Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufm.h42a0342r&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #H42A-0342
Mathematics
Logic
1800 Hydrology
Scientific paper
The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis was created in May 1995 with funding from NSF, the State of California, and UCSB. The Center is based on the premise that a significant amount is known about the environment, but that it is scattered in many places and formats. The purpose of the Center is to obtain and utilize existing information to address important ecological questions. The Center was recently funded by NSF for an additional 6 years. The Center supports several types of research activities. A primary mode of research is through Working Groups, projects made up of approximately a dozen scientists who come to NCEAS to concentrate on specific issues that require in-depth analysis of data and synthesis of ideas. In addition, up to six sabbatical visitors (Center Fellows) and 18 Postdoctoral Associates are in residence at the Center. Since the Center began, over 2,400 scientists (including hundreds of students) from the US and 40 other countries have participated in research activities. These scientists have produced more than 380 scientific articles published in 65 journals and 8 books. The topics addressed by research projects at the Center range from the value of the planet's ecosystem services to the ecological impacts of global climate change. The Center is actively involved in developing a Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (knb.ecoinformatics.org) involving information management tools for access to ecological data, which are highly dispersed and heterogeneous. The research and implementation involves developing a desktop data management system for individuals researchers and research groups. Embedded in the system would be capabilities for developing metadata (data about data), making both the metadata and raw data available to the broad community interested in such information, and data query tools (knb.ecoinformatics.org).
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