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Chapter 26
5.
COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION AND
KNOWLEDGE
The EOS Data Information System (EOSDIS) is the backbone of ESE’s
ability to convert raw remote sensing data to information and communicate
that to science and applications users. In addition to serving thousands of
current users, EOSDIS will operate the EOS spacecraft and acquire and
distribute the basic data gathered by the instruments. It provides the basis for
both the government and its commercial and academic partners to generate
the higher-level data products that will make the measurements more easily
understandable and usable by researchers, educators, policy makers and the
public.
The EOSDIS will process and archive nearly all ESE data, making it one
of the largest civilian information systems ever conceived. The enormous
variety and utility of these data, and consequently the wide variety of
potential users, make creation and distribution of final data products a
ESE Applications and Commercialization Themes
Food and Fiber
– e.g., Precision Agriculture; Pest control; Forestry; Rangelands
Natural Resources
– e.g., Land Use/Land Cover; Wetlands; Geology; Mineral/Energy
Exploration & Extraction; Recreation; Water Resources; Wildlife
Management; Bio-diversity & Habitat Analysis; Coastal & Ocean
Systems(Fisheries, Human Impact on Marine Systems)
Disaster Management
– e.g., Earthquakes; Volcanic Eruptions & Ash Clouds; Landslides;
Coastal Hazards; Wildfires; Flooding; Severe Storms; Short-term Climate
Change Effects
Environmental Quality
– e.g., Air Quality; Tropospheric Ozone; Water Quality; Soils;
Abandoned Mines; Brownfields; Electromagnetic Energy; Contingency
Spill Events; Urban Heat Islands
Urban & Infrastructure
– e.g., Growth Management; Urban & Regional Planning; Infrastructure
Planning (Transportation, Communication and Utilities)
Human Health & Safety
– e.g., Public health (Water; Air; Carcinogens (aerosols), Ozone);
Vector-borne & Infectious Diseases
Cross-Cutting Themes: Land Use/Land Cover, Weather And Climate
Chapter 26
5.
COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION AND
KNOWLEDGE
The EOS Data Information System (EOSDIS) is the backbone of ESE’s
ability to convert raw remote sensing data to information and communicate
that to science and applications users. In addition to serving thousands of
current users, EOSDIS will operate the EOS spacecraft and acquire and
distribute the basic data gathered by the instruments. It provides the basis for
both the government and its commercial and academic partners to generate
the higher-level data products that will make the measurements more easily
understandable and usable by researchers, educators, policy makers and the
public.
The EOSDIS will process and archive nearly all ESE data, making it one
of the largest civilian information systems ever conceived. The enormous
variety and utility of these data, and consequently the wide variety of
potential users, make creation and distribution of final data products a
ESE Applications and Commercialization Themes
Food and Fiber
– e.g., Precision Agriculture; Pest control; Forestry; Rangelands
Natural Resources
– e.g., Land Use/Land Cover; Wetlands; Geology; Mineral/Energy
Exploration & Extraction; Recreation; Water Resources; Wildlife
Management; Bio-diversity & Habitat Analysis; Coastal & Ocean
Systems(Fisheries, Human Impact on Marine Systems)
Disaster Management
– e.g., Earthquakes; Volcanic Eruptions & Ash Clouds; Landslides;
Coastal Hazards; Wildfires; Flooding; Severe Storms; Short-term Climate
Change Effects
Environmental Quality
– e.g., Air Quality; Tropospheric Ozone; Water Quality; Soils;
Abandoned Mines; Brownfields; Electromagnetic Energy; Contingency
Spill Events; Urban Heat Islands
Urban & Infrastructure
– e.g., Growth Management; Urban & Regional Planning; Infrastructure
Planning (Transportation, Communication and Utilities)
Human Health & Safety
– e.g., Public health (Water; Air; Carcinogens (aerosols), Ozone);
Vector-borne & Infectious Diseases
Cross-Cutting Themes: Land Use/Land Cover, Weather And Climate