North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)
Paper No. 30-5
Presentation Time: 9:20 AM-9:40 AM

DATA ARCHIVING AND RETRIEVAL FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY OBSERVATORIES

KELBERER, Michael1, CAMPBELL, Karen2, MORIN, Paul3, and BODE, Collin1, (1) National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, Univ of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, kelb0004@umn.edu, (2) National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, (3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219

As the demand for complex, integrated, multidisciplinary models of natural systems grows, the need for a robust system for archiving and providing access grows with it. The National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED) – an NSF Science and Technology Center comprised of biologists, civil engineers, ecologists, geologists, geomorphologists, and social scientists - develops integrated, ecogeodynamic models of Earth surface processes. NCED is in the process of creating a multidisciplinary observatory at its field site, and is actively grappling with the multidisciplinary data collection, archival, and retrieval problem. This talk is a report on our progress to date and an overview of the outstanding issues.

North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)
General Information for this Meeting
Session No. 30
New Geoscience Applications for Advanced Visualization Methods, 3-D, Web-Access, and Large Databases I
Radisson Metrodome: Nolte Room
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Friday, 20 May 2005

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 5, p. 76
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