Universal, easy access to geotemporal information: FetchClimate
Universal, easy access to geotemporal information: FetchClimate
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DOI：
10.1111/ecog.02321
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
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5.9
通讯作者：
Purves, Drew W.
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作者：
Grechka, Dmitry A.;Berezin, Sergey B.;Purves, Drew W.
地时信息是与地理空间和时间相关的信息，一直是气候和环境科学的关键。然而，这些信息肯定不是普遍或容易获得的。事实上，获取和使用地理时态信息往往会带来相当大的技术管理费用，从而阻碍研究进展。为了解决这个问题，我们引入FetchClimate：一个云服务，旨在提供简单，通用的访问地理时空信息。FetchClimate通过使其能够从Web服务（例如统计软件R）以编程方式访问或使用Web浏览器以非编程方式访问来启用和加速地理时态信息的使用。我们打算通过消除目前获取地理时间信息所需的技术费用，加快生态和环境研究的步伐。该软件、在线手册和用户支持可从以下网址免费获得。
Geotemporal information, information associated with geographical space and time, has always been critical to climate and environmental science. However, this information is certainly not universally or easily accessible. In fact, obtaining and using geotemporal information often comes with a considerable technical overheads, impeding research progress. To address this, we introduce FetchClimate: a cloud service designed to provide easy, universal access to geotemporal information. FetchClimate enables and accelerates the use of geotemporal information by enabling it to be accessed programmatically from a Web service (such as the statistical software R) or non-programmatically using a Web browser. We intend the service to accelerate the pace of ecological and environmental research by eliminating the technical overheads currently needed to obtain geotemporal information. The software, online manual, and user support are freely available at .