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Are Earth Sciences lagging behind in data integration methodologies?

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This article reflects discussions German and South African Earth scientists, statisticians and risk analysts had on occasion of two bilateral workshops on Data Integration Technologies for Earth System Modelling and Resource Management. The workshops were held in October 2012 at Leipzig, Germany, and April 2013 at Pretoria, South Africa, and were attended by about 70 researchers, practitioners and data managers of both countries. Both events were arranged as part of the South African-German Year of Science 2012/2013. The South African National Research Foundation (NRF, UID 81579) has supported the two workshops as part of the South African–German Year of Science activities 2012/2013 established by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the South African Department of Science and Technology.

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Paasche, H., Eberle, D., Das, S. et al. Are Earth Sciences lagging behind in data integration methodologies?. Environ Earth Sci 71, 1997–2003 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2931-9

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