Geoinformatics : Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences
G. Randy. Keller
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (414 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; GEOINFORMATICS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics; 1.1 What is geoinformatics?; 1.2 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool is data driven; 1.3 Geoinformatics as a scientific tool seeks to foster the development of community-based software; 1.3.1 Building 3-D models; References; 2 Introduction to IT concepts and challenges; 2.1 Cyberinfrastructure and geoinformatics; 2.2 Geoinformatics and IT concepts; 2.3 Challenges and the future; References; Part I Case studies from other disciplines. - 3 Semantic cyberinfrastructure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory3.1 Introduction; 3.2 New needs driven by use, not by technology; 3.3 The pre-existing cyberinfrastructure; 3.4 Toward semantic data frameworks - knowledge encodings; 3.5 The VSTO semantic data frameworks - developing the architecture and choosing technology; 3.6 Developing the software and implementation aspects; 3.7 Web services; 3.8 Sustaining the developed capability and application extensions; 3.9 Benefits; 3.10 Summary and ongoing work; Acknowledgements; References. - 4 Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The National Biomedical Computation Resource (NBCR); 4.2.1 Goals; 4.2.2 Architecture overview; 4.2.3 Software tools; The Opal toolkit; GAMA security; Client interfaces; 4.3 Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caGrid); 4.3.1 Goals; 4.3.2 Architecture overview; 4.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part II Modeling software and community codes; 5 Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Emerging from hero codes. - 5.3 The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)5.4 How CIG develops software; 5.5 Divergent development approaches; 5.5.1 An emerging community code in mantle convection; 5.5.2 Starting from scratch in tectonics; 5.5.3 Production in a stable environment: An alternative for seismology; 5.6 Conclusions and future opportunities; References; 6 Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tectonic background of western USA; 6.3 Parallel finite element modeling (FEM). - 6.4 Modeling multi-timescale lithospheric deformation in the western United States6.4.1 Short- and long-term crustal deformation in the southwestern USA; 6.4.2 Short- and long-term crustal shortening in the Cascadia; 6.4.3 Short- and long-term slips along the San Andreas Fault; 6.5 Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Advancing the state of plate-tectonics software; 7.2.1 Fast reconstructions and responsiveness; 7.2.2 User-friendly graphical editing capability. - 7.2.3 Internal geometry representation. - Presents case studies from across the geosciences to provide a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field.
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| Dewey | 550.285574 . - 526.0285
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| ISBN | 9780521897150
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