding audiences. In the present day, views differ about the future role of the World Data Centers established during IGY and who pays for them. This talk addresses the importance of good data management practices in global observation programs. From the viewpoint of the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY), the presentation provides the international context for developing interoperability, data sharing capability, and the future of the WDCs.
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 3315 Data assimilation
DE: 4200 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL
DE: 7200 SEISMOLOGY
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting