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Title statement Geoinformatics : cyberinfrastructure for the solid Earth sciences / edited by G. Randy Keller, Chaitanya Baru Publication Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (xiv, 374 stran) : ilustrace (některé barevně) ISBN 9781139101271 (online ; pdf) 1139101277 9780511976308 0511976305 1139099256 9781139099257 9781139100618 1139100610 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Cover; GEOINFORMATICS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics; 1.1 What is geoinformatics?; 1.2 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool is data driven; 1.3 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool seeks to foster the development of community-based software; 1.3.1 Building 3-D models; References; 2 Introduction to IT concepts and challenges; 2.1 Cyberinfrastructure and geoinformatics; 2.2 Geoinformatics and IT concepts; 2.3 Challenges and the future; References; Part I Case studies from other disciplines. Content note 3 Semantic cyberinfrastructure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory3.1 Introduction; 3.2 New needs driven by use, not by technology; 3.3 The pre-existing cyberinfrastructure; 3.4 Toward semantic data frameworks -- knowledge encodings; 3.5 The VSTO semantic data frameworks -- developing the architecture and choosing technology; 3.6 Developing the software and implementation aspects; 3.7 Web services; 3.8 Sustaining the developed capability and application extensions; 3.9 Benefits; 3.10 Summary and ongoing work; Acknowledgements; References.. 4 Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The National Biomedical Computation Resource (NBCR); 4.2.1 Goals; 4.2.2 Architecture overview; 4.2.3 Software tools; The Opal toolkit; GAMA security; Client interfaces; 4.3 Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caGrid); 4.3.1 Goals; 4.3.2 Architecture overview; 4.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part II Modeling software and community codes; 5 Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Emerging from hero codes.. 5.3 The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)5.4 How CIG develops software; 5.5 Divergent development approaches; 5.5.1 An emerging community code in mantle convection; 5.5.2 Starting from scratch in tectonics; 5.5.3 Production in a stable environment: An alternative for seismology; 5.6 Conclusions and future opportunities; References; 6 Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tectonic background of western USA; 6.3 Parallel finite element modeling (FEM).. 6.4 Modeling multi-timescale lithospheric deformation in the western United States6.4.1 Short- and long-term crustal deformation in the southwestern USA; 6.4.2 Short- and long-term crustal shortening in the Cascadia; 6.4.3 Short- and long-term slips along the San Andreas Fault; 6.5 Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Advancing the state of plate-tectonics software; 7.2.1 Fast reconstructions and responsiveness; 7.2.2 User-friendly graphical editing capability. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. Keller, G. Randy (George Randy), 1946- (editor) Baru, Chaitanya (editor) Tištěná verze knihy Subj. Headings geoinformatika geoinformatics * počítačová kartografie computer cartography Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 004 - Počítačová věda. Výpočetní technika. Informační technologie RB UDC 528.9:004 , 004:91 , (0.034.2:08) Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=375968 
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Advanced 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.
Cover; GEOINFORMATICS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics; 1.1 What is geoinformatics?; 1.2 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool is data driven; 1.3 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool seeks to foster the development of community-based software; 1.3.1 Building 3-D models; References; 2 Introduction to IT concepts and challenges; 2.1 Cyberinfrastructure and geoinformatics; 2.2 Geoinformatics and IT concepts; 2.3 Challenges and the future; References; Part I Case studies from other disciplines.3 Semantic cyberinfrastructure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory3.1 Introduction; 3.2 New needs driven by use, not by technology; 3.3 The pre-existing cyberinfrastructure; 3.4 Toward semantic data frameworks -- knowledge encodings; 3.5 The VSTO semantic data frameworks -- developing the architecture and choosing technology; 3.6 Developing the software and implementation aspects; 3.7 Web services; 3.8 Sustaining the developed capability and application extensions; 3.9 Benefits; 3.10 Summary and ongoing work; Acknowledgements; References.4 Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The National Biomedical Computation Resource (NBCR); 4.2.1 Goals; 4.2.2 Architecture overview; 4.2.3 Software tools; The Opal toolkit; GAMA security; Client interfaces; 4.3 Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caGrid); 4.3.1 Goals; 4.3.2 Architecture overview; 4.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part II Modeling software and community codes; 5 Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Emerging from hero codes.5.3 The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)5.4 How CIG develops software; 5.5 Divergent development approaches; 5.5.1 An emerging community code in mantle convection; 5.5.2 Starting from scratch in tectonics; 5.5.3 Production in a stable environment: An alternative for seismology; 5.6 Conclusions and future opportunities; References; 6 Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tectonic background of western USA; 6.3 Parallel finite element modeling (FEM).6.4 Modeling multi-timescale lithospheric deformation in the western United States6.4.1 Short- and long-term crustal deformation in the southwestern USA; 6.4.2 Short- and long-term crustal shortening in the Cascadia; 6.4.3 Short- and long-term slips along the San Andreas Fault; 6.5 Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Advancing the state of plate-tectonics software; 7.2.1 Fast reconstructions and responsiveness; 7.2.2 User-friendly graphical editing capability.
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