Toward an earth science enterprise federation : results from a workshop

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Toward an earth science enterprise federation : results from a workshop

Steering Committee for a Workshop on an Earth Science Enterprise Federation, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

National Academy Press, c1998

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Results from a workshop toward an earth science enterprise federation

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Bottom on cover title: National Research Council

Copyright: National Academy of Sciences

"Steering Committee ... Thomas R. Karl, National Climatic Data Center"--P. iii

"Following individuals ... review of this report, ... Kenneth D. Davidson, National Climatic Data Center, .... responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC"--P. viii

"Goal of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) is to enhance understanding ... at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. At the heart ... is the Earth Observing System .... federation concept is a reversal of NASA's traditional data management approach, because it places power and authority at the lowest level possible."--P. 1

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration to National Academy of Sciences. NCC5-202

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Table of Contents

  • 1 Front Matter
  • 2 Executive Summary
  • 3 1 Introduction
  • 4 2 Working Group Summaries
  • 5 3 Models for an Earth Science Enterprise Federation
  • 6 References
  • 7 Afterword
  • 8 Appendix A Federation Models
  • 9 Appendix B Workshop Agenda
  • 10 Appendix C Workshop Participants
  • 11 Appendix D Winners of NASA's 1997 Cooperative Agreement Notices
  • 12 Acronyms

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