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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10664.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10664.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10664.
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Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades. However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from more diverse users, are making it difficult for data centers to maintain the record of environmental change. This workshop report focuses on technological approaches that could enhance the ability of environmental data centers to deal with these challenges, and improve the ability of users to find and use information held in data centers. Among the major findings are that data centers should rely more on off-the-shelf technology -- including software and commonly available hardware -- and should shift from tape to disk as the primary storage medium. Such technological improvements will help solve many data management problems, although data centers and their host agencies will have to continue to invest in the scientific and human elements of data center operations.

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