CODATA Secretariat
Phyllis Glaeser, Exec. Director
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Editors:
Dr. Claude Bardinet
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The image on the front cover comes from an animation which shows worldwide
Internet traffic. The color and height of the arcs between the countries encode
the data-packet counts and destinations, while the "skyscraper "glyphs (or icons)
encode total traffic volume at any site. This image was generated by Stephen G.
Eick at the AT&T Bell Laboratories.
ISBN-13:978-3-642-64483-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Geosciences and water resources: environmental data modeling; with 35 tables /
ICSU CODATA. C. Bardinet; J.-J. Royer (ed.). - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York;
Barcelona; Budapest; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris, Santa Clara; Sigapore ; Tokyo:
Springer, 1997
(Data and knowledge in a changingwor/d)
ISBN-13:978-3-642-64483-2
e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-60627-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4
NE: Bardinet, Claude [Hrsg.J; International Council of Scientific Unions I Committee on Data
for Science and Technology
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Phyllis Glaeser, Exec. Director
51, Boulevard de Montmorency
F - 75016 Paris
Editors:
Dr. Claude Bardinet
B.N.S
45, rue d'Ulm
75230 Paris Cedex 05
France
Dr. Jean-Jacques Royer
CNRS-CRPG
IS, rue ND des Pauvres, B.P. 20
54501 Vandoeuvre-Les- Nancy Cede x
France
The image on the front cover comes from an animation which shows worldwide
Internet traffic. The color and height of the arcs between the countries encode
the data-packet counts and destinations, while the "skyscraper "glyphs (or icons)
encode total traffic volume at any site. This image was generated by Stephen G.
Eick at the AT&T Bell Laboratories.
ISBN-13:978-3-642-64483-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
Cataloging-in-publication Data applied for
Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Cip-Einheitsaufnahme
Geosciences and water resources: environmental data modeling; with 35 tables /
ICSU CODATA. C. Bardinet; J.-J. Royer (ed.). - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York;
Barcelona; Budapest; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris, Santa Clara; Sigapore ; Tokyo:
Springer, 1997
(Data and knowledge in a changingwor/d)
ISBN-13:978-3-642-64483-2
e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-60627-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4
NE: Bardinet, Claude [Hrsg.J; International Council of Scientific Unions I Committee on Data
for Science and Technology
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the
material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations,
recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in other ways, and storage in data
banks. Duplication ofthis publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions
of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for
use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution act
under German Copyright Law.
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication
does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from
the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Product liability: The publisher cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about
dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check
such information by consulting the relevant literature.
Typesetting: Camera-ready by editors
SPIN:10555340
51/3020-543 210 - Printed on acid -free paper