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Data Assimilation for the Geosciences

Author : Steven J. Fletcher
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323972535
Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation for the Geosciences by : Steven J. Fletcher

Download or read book Data Assimilation for the Geosciences written by Steven J. Fletcher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data Assimilation for the Geosciences: From Theory to Application, Second Edition brings together all of the mathematical and statistical background knowledge needed to formulate data assimilation systems into one place. It includes practical exercises enabling readers to apply theory in both a theoretical formulation as well as teach them how to code the theory with toy problems to verify their understanding. It also demonstrates how data assimilation systems are implemented in larger scale fluid dynamical problems related to land surface, the atmosphere, ocean and other geophysical situations. The second edition of Data Assimilation for the Geosciences has been revised with up to date research that is going on in data assimilation, as well as how to apply the techniques. The new edition features an introduction of how machine learning and artificial intelligence are interfacing and aiding data assimilation. In addition to appealing to students and researchers across the geosciences, this now also appeals to new students and scientists in the field of data assimilation as it will now have even more information on the techniques, research, and applications, consolidated into one source. Includes practical exercises and solutions enabling readers to apply theory in both a theoretical formulation as well as enabling them to code theory Provides the mathematical and statistical background knowledge needed to formulate data assimilation systems into one place New to this edition: covers new topics such as Observing System Experiments (OSE) and Observing System Simulation Experiments; and expanded approaches for machine learning and artificial intelligence

Advanced Data Assimilation for Geosciences

Author : Éric Blayo
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191035777
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Advanced Data Assimilation for Geosciences by : Éric Blayo

Download or read book Advanced Data Assimilation for Geosciences written by Éric Blayo and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data assimilation aims at determining as accurately as possible the state of a dynamical system by combining heterogeneous sources of information in an optimal way. Generally speaking, the mathematical methods of data assimilation describe algorithms for forming optimal combinations of observations of a system, a numerical model that describes its evolution, and appropriate prior information. Data assimilation has a long history of application to high-dimensional geophysical systems dating back to the 1960s, with application to the estimation of initial conditions for weather forecasts. It has become a major component of numerical forecasting systems in geophysics, and an intensive field of research, with numerous additional applications in oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, and extensions to other geophysical sciences. The physical complexity and the high dimensionality of geophysical systems have led the community of geophysics to make significant contributions to the fundamental theory of data assimilation. This book gathers notes from lectures and seminars given by internationally recognized scientists during a three-week school held in the Les Houches School of physics in 2012, on theoretical and applied data assimilation. It is composed of (i) a series of main lectures, presenting the fundamentals of the most commonly used methods, and the information theory background required to understand and evaluate the role of observations; (ii) a series of specialized lectures, addressing various aspects of data assimilation in detail, from the most recent developments of the theory to the specificities of various thematic applications.

Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. II)

Author : Seon Ki Park
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642350887
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. II) by : Seon Ki Park

Download or read book Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. II) written by Seon Ki Park and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface. It spans both theoretical and applicative aspects with various methodologies such as variational, Kalman filter, ensemble, Monte Carlo and artificial intelligence methods. Besides data assimilation, other important topics are also covered including targeting observation, sensitivity analysis, and parameter estimation. The book will be useful to individual researchers as well as graduate students for a reference in the field of data assimilation.

Data Assimilation

Author : Geir Evensen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540383018
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation by : Geir Evensen

Download or read book Data Assimilation written by Geir Evensen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews popular data-assimilation methods, such as weak and strong constraint variational methods, ensemble filters and smoothers. The author shows how different methods can be derived from a common theoretical basis, as well as how they differ or are related to each other, and which properties characterize them, using several examples. Readers will appreciate the included introductory material and detailed derivations in the text, and a supplemental web site.

Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications

Author : SEON KI PARK
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540710566
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications by : SEON KI PARK

Download or read book Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications written by SEON KI PARK and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-08 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data assimilation (DA) has been recognized as one of the core techniques for modern forecasting in various earth science disciplines including meteorology, oceanography, and hydrology. Since early 1990s DA has been an important s- sion topic in many academic meetings organized by leading societies such as the American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, European G- physical Union, World Meteorological Organization, etc. nd Recently, the 2 Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), held in Singapore in June 2005, conducted a session on DA under the - tle of “Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications.” nd This rst DA session in the 2 AOGS was a great success with more than 30 papers presented and many great ideas exchanged among scientists from the three different disciplines. The scientists who participated in the meeting suggested making the DA session a biennial event. th Two years later, at the 4 AOGS Annual Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, the DA session was of cially named “Sasaki Symposium on Data Assimilation for At- spheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications,” to honor Prof. Yoshi K. Sasaki of the University of Oklahoma for his life-long contributions to DA in geosciences.

