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A Prototype Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory (UARC)The National Collaboratory concept has great potential for enabling 'critical mass' working groups and highly interdisciplinary research projects. We report here on a new program to build a prototype collaboratory using the Sondrestrom Upper Atmospheric Research Facility in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland and a group of associated scientists. The Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory (UARC) is a joint venture of researchers in upper atmospheric and space science, computer science, and behavioral science to develop a testbed for collaborative remote research. We define the 'collaboratory' as an advanced information technology environment which enables teams to work together over distance and time on a wide variety of intellectual tasks. It provides: (1) human-to-human communications using shared computer tools and work spaces; (2) group access and use of a network of information, data, and knowledge sources; and (3) remote access and control of instruments for data acquisition. The UARC testbed is being implemented to support a distributed community of space scientists so that they have network access to the remote instrument facility in Kangerlussuaq and are able to interact among geographically distributed locations. The goal is to enable them to use the UARC rather than physical travel to Greenland to conduct team research campaigns. Even on short notice through the collaboratory from their home institutions, participants will be able to meet together to operate a battery of remote interactive observations and to acquire, process, and interpret the data.
Document ID
19960022580
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Clauer, C. R.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Atkins, D. E
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Weymouth, T. E.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Olson, G. M.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Niciejewski, R.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Finholt, T. A.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Prakash, A.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Rasmussen, C. E.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Killeen, T.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Rosenberg, T. J.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Meeting Information
Meeting: Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country: US
Start Date: December 31, 1992
Accession Number
96N25524
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-88-22560
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF IRI-92-16848
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-91-06958
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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