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Toward an Earth Science Enterprise Federation
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The goal of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) is to enhance understanding of the earth system and its processes at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. At the heart of the ESE program is the Earth Observing System, a series of remote sensing instruments that will generate an unprecedented volume of data for a wide range of scientific disciplines. To manage these data, NASA is creating an experimental federation of partners. Federations provide a means for representing the interests of a broader community. As such, the federation concept is a reversal of NASA's traditional data management approach, because it places power and authority at the lowest level possible, consistent with getting the job done. The prototype federation will consist of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIPs) drawn from academia, government, and the private sector. The ESIPs are charged with distributing and archiving scientific data and information (denoted ESIP Type 1), creating scientific products for the global change research community (denoted ESIP Type 2), and developing innovative, practical applications of earth science data for the broader community (denoted ESIP Type 3). The ESIPs Type 2 and 3 are also required, with NASA's assistance, to design and build the prototype federation over the next three years.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-59201-1
NONE
Business Policy and Strategy
English
1998
1-64
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