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.
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Can Scientists Boost Solar Modeling Despite a Lack of Data?
Researchers show that a data processing technique could salvage useful information from raw solar observations, opening the door to improved understanding of the solar dynamo.
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Curt Tilmes Receives 2014 Charles S. Falkenberg Award
Curt Tilmes received the 2014 Charles S. Falkenberg Award at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The award honors a “scientist under 45 years of age who has contributed to the quality of life, economic opportunities, and stewardship of the planet through the use of Earth science information and to the public awareness of the importance of understanding our planet.”
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Committing to Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Sciences
A new initiative joins together publishers and data facilities to enable data stewardship.
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Flood Risk from Storm Surge is Increasing in New York
Rediscovered historical records of sea level in New York Harbor show the increasing threat of storm surges.
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Realizing the Value of a National Asset: Scientific Data
Conducting a National Research Council study that will provide high‐level strategic guidance could help address some of the challenges and opportunities related to Earth science data.
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Big Data and Quantifying Variability Top Scientific Trends List
AGU’s report, Scientific Trends in the Earth and Space Sciences, identifies a series of crosscutting trends that will influence the Earth and space sciences in the coming years.
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Science and Cyberinfrastructure: The Chicken and Egg Problem
To balance the needs of science and technology, initiatives to develop visual, georeferenced, semantically enabled data repositories should focus on technical bottlenecks to scientific exploration.