Ocean Science Data

Ocean Science Data: Collection, Management, Networking and Services presents the evolution of ocean science, information, theories, and data services for oceanographers looking for a better understanding of big data. The book is divided into chapters organized under the following main issues: marine science, history and data archaeology, data services in ocean science, society-driven data and co-production and education. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is put on the big data management strategy; embracing tools enabling data discovery, data preparation, self-service data accessibility, collaborative semantic metadata management, data standardization and stream processing engines. Ocean Science Data: Collection, Management, Networking and Services provides an opportunity to start a new roadmap for data management issues, to be used for future collaboration among disciplines. This will include a focus on organizational objectives such as improved performance, competitive advantage, innovation, the sharing of lessons learned, integration and continuous improvement of data management organization. This book is written for ocean scientists at post graduate level and above as well as marine scientists and climate change scientists. Presents a coherent overview of state-of-the-art research concerning ocean dataProvides an in-depth discussion of how ocean data impacts all scales of the planetary systemIncludes global case studies from experts in ocean data