Climate and Environmental Database Systems
By: edited by Michael Lautenschlager, Manfred Reinke
Contributors: Reinke, Manfred
Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science -- 386; International series in engineering and computer science -- 386.
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781461368335; 9781461540946
Subjects: Computer science; Data structures (Computer science); Geography
Description: Climate and Environmental Database Systems contains the papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Climate and Environmental Database Systems, held November 21-23, 1995, in Hamburg, Germany. Climate and environmental data may be separated into two classes, large amounts of well structured data and smaller amounts of less structured data. The large amounts are produced by numerical climate models and by satellites, handling data in the order of magnitude of 100 Tbytes for the climate modelling sites and 1000 Tbytes for the recording and processing of satellite data. Smaller amounts of poorly structured data are the environmental data, which come mainly from observations and measurements. Present-day problems in data management are connected with a variety of data types. Climate and Environmental Database Systems addresses the state of the art, practical experience, and future perspectives for climate and environmental database systems, and may be used as a text for a graduate level course on the subject or as a reference for researchers or practitioners in industry.
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