Managing scientific data: The EMAP approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 429-440

  Hale, Stephen S ^a   Hughes, Melissa M ^b   Paul, John F ^a   Mcaskill, R Scott ^b   Rego, Steven A ^a   Bender, David R ^b   Dodge, Nancy J ^b   Richter, Thomas L ^b   Copeland, Jane L ^b  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CATALOGS; DATA QUALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

DATA STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DATASET; EMAP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0032104603     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005901102034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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