Data integration for a scientific field experiment. [CAPTEX]
The Atmospheric Sciences Division at Brookhaven National Laboratory supports several projects involved in the development and application of data management techniques to compile, analyze and distribute scientific data sets that are the result of various multi-institutional experiments and data gathering projects. This paper will describe the data coordination function needed for one such experiment, the Cross Appalachian Tracer Experiment, which took place in September of 1983. The data needed for experiment planning had to be obtained and analyzed; the data produced during the field period by experiment participants had to be integrated with additional data sets produced outside of CAPTEX so that post experiment analyses could be conducted. Problems presented by the integration of diverse data sets flowing from multiple sources can be divided into problems requiring proper ''people interfacing'' and problems that can be solved via the use of computerized techniques. The degree of data integration given each CAPTEX data set was governed by its ultimate use and by the share of total resources available for the task. In this paper the solutions adopted for different data sets for both types of problems will be described. The resulting data sets are available to the scientific community at large.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6150168
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-39865; CONF-8705147-1; ON: DE87011302
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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