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.
data management
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Protecting Communications Satellites from Space Weather
A recent analysis of proprietary telecommunications data identifies a potential source of anomalous satellite component performance, and what can be done to prevent this from happening in the future.
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Why Seismic Networks Need Digital Object Identifiers
In a move to give credit where it's due, the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks will link digital object identifiers to data from seismic networks and project deployments.
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A Weather Eye on Coastal Winds
New satellite radar image-processing system provides wind speed maps with an unprecedented degree of precision. Such maps will help coastal communities prepare for wind-related hazards.
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Making the Northern Indian Ocean a Hub of Geomagnetic Data
A new initiative seeks to unite and network the magnetic research community in the northern Indian Ocean region.
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Ice-Penetrating Radar Reveals Age of Greenland Ice Sheet Layers
First comprehensive analysis of deep radar data gives insight into the dynamics and history of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Better Utilization of Marine Seismic Data
Increasing the Access to and the Relevance of Marine Seismic Data; San Francisco, California, 11–13 December 2014
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Developing Databases of Ancient Sea Level and Ice Sheet Extents
PALSEA2 Workshop;
Lochinver, Scotland, 16–22 September 2014
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Counting the Ocean's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new database seeks to improve estimates of oceanic emissions of methane and nitrous oxide.
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A Database of African Precipitation from 1983 Onward
Satellite infrared observations are used to reconstruct African precipitation records for the past 30 years in an attempt to infer rainfall variability.