Geoinformatics in the public service: Building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys

Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences

Volumn 9780521897150, Issue , 2011, Pages 342-349

  Allison, M Lee ^a   Gundersen, Linda C ^b   Richard, Stephen M ^a  

^a Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTEROPERABILITY; MINERAL RESOURCES; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SUPERCOMPUTERS; WATER RESOURCES; WEB SERVICES;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CYBER INFRASTRUCTURES; DATA AND INFORMATION; GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION; INTEGRATION FRAMEWORKS; MICROSOFT RESEARCHES; SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTERS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 84876244319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511976308.024     Document Type: Chapter

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