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Sun et al. 2012

Sun, M., J. Li, C. Yang, G.A. Schmidt, M. Bambacus, R. Cahalan, Q. Huang, C. Xu, E.U. Noble, and Z. Li, 2012: A web-based geovisual analytical system for climate studies. Future Internet, 4, 1069-1085, doi:10.3390/fi4041069.

Climate studies involve petabytes of spatiotemporal datasets that are produced and archived at distributed computing resources. Scientists need an intuitive and convenient tool to explore the distributed spatiotemporal data. Geovisual analytical tools have the potential to provide such an intuitive and convenient method for scientists to access climate data, discover the relationships between various climate parameters, and communicate the results across different research communities. However, implementing a geovisual analytical tool for complex climate data in a distributed environment poses several challenges. This paper reports our research and development of a web-based geovisual analytical system to support the analysis of climate data generated by climate model. Using the ModelE developed by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) as an example, we demonstrate that the system is able to (1) manage large volume datasets over the Internet; (2) visualize 2D/3D/4D spatiotemporal data; (3) broker various spatiotemporal statistical analyses for climate research; and (4) support interactive data analysis and knowledge discovery. This research also provides an example for managing, disseminating, and analyzing Big Data in the 21st century.

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BibTeX Citation

@article{su02100q,
  author={Sun, M. and Li, J. and Yang, C. and Schmidt, G. A. and Bambacus, M. and Cahalan, R. and Huang, Q. and Xu, C. and Noble, E. U. and Li, Z.},
  title={A web-based geovisual analytical system for climate studies},
  year={2012},
  journal={Future Internet},
  volume={4},
  pages={1069--1085},
  doi={10.3390/fi4041069},
}

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RIS Citation

TY  - JOUR
ID  - su02100q
AU  - Sun, M.
AU  - Li, J.
AU  - Yang, C.
AU  - Schmidt, G. A.
AU  - Bambacus, M.
AU  - Cahalan, R.
AU  - Huang, Q.
AU  - Xu, C.
AU  - Noble, E. U.
AU  - Li, Z.
PY  - 2012
TI  - A web-based geovisual analytical system for climate studies
JA  - Future Internet
JO  - Future Internet
VL  - 4
SP  - 1069
EP  - 1085
DO  - 10.3390/fi4041069
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