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			 **   THE GEM MESSENGER   **
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						     Volume 11, Number 6
						     May 9, 2001

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NAS Decadel Survey: Data Exploration
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From: "Sibeck, Dave" <Dave.Sibeck at jhuapl.edu>

The National Academy of Science has commissioned a Decadel Survey  of
Solar and Space Plasma Physics to report on the current status of the field
and recommend implementation strategies to guide its future development.
Data management, distribution, and utilization will form an important part
of the survey's report.  This section of the report will highlight
outstanding accomplishments of the past decade, describe the existing
situation, prioritize the tasks to be accomplished in the next decade,
identify the technology required to achieve these goals, and make
recommendations concerning their proposed implementation.  It is important
to emphasize that the report must cover the full range of activities
supported by NASA, NSF, DoD, NOAA, DOE, and private industry.

We welcome suggestions for topics to be included included in this part of
the study and assistence in preparing it.  Potential topics include (but are
by no means limited to) success stories and recommended improvements
concerning the provision of data from a single instrument, services
integrating data sets from multiple instruments or spacecraft,
documentation, visualization and tool development, data base management,
data assimilation, data analysis (e.g. tomography), and public outreach.
Identification of areas in need of improvement are equally welcome.

Please contact panel members

David Sibeck (david.sibeck at Jhuapl.edu) or
Richard Bogart (rbogart at solar.stanford.edu)

for further information or to volunteer.

Suggestions will be most valuable if they arrive by June 2, and potential
contributions will be most valuable if they arrive before June 14.

Thank you

David Sibeck

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