EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA) -- EarthRef.org at the Fall AGU Meeting 2002

Description
Ocean sciences are experiencing an exponential growth of data from a wide range of measurement platforms including from satellites, buoys, ships or submersibles. Data integration, publication and archival (DIPA) of these data is one of the major challenges in ocean sciences today. The purpose of the session will be establish a scientific vision for data integration, publication and archival, and to enumerate and describe existing efforts at organizing data collections and review protocols for geoscience data interchange and continue the discussion among members with respect to growing a federation of data collections in the geosciences. From this basis we will identify opportunities for standardization via draft protocols and standards that will be published in appropriate journals for community comment, review and adoption. Emphasis will be placed on commonalities across data collections as well as addressing specific unique requirements of individual data collections. This session will help define a vision for DIPA, establish an inventory for which groups contribute to these problems in which ways, and define where the major new developments need to happen.

Project -- Meetings and Workshops -- Fall AGU Meetings
The Fall Meeting provides an opportunity for researchers, teachers, students, and consultants to review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the planets, and their environments in space. This meeting will cover topics in all areas of geophysical sciences.