A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics explored the challenges of validating data collected from Earth observation satellites.
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A Survey of Solar Radio Burst Statistics
National solar radio archive records have substantial missing data potentially affecting the ability to benchmark extreme solar events.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
What Causes Ecological Shifts?
A new information-processing framework helps researchers tease out the factors driving ecological shifts over short timescales.
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A New Baseline to Monitor Earth’s Dynamic Surface
Researchers devise a new mathematical approach to combine space- and ground-based observations into an alternative reference frame for monitoring the changing positions of Earth’s features.
Posted inScience Updates
A New Tool for Deep-Down Data Mining
GeoDeepDive combines library science, computer science, and geoscience to dive into repositories of published text, tables, and figures and return valuable information.
Posted inScience Updates
Stable Isotopes in Paleoclimate Reanalysis
Second Annual Workshop of the Last Millennium Reanalysis Project; Friday Harbor, Washington, 25–26 October 2016
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Enabling Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable Data
AGU is convening a partnership in the Earth and space science community to develop the standards to connect researchers, publishers, and data repositories.
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“Do You Expect Me to Just Give Away My Data?”
The Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Oceans explains why the new AGU data policy is important for the rigor and long-term security of scientific research.
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Strengthening the Observational Basis for Carbon Science, Policy
Sustained Observations for Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Support Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 13–14 April 2016
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Monitoring Ocean Change in the 21st Century
Time series data sets, which contain measurements repeated over a span of decades, yield important insights into our oceans’ vital signs.