NASA's Earth Science Data Systems: A "Bit of History" and Observations
Hampapuram K. Ramapriyan · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 2008
NASA has significantly improved its Earth Science Data Systems over the last two decades. Open data policy and inexpensive (or free) availability of data has promoted data usage by broad research and applications communities. Flexibility, accommodation of diversity, evolvability, responsiveness to community feedback are key to success.