TY - BOOK AU - Karl,Thomas ED - United States. ED - National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) ED - Earth Observing System (Program) ED - National Research Council (U.S.) TI - Toward an Earth Science Enterprise federation: results from a workshop SN - 0585149402 AV - QC879 .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 - fast KW - Earth sciences KW - Research KW - United States KW - SCIENCE KW - Earth Sciences KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Physics KW - Geophysics KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - Electronic books N1 - Bottom on cover title: National Research Council; Copyright: National Academy of Sciences; "Steering Committee ... Thomas R. Karl, National Climatic Data Center"--Page 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"--Page 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."--Page 1; Includes bibliographical references (page 19) UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14730 ER -