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Opening. 7th EC-GI & GIS WORKSHOP EGII - Managing the Mosaic Potsdam, Germany, June 13-15, 2001. Historic View of the Telegrafenberg. Science Campus Telegrafenberg. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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7th EC-GI & GIS WORKSHOP EGII
- Managing the Mosaic Potsdam, Germany,
June 13-15, 2001
Historic View of the Telegrafenberg
Science Campus Telegrafenberg
• Astrophysical Institute
• Alfred Wegener Institute
• Deutscher Wetter Dienst
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
The GFZ is member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF)
Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMBF (90%)Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Culture of theState of Brandenburg MWFK (10%)
Basic financing: 65 mio DMThird party funding: 31 mio DM
595 employees of which 290 are scientists
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
• physics of the earth
• geodynamics, transport processes and natural ressources
• climate variability und sealevel changes
• integrated observation systems
• natural hazards and geoengineering
Research Object System Earth
on site project data management
information management
value added services for modelling
CHAMP - Challenging Mini-Satellite Project
CHAMP - Challenging Mini-Satellite Project
CHAMP Information Products• gravity, magnetic, and electric field• atmospheric sounding
Product Definition • structure of data sets • metadata
Product Management • archiving, • dissemination• security
Technical Visit
CHAMP - An Integrated Approach to Satellite Data and Information Management
Friday 14:00