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1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Advanced information technology infrastructure is increasingly being employed in the Earth sciences to provide researchers with efficient access to massive central databases and to integrate diversely formatted information from a variety of sources. These geoinformatics initiatives enable manipulation, modeling and visualization of data in a consistent way, and are helping to develop integrated Earth models at various scales, and from the near surface to the deep interior. This book uses a series of case studies to demonstrate computer and database use across the geosciences. Chapters are thematically grouped into sections that cover data collection and management; modeling and community computational codes; visualization and data representation; knowledge management and data integration; and web services and scientific workflows. Geoinformatics is a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field for readers across the solid Earth sciences and an invaluable reference for researchers interested in initiating new cyberinfrastructure projects of their own. |
| Contents |
Cover; GEOINFORMATICS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics; 1.1 What is geoinformatics?; 1.2 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool is data driven; 1.3 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool seeks to foster the development of community-based software; 1.3.1 Building 3-D models; References; 2 Introduction to IT concepts and challenges; 2.1 Cyberinfrastructure and geoinformatics; 2.2 Geoinformatics and IT concepts; 2.3 Challenges and the future; References; Part I Case studies from other disciplines. |
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3 Semantic cyberinfrastructure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory3.1 Introduction; 3.2 New needs driven by use, not by technology; 3.3 The pre-existing cyberinfrastructure; 3.4 Toward semantic data frameworks -- knowledge encodings; 3.5 The VSTO semantic data frameworks -- developing the architecture and choosing technology; 3.6 Developing the software and implementation aspects; 3.7 Web services; 3.8 Sustaining the developed capability and application extensions; 3.9 Benefits; 3.10 Summary and ongoing work; Acknowledgements; References. |
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4 Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The National Biomedical Computation Resource (NBCR); 4.2.1 Goals; 4.2.2 Architecture overview; 4.2.3 Software tools; The Opal toolkit; GAMA security; Client interfaces; 4.3 Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caGrid); 4.3.1 Goals; 4.3.2 Architecture overview; 4.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part II Modeling software and community codes; 5 Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Emerging from hero codes. |
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5.3 The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)5.4 How CIG develops software; 5.5 Divergent development approaches; 5.5.1 An emerging community code in mantle convection; 5.5.2 Starting from scratch in tectonics; 5.5.3 Production in a stable environment: An alternative for seismology; 5.6 Conclusions and future opportunities; References; 6 Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tectonic background of western USA; 6.3 Parallel finite element modeling (FEM). |
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6.4 Modeling multi-timescale lithospheric deformation in the western United States6.4.1 Short- and long-term crustal deformation in the southwestern USA; 6.4.2 Short- and long-term crustal shortening in the Cascadia; 6.4.3 Short- and long-term slips along the San Andreas Fault; 6.5 Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Advancing the state of plate-tectonics software; 7.2.1 Fast reconstructions and responsiveness; 7.2.2 User-friendly graphical editing capability. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Earth sciences -- Computer network resources.
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Earth sciences -- Computer network resources. |
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Earth sciences. |
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Geodatabases.
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Geodatabases. |
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Earth sciences -- Computer network resources -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Geodatabases -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Keller, G. Randy (George Randy), 1946-
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Baru, Chaitanya.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Geoinformatics. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521897150 (DLC) 2011456157 (OCoLC)729687446 |
| ISBN |
9781139101271 (electronic book) |
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1139101277 (electronic book) |
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9780511976308 (electronic book) |
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0511976305 (electronic book) |
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1139099256 (electronic book) |
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9781139099257 (electronic book) |
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9781139100618 |
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1139100610 |
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9780521897150 |
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0521897157 |
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