Information Management

John Vande Castle–Associate Direstor For Technology

The latest developments in information management in LTER take advantage of advances in web-based database interfaces to provide access to network-wide data sets via a single point of entry.

This table summarizes the current availability, through Gopher or WWW of documented datasets (i.e., data plus metadata) across the LTER Network.

H.J. ANDREWS (AND)
gopher://gopher.fil.orst.edu:70/1
http://www.fil.orst.edu/lterhome.html

ARCTIC TUNDRA (ARC)
gopher://crane.mbl.edu:70/l

New GIS and remote sensing data are regularly added to that already compiled at the Network Office GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory

From the ICE House Jump Station, which can also be reached by following the link “Other Items of Interest on the Internet,” users can access over 25 servers under the biology category alone.

Over the next three years, a team of root biologists and information managers will work together to develop and use software tools for synthesis of root biomass data from a number of LTER and nonLT

The Climate/Ecosystem Dynamics Bulletin Board, CED, which was developed following a decision at the 1990 Climate Committee Meeting to distribute climate information Networkwide, contains e

Using the latest information server software available on the national Internet (gopher and WAIS) several LTER sites and the LTER Network Office have begun to implement a unified mechanism to acces

Nutrient Cycling List

An electronic discussion list for nutrient cycling issues has been set up by Dan Binkley (Colorado State University) and Phil Sollins (H.J.