Cambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 5/19/2011EAN 9780521897150, ISBN10: 0521897157Hardcover, 388 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 2.3 cmLanguage: EnglishAdvanced 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 contributorsPrefaceIntroduction1. Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics G. Randy Keller2. Introduction to IT concepts and challenges Chaitanya BaruPart I. Case Studies from Other Disciplines3. Semantic cyberinfrastructurethe virtual solar-terrestrial observatory Peter Fox and Deborah L. McGuinness4. Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine Sriram Krishnan and Ravi MadduriPart II. Modeling Software and Community Codes5. Development, verification and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics Michael Gurnis, Walter Landry, Eh Tan, Luis Armendariz, Leif Strand and Michael Aivazis6. 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 Zhang7. 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. CannonPart III. Visualization and Data Representation8. Visualization of seismic model data Amit Chourasia9. The UNAVCO GEON Integrated Data Viewer for exploration, analysis, and integration of geoscience data Stuart Wier and Charles MeertensPart IV. Knowledge Management and Data Integration10. Data and tools for geologic timelines and timescales Peter Sadler and Cinzia Cervato11. Modeling geodynamic processes with ontologies Hassan BabaiePart V. Web Services and Scientific Workflows12. Service orientation in the design of a community hydrologic information system Ilya Zaslavsky and David Maidment13. Web services for seismic data archives Robert Casey and Timothy Ahern14. Development of robust data system for gravity and magnetic anomaly dataa case study of a community-based effort for point data Raed Aldouri and G. Randy Keller15. Scientific workflows for the geosciencesan emerging approach to building integrated data analysis systems Ilkay Altintas, Daniel Crawl and Christopher Crosby16. Online access and processing of Lidar topography data Christopher Crosby, J. Ramon Arrowsmith, Viswanath Nandigam and Chaitanya Baru17. 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 RioPart VI. Emerging International and Other Efforts18. It's not your data, it's everyone'sthe benefits of a corporate approach to scientific information Ian Jackson and Richard Hughes19. TOPO-EUROPE and cyberinfrastructurequantifying coupled deep earth-surface processes in 4D Sierd Cloetingh and H. P. Bunge20. OneGeology – from concept to global project Ian Jackson21. Geoinformatics developments in Germany Jens Klump, Joachim Wächter, Peter Löwe, Ralf Bill and Matthias Lendholt22. iGEONnetworking the Indian geosciences community through GEON K. V. Subbarao, Arun Agarwal, Rajeev Wankar and Chaitanya Baru23. Geoinformatics in the public servicebuilding a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys M. Lee Allison, Linda C. Gundersen and Stephen M. Richard24. Application of the U.S. geoscience information network to deploying a national geothermal data system Stephen M. Richard, Ryan Clark and Wolfgang GrunbergIndex.
