TY - BOOK AU - Karl,Thomas ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Toward an Earth Science Enterprise federation: results from a workshop AV - QE47.A1 T68 1998eb U1 - 550/.285 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Academy Press KW - Earth Science Enterprise Program (U.S.) KW - Management KW - Congresses KW - Earth sciences KW - Research KW - United States KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Bottom on cover title: National Research Council; Copyright: National Academy of Sciences; "Steering Committee ... Thomas R. Karl, National Climatic Data Center"--P. iii; "Following individuals ... review of this report, ... Kenneth D. Davidson, National Climatic Data Center, .... responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC"--P. viii; "Goal of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) is to enhance understanding ... at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. At the heart ... is the Earth Observing System .... federation concept is a reversal of NASA's traditional data management approach, because it places power and authority at the lowest level possible."--P. 1; Includes bibliographical references (p. 19); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10055590 ER -