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PAPERBACK list:$21.00 Web:$18.90 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Utilization of Operational Environmental Satellite Data: Ensuring Readiness for 2010 and Beyond Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond Other Related Titles Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands (2003) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 55   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix F Acronyms CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CESDIS Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network COARDS Cooperative Ocean/Atmosphere Research Data Service DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center DAP Data Access Protocol DODS Distributed Oceanographic Data System EDC EROS Data Center EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems ESTO Earth Science Technology Office FTP file transfer protocol GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HDF hierarchical data format HTTP hypertext transfer protocol IT information technology LaRC Langley Research Center MD5 message-digest algorithm 5 MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCDC National Climatic Data Center NEIC National Earthquake Information Center Page 55 Front Matter (R1-R14) Executive Summary (1-6) 1. About the Data Centers (7-14) 2. Challenges and Opportunities (15-30) References (31-32) Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (33-38) Appendix B: Workshop Agenda (39-42) Appendix C: Workshop Speakers and Participants (43-44) Appendix D: Workshop Discussions (45-50) Appendix E: Glossary (51-54) Appendix F: Acronyms (55-56)

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Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands Appendix F Acronyms CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CESDIS Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network COARDS Cooperative Ocean/Atmosphere Research Data Service DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center DAP Data Access Protocol DODS Distributed Oceanographic Data System EDC EROS Data Center EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems ESTO Earth Science Technology Office FTP file transfer protocol GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HDF hierarchical data format HTTP hypertext transfer protocol IT information technology LaRC Langley Research Center MD5 message-digest algorithm 5 MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCDC National Climatic Data Center NEIC National Earthquake Information Center

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Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands NEpster NPP-ESTO Portal for Science, Technology, and Environmental Research NetCDF Network Common Data Form NFS network file system NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NODC National Oceanographic Data Center NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project NRC National Research Council NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center NSSDC National Space Science Data Center ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory SAR synthetic aperture radar SDP science data production SEDAC Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center SQL Structured Query Language USGCRP United States Global Change Research Program XML eXtensible Markup Language

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