Data Assimilation: Methods, Algorithms, and Applications

Author : Mark Asch
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 1611974542
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Data Assimilation: Methods, Algorithms, and Applications written by Mark Asch and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data assimilation is an approach that combines observations and model output, with the objective of improving the latter. This book places data assimilation into the broader context of inverse problems and the theory, methods, and algorithms that are used for their solution. It provides a framework for, and insight into, the inverse problem nature of data assimilation, emphasizing ?why? and not just ?how.? Methods and diagnostics are emphasized, enabling readers to readily apply them to their own field of study. Readers will find a comprehensive guide that is accessible to nonexperts; numerous examples and diverse applications from a broad range of domains, including geophysics and geophysical flows, environmental acoustics, medical imaging, mechanical and biomedical engineering, economics and finance, and traffic control and urban planning; and the latest methods for advanced data assimilation, combining variational and statistical approaches.

Data Assimilation

Author : Kody Law
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319203258
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation by : Kody Law

Download or read book Data Assimilation written by Kody Law and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic treatment of the mathematical underpinnings of work in data assimilation, covering both theoretical and computational approaches. Specifically the authors develop a unified mathematical framework in which a Bayesian formulation of the problem provides the bedrock for the derivation, development and analysis of algorithms; the many examples used in the text, together with the algorithms which are introduced and discussed, are all illustrated by the MATLAB software detailed in the book and made freely available online. The book is organized into nine chapters: the first contains a brief introduction to the mathematical tools around which the material is organized; the next four are concerned with discrete time dynamical systems and discrete time data; the last four are concerned with continuous time dynamical systems and continuous time data and are organized analogously to the corresponding discrete time chapters. This book is aimed at mathematical researchers interested in a systematic development of this interdisciplinary field, and at researchers from the geosciences, and a variety of other scientific fields, who use tools from data assimilation to combine data with time-dependent models. The numerous examples and illustrations make understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of data assimilation accessible. Furthermore, the examples, exercises and MATLAB software, make the book suitable for students in applied mathematics, either through a lecture course, or through self-study.

Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045363
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data by : National Research Council

Download or read book Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores and evaluates the development, multiple applications, and usefulness of four-dimensional (space and time) model assimilations of data in the atmospheric and oceanographic sciences and projects their applicability to the earth sciences as a whole. Using the predictive power of geophysical laws incorporated in the general circulation model to produce a background field for comparison with incoming raw observations, the model assimilation process synthesizes diverse, temporarily inconsistent, and spatially incomplete observations from worldwide land, sea, and space data acquisition systems into a coherent representation of an evolving earth system. The book concludes that this subdiscipline is fundamental to the geophysical sciences and presents a basic strategy to extend the application of this subdiscipline to the earth sciences as a whole.

Applications of Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems in the Earth Sciences

Author : Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009190083
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Applications of Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems in the Earth Sciences by : Alik Ismail-Zadeh

Download or read book Applications of Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems in the Earth Sciences written by Alik Ismail-Zadeh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many contemporary problems within the Earth sciences are complex, and require an interdisciplinary approach. This book provides a comprehensive reference on data assimilation and inverse problems, as well as their applications across a broad range of geophysical disciplines. With contributions from world leading researchers, it covers basic knowledge about geophysical inversions and data assimilation and discusses a range of important research issues and applications in atmospheric and cryospheric sciences, hydrology, geochronology, geodesy, geodynamics, geomagnetism, gravity, near-Earth electron radiation, seismology, and volcanology. Highlighting the importance of research in data assimilation for understanding dynamical processes of the Earth and its space environment and for predictability, it summarizes relevant new advances in data assimilation and inverse problems related to different geophysical fields. Covering both theory and practical applications, it is an ideal reference for researchers and graduate students within the geosciences who are interested in inverse problems, data assimilation, predictability, and numerical methods.

Data Assimilation for the Earth System

Author : Richard Swinbank
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401000298
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Assimilation for the Earth System by : Richard Swinbank

Download or read book Data Assimilation for the Earth System written by Richard Swinbank and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data assimilation is the combination of information from observations and models of a particular physical system in order to get the best possible estimate of the state of that system. The technique has wide applications across a range of earth sciences, a major application being the production of operational weather forecasts. Others include oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, climate studies, and hydrology. Data Assimilation for the Earth System is a comprehensive survey of both the theory of data assimilation and its application in a range of earth system sciences. Data assimilation is a key technique in the analysis of remote sensing observations and is thus particularly useful for those analysing the wealth of measurements from recent research satellites. This book is suitable for postgraduate students and those working on the application of data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and other earth sciences.

Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation

Author : Sebastian Reich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316299422
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation by : Sebastian Reich

Download or read book Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation written by Sebastian Reich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors describe the principles and methods behind probabilistic forecasting and Bayesian data assimilation. Instead of focusing on particular application areas, the authors adopt a general dynamical systems approach, with a profusion of low-dimensional, discrete-time numerical examples designed to build intuition about the subject. Part I explains the mathematical framework of ensemble-based probabilistic forecasting and uncertainty quantification. Part II is devoted to Bayesian filtering algorithms, from classical data assimilation algorithms such as the Kalman filter, variational techniques, and sequential Monte Carlo methods, through to more recent developments such as the ensemble Kalman filter and ensemble transform filters. The McKean approach to sequential filtering in combination with coupling of measures serves as a unifying mathematical framework throughout Part II. Assuming only some basic familiarity with probability, this book is an ideal introduction for graduate students in applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, geoscience and other emerging application areas.

Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation

Author : Shunlin Liang
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981447262X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Book Synopsis Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation by : Shunlin Liang

Download or read book Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation written by Shunlin Liang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is unique in its ambitious and comprehensive coverage of earth system land surface characterization, from observation and modeling to data assimilation, including recent developments in theory and techniques, and novel application cases. The contributing authors are active research scientists, and many of them are internationally known leading experts in their areas, ensuring that the text is authoritative. This book comprises four parts that are logically connected from data, modeling, data assimilation integrating data and models to applications. Land data assimilation is the key focus of the book, which encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects with various novel methodologies and applications to the water cycle, carbon cycle, crop monitoring, and yield estimation. Readers can benefit from a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest tools and their usage for understanding earth system processes. Discussions in the book present and stimulate new challenges and questions facing today's earth science and modeling communities. Contents:Observation:Remote Sensing Data Products for Land Surface Data Assimilation System Application (Yunjun Yao, Shunlin Liang and Tongren Xu)Second-Generation Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites of China: The Fengyun 3 Series and Its Applications in Global Monitoring (Peng Zhang)NASA Satellite and Model Land Data Services: Data Access Tutorial (Suhung Shen, Gregory Leptoukh and Hongliang Fang)Modeling:Land Surface Process Study and Modeling in Drylands and High-Elevation Regions (Yingying Chen and Kun Yang)Review of Parameterization and Parameter Estimation for Hydrologic Models (Soroosh Sorooshian and Wei Chu)Data Assimilation:Assimilating Remote Sensing Data into Land Surface Models: Theory and Methods (Xin Li and Yulong Bai)Estimating Model and Observation Error Covariance Information for Land Data Assimilation Systems (Wade T Crow)Inflation Adjustment on Error Covariance Matrices for Ensemble Kalman Filter Assimilation (Xiaogu Zheng, Guocan Wu, Xiao Liang and Shupeng Zhang)A Review of Error Estimation in Land Data Assimilation Systems (Yulong Bai, Xin Li and Qianlong Chai)An Introduction to Multi-scale Kalman Smoother-Based Framework and Its Application to Data Assimilation (Daniel E Salas and Xu Liang)Application:Overview of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) (Youlong Xia, Brian A Cosgrove, Michael B Ek, Justin Sheffield, Lifeng Luo, Eric F Wood, Kingtse Mo and the NLDAS team)Soil Moisture Data Assimilation for State Initialization of Seasonal Climate Prediction (Wenge Ni-Meister)Assimilation of Remote Sensing Data and Crop Simulation Models for Agricultural Study: Recent Advances and Future Directions (Hongliang Fang, Shunlin Liang and Gerrit Hoogenboom)Simultaneous State-Parameter Estimation for Hydrologic Modeling Using Ensemble Kalman Filter (Xianhong Xie) Readership: Graduate students and scientists in remote sensing, hydrology, ecology, environment and other earth sciences. Keywords:Data Assimilation;Uncertainties;Land Surface Processes;Satellite Data;Dynamic ModelsKey Features:The contribution authors are a group of leading experts international in those areasIt elaborates on the state-of-the-art land data assimilation, from theoretical derivations to current application problemsIt provides the latest development of satellite data and products, and presents novel applications of data assimilation for water cycle, crop monitoring and yield estimation

Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in Geoscience

Author : Steven J. Fletcher
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128172231
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in Geoscience by : Steven J. Fletcher

