4DGeoBrowser
4DGeoBrowser

Author: Steven A. Lerner

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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This report describes the 4DGeoBrowser software system. The GeoBrowser is a web-based application developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution by Steven Lemer and Andrew Maffei. It has been designed with the goal of creating, accessing, and analyzing repositories of oceanographic datasets that have been generated by investigators in differing scientific disciplines. Once the information is loaded onto a Geobrowser server the investigator-user is able to login to the website and use a set of data access and analysis tools to search, plot, and display this information. GeoBrowser servers are also capable of processing commands that are submitted remotely via HTTP URLs or email. Scientists are able to use this capability to make calls to the GeoBrowser server and generate click-able maps, tables of URLs, and customized HTML pages. These can then be used to enhance websites associated with scientific projects. Examples of supporting scientific website functionality that includes time series plotting, data delivery by email, geo-spatial plotting of interdisciplinary data, map-based search capabilities and other functionality are presented in this report. The report includes examples of GeoBrowser application websites, a user manual, and a reference guide. In addition, the concept of Electronic Index Cards (EICs) is presented.

Bridging the Digital Divide
Bridging the Digital Divide

Author: International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers. Annual Conference

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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The Semantic Web in Earth and Space Science. Current Status and Future Directions
The Semantic Web in Earth and Space Science. Current Status and Future Directions

Author: T. Narock

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 161499501X

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The geosciences are one of the fields leading the way in advancing semantic technologies. This book continues the dialogue and feedback between the geoscience and semantic web communities. Increasing data volumes within the geosciences makes it no longer practical to copy data and perform local analysis. Hypotheses are now being tested through online tools that combine and mine pools of data. This evolution in the way research is conducted is commonly referred to as e-Science. As e-Science has flourished, the barriers to free and open access to data have been lowered and the need for semantics has been heighted. As the volume, complexity, and heterogeneity of data resources grow, geoscientists are creating new capabilities that rely on semantic approaches. Geoscience researchers are actively working toward a research environment of software tools and interfaces to data archives and services with the goals of full-scale semantic integration beginning to take shape. The members of this emerging semantic e-Science community are increasingly in need of semantic-based methodologies, tools and infrastructure. A feedback system between the geo- and computational sciences is forming. Advances in knowledge modeling, logic-based hypothesis checking, semantic data integration, and knowledge discovery are leading to advances in scientific domains, which in turn are validating semantic approaches and pointing to new research directions. We present mature semantic applications within the geosciences and stimulate discussion on emerging challenges and new research directions.

The Horizontal Mooring
The Horizontal Mooring

Author: Richard P. Trask

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13:

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A moored two dimensional array with instrumentation distributed both horizontally and vertically was deployed for 27 days in August 1998 at an 85 meter deep site in Massachusetts Bay near Stellwagon basin. The horizontal mooring consisted of a 160 meter long horizontal element positioned at a depth of 20 meters between two subsurface moorings. Suspended below the horizontal member were five 25 meter long vertical strings. The vertical strings had a horizontal separation of 30 meters and each had instruments at depths of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 meters. Instrumentation deployed on the two dimensional array included acoustic current meters, temperature sensors, conductivity measuring instruments, pressure sensors and motion monitoring packages. This report includes a detailed description of the two dimensional array, the anchoring system and the instrumentation that were deployed. Also included is a description of the deployment and recovery techniques that were employed, as well as an assessment of the performance of the array.

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle
Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle

Author: Steven Emerson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-04-24

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780521833134

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The principles of chemical oceanography provide insight into the processes regulating the marine carbon cycle. The text offers a background in chemical oceanography and a description of how chemical elements in seawater and ocean sediments are used as tracers of physical, biological, chemical and geological processes in the ocean. The first seven chapters present basic topics of thermodynamics, isotope systematics and carbonate chemistry, and explain the influence of life on ocean chemistry and how it has evolved in the recent (glacial-interglacial) past. This is followed by topics essential to understanding the carbon cycle, including organic geochemistry, air-sea gas exchange, diffusion and reaction kinetics, the marine and atmosphere carbon cycle and diagenesis in marine sediments. Figures are available to download from www.cambridge.org/9780521833134. Ideal as a textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in oceanography, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and earth science and a valuable reference for researchers in oceanography.

Advances in Molecular Ecology
Advances in Molecular Ecology

Author: Gary R. Carvalho

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9789051994407

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Each contributor to this publication was asked to examine how molecular genetic tools have contributed to their specific areas of consideration. To increase the practical utility of the book, a summary of software that is available for the anaylsis of data in molecular ecology is included.

Marine Science Careers
Marine Science Careers

Author:

Publisher: Maine-New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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This document, which is intended for high school students who are considering a marine science career, contains 38 profiles of individuals employed in one of the following occupations: marine biologist, environmental educator, fishery biologist, marine ecologist, aquaculture microbiologist, geological oceanography, environmental consultant, ocean modeler, chemical oceanographer, aquatic chemist, physical oceanographer, biological oceanographer, ocean engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, environmental engineer, aquatic engineer, naval architect, ocean advocate, marine educator, underwater filmmaker, marine archaeologist, marine economist, lifeguard, fisheries statistician, resource manager, and environmental communicator. Each profile contains the individual's responses to a questionnaire requesting information on the following: degrees held/working toward, schools attended, current job and job duties, key factor in career decision, most and least appealing aspects of the job, preferred leisure activities, heroes/heroines, advice to high school students interested in the same job, career opportunities in the field, and plans for 10 years from now. Also included are the following: discussion of the outlook for marine science careers; annotated bibliography of 12 resource organizations and 5 publications; and names and addresses of 32 sea grant programs. (MN)