We have the potential to transform our understanding of Earth—if we can just figure out how to harness ever growing data streams.
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Launching an Accessible Archive of Environmental Data
A new digital archive enables community use of terrestrial and subsurface ecosystem data sets.
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Taking Magnetotelluric Data out of the Drawer
Magnetic and electric field measurements at Earth’s surface provide information on Earth’s interior and on space weather. An open-source central repository of these data has received a major update.
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A More Powerful Reality Test for Climate Models
A new climate model evaluation package will deliver objective comparisons between models and observations for research and model development and provide a framework for community engagement.
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Embracing Open Data in Field-Driven Sciences
Allowing data to be reused and research results to be replicated fosters innovation, high-quality research, and public trust in science.
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The Importance of Data Set Provenance for Science
Data do not exist in a vacuum. To be useful, data must be accompanied by context on how they are captured, processed, analyzed, and validated and other information that enables interpretation and use.
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Why Seismic Networks Need Digital Object Identifiers
In a move to give credit where it's due, the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks will link digital object identifiers to data from seismic networks and project deployments.
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Science and Cyberinfrastructure: The Chicken and Egg Problem
To balance the needs of science and technology, initiatives to develop visual, georeferenced, semantically enabled data repositories should focus on technical bottlenecks to scientific exploration.
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Land Surface Model Development Needs for Weather Prediction
Eighth Weather Research and Forecasting Working Group 14: Land Surface Modeling Workshop;
Boulder, Colorado, 26–27 June 2014