The editors of a new book describe the benefits of systematic collection, storage, analysis, and sharing of damage data after flood events.
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A Powerful New Tool for Research
A novel interface allows users of MATLAB and GMT, two software packages widely used by the geoscience community, to simultaneously harness the capabilities of both products.
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New Supercomputers Allow Climate Models to Capture Convection
Scientists evaluate the latest version of a fine-scale climate model by simulating a decade of precipitation patterns across Europe.
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Defining Opportunities for Collaboration Across Data Life Cycles
Developing Enterprise Tools and Capacities for Large-Scale Natural Resource Monitoring; Fort Collins, Colorado, 12–13 October 2016
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A New Data Set to Keep a Sharper Eye on Land-Air Exchanges
FLUXNET2015, the latest update of the longest global record of ecosystem carbon, water, and energy fluxes, features improved data quality, new data products, and more open data sharing policies.
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Stream Network Geometry Correlates with Climate
A "big data" analysis of nearly 1 million river junctions in the contiguous United States shows that branching angles in dendritic drainages vary systematically between humid and arid regions.
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Global Drought Clustering Could Mean Big Losses for Mining
Long-term climate records could help mining companies and their investors assess the financial risk of water shortages.
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Water Quality Database Offers New Tools to Study Aquatic Systems
Researchers assess the federal Water Quality Portal, a Web portal that unites disparate water quality data sets and resources.
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Expanding a 300-Year Record of Marine Climate
Fourth International Workshop on the Advances in the Use of Historical Marine Climate Data; Southampton, UK, 18–22 July 2016
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Activists Set Out to Save Data, One Byte at a Time
Leaders of the DataRefuge movement hope that volunteer efforts across the country can stop government data from disappearing.