Paper No. 7
Presentation Time: 10:30 AM

GEOLOGICAL, ATMOSPHERIC, CLIMATIC DATA:  COLLECTIONS IN THE U. S., POSSIBLY IN THE WORLD.  A VISUAL PRESENTATION OF TYPES OF DATA, FORMATS AND LOCATIONS OF STORAGE


DEIS, Louise, Library / GSIS, Princeton University, 105 Peter B. Lewis Library, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, lfdeis@princeton.edu

Big Data is "all the rage" lately. What constitutes big data in the geosciences? Where is it being stored? How much data? -- some idea of the size of repositories. Who has access? What provisions exist for sharing? What formats? In this survey I want to cover U.S. governmental resources at the federal and state levels, and survey as many institutions as I can. I will quite possibly include (other) nation states, too, if I find significant resources. I intend to include atmospheric and climatic data resources, but probably not GIS.