Combining the capabilities of an open-source drawing tool with Google Earth maps allows researchers to visualize real-world cross-sectional data in three dimensions.
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Challenges in Assembling and Managing Environmental Data Sets
Pulling together long-term data is increasingly important in assessing environmental changes, whether regionally or globally.
Posted inScience Updates
Abundance of Satellite Data Presents Opportunity, Challenge
Globalizing Societal Application of Scientific Research and Observations from Remote Sensing: The Path Forward; Tacoma, Washington, 23–25 June 2015
Posted inScience Updates
Visualizing the Climate's Future
Climate Inspector: A new Web-based approach to exploring global climate change across space and time.
Posted inScience Updates
International Effort Sustains and Develops Climate Data Records
SCOPE-CM Meeting; Geneva, Switzerland, 23–24 March 2015
Posted inScience Updates
Creating Resilient Communities Through Earth Science Data
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners 2015 Summer Meeting; Pacific Grove, California, 14–17 July 2015
Posted inScience Updates
Status of Tools and Data for Planetary Research
2nd Planetary Data Workshop; Flagstaff, Arizona, 8–11 June 2015
Posted inOpinions
The Importance of Data Set Provenance for Science
Data do not exist in a vacuum. To be useful, data must be accompanied by context on how they are captured, processed, analyzed, and validated and other information that enables interpretation and use.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Data Correction Needed for Long-Term Heat Transport Monitoring
Scientists assess how historical temperature biases could impact the detection of ocean heat transport changes in a key area of the South Atlantic Ocean where data are scarce.
Posted inScience Updates
Field Data Management: Integrating Cyberscience and Geoscience
The smartphone and tablet revolution has changed how geologists work in the field, but now the community must come up with standards to tame the flood of data.