Finding the forest in the trees : the challenge of combining diverse environmental data : selected case studies / Committee for a Pilot Study on Database Interfaces, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

U.S. National Committee for CODATA. Committee for Pilot Study on Database Interfaces.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Research--Data processing--Case studies.

Ecology.

Climatic changes--Research--Data processing--Case studies.

Climatic changes.

Database management--Case studies.

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Uses case studies to identify data management problems in long-term global change studies, and recommends guidelines for interfacing interdisciplinary environmental data, for researchers and technicians engaged in projects involving both geophysical and ecological issues. Includes information on the methodology of the studies, and analyzes projects in acid precipitation, drought, and oceanic fisheries. Also of interest to those involved in funding, managing, and evaluating activities. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

""Finding the Forest in the Trees""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Addressing Barriers Deriving from the Data""; ""Addressing Barriers Deriving from Users' Needs""; ""Addressing Barriers Deriving from Organizational Interactions""; ""Addressing Barriers Deriving from System Considerations""; ""TEN KEYS TO SUCCESS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Impact Assessment Project for Drought Early Warning in the Sahel""

""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA""""DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACING""; ""Timeliness of Data Acquisition""; ""Accessibility of Data""; ""Data Quality and Verification""; ""Data Retention""; ""Data Documentation""; ""Importance of the Crop Calendar""; ""Definition of Users of Crop Modeling Results""; ""Creation of New Algorithms and Data Management Procedures""; ""Accommodation of Users' Needs for Crop Yield Estimates""; ""Interfacing of Disparate Databases""; ""Institutional and Political Constraints""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""REFERENCES""

""3 The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program""""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA FOR THE AQUATIC PROCESSES ANDEFFECTS PORTION OF NAPAP""; ""MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS IN EVALUATING THE DATA MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESOF THE AQUATIC PROCESSES AND EFFECT ...""; ""Users' Needs""; ""Study Design""; ""DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACING IN THE AQUATIC PROCESSES AND EFFECTSPORTION OF NAPAP""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""Program Planning""; ""Program Implementation""; ""Program Completion, Evaluation, and Future Activities""; ""REFERENCES""

""4 The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological ResearchSite""""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA""; ""DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACING""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center""; ""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA""; ""DATA MANAGEMENT""; ""Selecting the Data Set""; ""Contacting the Principal Investigator""; ""Acquiring the Data""; ""Performing Quality Assurance and Quality Control""; ""Documenting the Data""; ""Distributing the Data""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 The First ISLSCP Field Experiment""

""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA""""DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACING""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation""; ""VARIABLES MEASURED AND SOURCES OF DATA""; ""DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACING""; ""Science""; ""Organization""; ""Results""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Interfacing Diverse Environmental Data�Issues and Recommendations""; ""THE PROBLEM AND ITS CONTEXT""; ""ADDRESSING BARRIERS DERIVING FROM THE DATA""; ""Spatial and Temporal Scale""; ""Preliminary Data Processing and Statistical Uncertainty""

""Data Volume""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610211005

9780309176606

0309176603

9781280211003

1280211008

9780309586863

0309586860

9780585002293

0585002290

OCLC:

923261455