PANGAEA - An information system for marine science
Through joint national and international efforts ail information system was developed during the last years to store the variety of geological and environmental data in a consistent form, and to provide access on data essential for the scientific community involved in Global Change research. Based o...
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1997
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/18801/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.30478 |
| Summary: | Through joint national and international efforts ail information system was developed during the last years to store the variety of geological and environmental data in a consistent form, and to provide access on data essential for the scientific community involved in Global Change research. Based on the discussions and recommendations of scientists from jnstitutes contributing to marine sciences, the information system, PANGAEA (PaleoNetwork for Geological and Environmental Data), was developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar, and Marine Research (AWI) funded by the German Ministry of Education, Science, Research · and Technology (BMBF). PANGAEA provides a new powerful scientific tool, which is innovative and unique so far. The first PANGAEA subsystem SEPAN (Sediment and Paleoclimate Data Network) is operational since 1996 and is used within a growing network of marine research institutes in Germany.The PANGAEA-data management comprises the collection of analytical data including all related meta-iIiformation, data set error checking and publication with long-'term banking of data. Retrieval, downloading, and visualization functionality is included as well as support for working groups in data handling. The efficiency of handling, sharing and integrating data is supported by an easy to use graphical interface which also offers complex search and access functionality.Problems arising from the great variety of parameters, methods, calibrations, and interpretations in the field of .environmental. Investigations are solved through a flexible and simple data model. The structure of the data model reflects the standard processing steps for environmental data. Different projects are working in selected areas or on different ,campaigns to take samples or to measure environmental parameter. From each site analytical data are produced. Lists including standardized meta-information (e.g. references, definition of parameter, method) are connected to the main data fields. Any site oriented data f a specific ... |
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