Pedotransfer Functions in Earth System Science: Challenges and Perspectives

Grand Challenges in Earth and Environmental Science

Recognizing the Signal Within the Natural Variability This first challenge is, of course, at the crux of the global warming conundrum. Are steady increases in global temperature (and accompanying climate changes) in the past 150 years simply an expression of natural variability, or are they a direct result of mankind’s activities that have resulted in an increase in greenhouse gases? The weight...

Information System Technology Challenges for NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise

Future NASA Earth observing satellites will carry highprecision instruments capable of producing large amounts of scientific data. The anticipated networking of these instrument-laden satellites into a web-like array of sensors creates significant challenges in the processing, transmission, storage and distribution of data and data products – the essential elements of what we refer to as “Infor...

Computational earth system science

Of the many fields of science in which increased numerical simulations and information technology have accelerated recent developments, perhaps none holds more promise than computational earth system science, a field of research within the new science of GeoComplexity. In the past, researchers observed physical and chemical processes to clarify the physics of such natural systems as earthquake ...

Perspectives of Science in Iran

Perspectives of Science in Iran