Download or read book Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in Geoscience written by Steven J. Fletcher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in Geoscience provides a much-needed resource on semi-Lagrangian theory, methods, and applications. Covering a variety of applications, the book brings together developments of the semi-Lagrangian in one place and offers a comparison of semi-Lagrangian methods with Eulerian-based approaches. It also includes a chapter dedicated to difficulties of dealing with the adjoint of semi-Lagrangian methods and illustrates the behavior of different schemes for different applications. This allows for a better understanding of which schemes are most efficient, stable, consistent, and likely to introduce the minimum model error into a given problem. Beneficial for students learning about numerical approximations to advection, researchers applying these techniques to geoscientific modeling, and practitioners looking for the best approach for modeling, Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in Geoscience fills a crucial gap in numerical modeling and data assimilation in geoscience. Provides a single resource for understanding semi-Lagrangian methods and what is involved in its application Includes exercises and codes to supplement learning and create opportunities for practice Includes coverage of adjoints, examining the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches in multiple coordinate systems and different discretizations Includes links to numerical datasets and animations to further enhance understanding

Principles of Data Assimilation

Author : Seon Ki Park
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108831761
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Data Assimilation written by Seon Ki Park and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique combination of both theoretical and practical aspects of data assimilation with examples and exercises for students.

Nonlinear Data Assimilation

Author : Peter Jan Van Leeuwen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319183478
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Nonlinear Data Assimilation written by Peter Jan Van Leeuwen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains two review articles on nonlinear data assimilation that deal with closely related topics but were written and can be read independently. Both contributions focus on so-called particle filters. The first contribution by Jan van Leeuwen focuses on the potential of proposal densities. It discusses the issues with present-day particle filters and explorers new ideas for proposal densities to solve them, converging to particle filters that work well in systems of any dimension, closing the contribution with a high-dimensional example. The second contribution by Cheng and Reich discusses a unified framework for ensemble-transform particle filters. This allows one to bridge successful ensemble Kalman filters with fully nonlinear particle filters, and allows a proper introduction of localization in particle filters, which has been lacking up to now.

Data Assimilation Fundamentals

Author : Geir Evensen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030967093
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Data Assimilation Fundamentals written by Geir Evensen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open-access textbook's significant contribution is the unified derivation of data-assimilation techniques from a common fundamental and optimal starting point, namely Bayes' theorem. Unique for this book is the "top-down" derivation of the assimilation methods. It starts from Bayes theorem and gradually introduces the assumptions and approximations needed to arrive at today's popular data-assimilation methods. This strategy is the opposite of most textbooks and reviews on data assimilation that typically take a bottom-up approach to derive a particular assimilation method. E.g., the derivation of the Kalman Filter from control theory and the derivation of the ensemble Kalman Filter as a low-rank approximation of the standard Kalman Filter. The bottom-up approach derives the assimilation methods from different mathematical principles, making it difficult to compare them. Thus, it is unclear which assumptions are made to derive an assimilation method and sometimes even which problem it aspires to solve. The book's top-down approach allows categorizing data-assimilation methods based on the approximations used. This approach enables the user to choose the most suitable method for a particular problem or application. Have you ever wondered about the difference between the ensemble 4DVar and the "ensemble randomized likelihood" (EnRML) methods? Do you know the differences between the ensemble smoother and the ensemble-Kalman smoother? Would you like to understand how a particle flow is related to a particle filter? In this book, we will provide clear answers to several such questions. The book provides the basis for an advanced course in data assimilation. It focuses on the unified derivation of the methods and illustrates their properties on multiple examples. It is suitable for graduate students, post-docs, scientists, and practitioners working in data assimilation.

Geoscience Data and Collections

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309169666
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Geoscience Data and Collections written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-23 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoscience data and collections (such as, rock and sediment cores, geophysical data, engineering records, and fossils) are necessary for industries to discover and develop domestic natural resources to fulfill the nation's energy and mineral requirements and to improve the prediction of immediate and long term hazards, such as land slides, volcanic eruptions and global climate change. While the nation has assembled a wealth of geoscience data and collections, their utility remains incompletely tapped. Many could act as invaluable resources in the future but immediate action is needed if they are to remain available. Housing of and access to geoscience data and collections have become critical issues for industry, federal and state agencies, museums, and universities. Many resources are in imminent danger of being lost through mismanagement, neglect, or disposal. A striking 46 percent of the state geological surveys polled by the committee reported that there is no space available or they have refused to accept new material. In order to address these challenges, Geoscience Data and Collections offers a comprehensive strategy for managing geoscience data and collections in the United States.