Description: Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences Cambridge University Press Hardcover Unused and unread, cosmetic imperfections such as scuffs, creases or knocks. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page. EAN: 9780521897150 Published 19/05/2011 Language: English Advanced information technology infrastructure is increasingly being employed in the Earth sciences to provide researchers with efficient access to massive central databases and to integrate diversely formatted information from a variety of sources. These geoinformatics initiatives enable manipulation, modeling and visualization of data in a consistent way, and are helping to develop integrated Earth models at various scales, and from the near surface to the deep interior. This book uses a series of case studies to demonstrate computer and database use across the geosciences. Chapters are thematically grouped into sections that cover data collection and management; modeling and community computational codes; visualization and data representation; knowledge management and data integration; and web services and scientific workflows. Geoinformatics is a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field for readers across the solid Earth sciences and an invaluable reference for researchers interested in initiating new cyberinfrastructure projects of their own. List of contributors Preface Introduction 1. Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics G. Randy Keller 2. Introduction to IT concepts and challenges Chaitanya Baru Part I. Case Studies from Other Disciplines 3. Semantic cyberinfrastructure the virtual solar-terrestrial observatory Peter Fox and Deborah L. McGuinness 4. Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine Sriram Krishnan and Ravi Madduri Part II. Modeling Software and Community Codes 5. Development, verification and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics Michael Gurnis, Walter Landry, Eh Tan, Luis Armendariz, Leif Strand and Michael Aivazis 6. Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in the western US Mian Liu, Youqing Yang, Qingsong Li, Gang Luo and Huai Zhang 7. Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates James A. Boyden, R. Dietmar Müller, Michael Gurnis, Trond H. Torsvik, James A. Clark, Mark Turner, Hamish Ivey-Law, Robin J. Watson and John S. Cannon Part III. Visualization and Data Representation 8. Visualization of seismic model data Amit Chourasia 9. The UNAVCO GEON Integrated Data Viewer for exploration, analysis, and integration of geoscience data Stuart Wier and Charles Meertens Part IV. Knowledge Management and Data Integration 10. Data and tools for geologic timelines and timescales Peter Sadler and Cinzia Cervato 11. Modeling geodynamic processes with ontologies Hassan Babaie Part V. Web Services and Scientific Workflows 12. Service orientation in the design of a community hydrologic information system Ilya Zaslavsky and David Maidment 13. Web services for seismic data archives Robert Casey and Timothy Ahern 14. Development of robust data system for gravity and magnetic anomaly data a case study of a community-based effort for point data Raed Aldouri and G. Randy Keller 15. Scientific workflows for the geosciences an emerging approach to building integrated data analysis systems Ilkay Altintas, Daniel Crawl and Christopher Crosby 16. Online access and processing of Lidar topography data Christopher Crosby, J. Ramon Arrowsmith, Viswanath Nandigam and Chaitanya Baru 17. Use of abstraction to support geoscientists' understanding and production of scientific artifacts Ann Gates, Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, Leonardo Salayandia, Omar Ochoa, Aida Gandara and Nicholas Del Rio Part VI. Emerging International and Other Efforts 18. It's not your data, it's everyone's the benefits of a corporate approach to scientific information Ian Jackson and Richard Hughes 19. TOPO-EUROPE and cyberinfrastructure quantifying coupled deep earth-surface processes in 4D Sierd Cloetingh and H. P. Bunge 20. OneGeology – from concept to global project Ian Jackson 21. Geoinformatics developments in Germany Jens Klump, Joachim Wächter, Peter Löwe, Ralf Bill and Matthias Lendholt 22. iGEON networking the Indian geosciences community through GEON K. V. Subbarao, Arun Agarwal, Rajeev Wankar and Chaitanya Baru 23. Geoinformatics in the public service building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys M. Lee Allison, Linda C. Gundersen and Stephen M. Richard 24. Application of the U.S. geoscience information network to deploying a national geothermal data system Stephen M. Richard, Ryan Clark and Wolfgang Grunberg Index. DispatchIn stock here - same-day dispatch from England. 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Number of Pages: 388 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, Geology
Item Height: 254 mm
Item Weight: 950 g
Type: Textbook
Author: G. Randy Keller, Chaitanya Baru
Item Width: 180 mm
Format: Hardcover
