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NASA Remote Sensing Data in Earth Sciences: Processing, Archiving, Distribution, Applications at the GES DISCThe NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) is one of the major Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) archiving and distributing remote sensing data from the NASA's Earth Observing System. In addition to providing just data, the GES DISC/DAAC has developed various value-adding processing services. A particularly useful service is data processing a t the DISC (i.e., close to the input data) with the users' algorithms. This can take a number of different forms: as a configuration-managed algorithm within the main processing stream; as a stand-alone program next to the on-line data storage; as build-it-yourself code within the Near-Archive Data Mining (NADM) system; or as an on-the-fly analysis with simple algorithms embedded into the web-based tools (to avoid downloading unnecessary all the data). The existing data management infrastructure at the GES DISC supports a wide spectrum of options: from data subsetting data spatially and/or by parameter to sophisticated on-line analysis tools, producing economies of scale and rapid time-to-deploy. Shifting processing and data management burden from users to the GES DISC, allows scientists to concentrate on science, while the GES DISC handles the data management and data processing at a lower cost. Several examples of successful partnerships with scientists in the area of data processing and mining are presented.
Document ID
20050180441
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Leptoukh, Gregory G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: June 20, 2005
End Date: June 24, 2005
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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