Environmental informatics

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 449-472

  Frew, James E ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data driven discovery; Data intensive science

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE; DATA INTENSIVE; DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HYPOTHESIS FORMATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METADATA; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84883296728     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-042711-121244     Document Type: Review

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