Earth Science Data Management: Production and Structure of Data Collections

Providing an organized framework for prioritizing current projects, volume 1 examines the scientific background that provides the framework for Earth Science data structures and production. It addresses the current enthusiasm for horizontal data structures found in remote sensing imagery and Geographic Information Systems. Comprehensive in scope, this volume also covers time series data, vertical profiles of temperature or composition, and the more irregular and time-varying data structures associated with cloud systems and oceanic currents including non-Gaussian and non-stationary statistics using numerical techniques.