building a centralized climate data center :) enlisting Google, - TopicsExpress



          

building a centralized climate data center :) enlisting Google, Esri and other private firms to distribute and store data - to help communities cope with the impacts of global warming, to prepare for rising sea levels, flooding and drought. The climate service has practical appeal beyond the political dispute over global warming: NOAA signed a memorandum of understanding with the Western Governors Association in June 2011 to provide them with climate data on drought and other issues. Esri will work with the District and 11 other cities to create free “maps and apps” for state and local planning officials. The technology giant Google will donate 1,000 terabytes of cloud storage for climate data, along with 50 million hours of high-performance computing. washingtonpost/politics/white-house-launches-climate-data-initiative/2014/03/19/45b0fa20-af78-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:30:14 +0000

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