Showing papers by "John H. Porter published in 2018"

Scientific Databases for Environmental Research

Abstract: Databases are an important tool in the arsenal of environmental researchers. There are a rich variety of database types available to researchers for the management of their own data and for sharing data with others. However, using databases for research is not without challenges due to the characteristics of scientific data, which differ in terms of longevity, volume, diversity and ways they are used from many business applications. This chapter reviews some successful scientific databases, pathways for developing scientific data resources, and general classes of Database Management Systems (DBMS). It also provides an introduction to data modeling, normalization and how databases and data derived from databases can be interlinked to produce new scientific products.