Evolution of information management at the GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC): 20062007

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Kempler, Steven ^a   Lynnes, Christopher ^a   Vollmer, Bruce ^a   Alcott, Gary ^a   Berrick, Stephen ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data management; Earth science data systems; Information management (IM); Information technology; Online archives; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); EARTH SCIENCES; GAS EMISSIONS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NASA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS;

DATA ACCESSES; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATA SYSTEMS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCE DATA SYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS; MULTISENSOR INFORMATIONS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; ONLINE ARCHIVES; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DATA MANAGEMENT; EARTH SCIENCE; EOS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 58149247994     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2000635     Document Type: Article

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