Data Science Journal (Jan 2013)

Activities and Plan of the Center for Geophysics (Beijing) from WDC to WDS

  • Fenglin Peng,
  • Maining Ma,
  • Le Peng,
  • Jian Zhang,
  • Gengxiong Chen,
  • Yufang Li,
  • Bo Sun,
  • Yunfei Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.WDS-006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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In this report we introduce the development of the WDC for Geophysics, Beijing included our activities in the electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) and in the transition period from WDC to WDS. We also present our future plans. We have engaged in the development of geophysical informatics and related data science. We began the data visualization of geomagnetic fields in the GIS system. Our database has been expanded from geomagnetic data to the data of solid geophysics, including geothermal data, gravity data, and the records of aurora sightings in ancient China. We also joined the study of the history of the development of geophysics in China organized by the Chinese Geophysical Society (CGS).

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