Geochemical Earth Reference Model: GERM Workshop and Development of GERM Data Base

该提案要求提供资金，继续支持一项基层倡议，以建立一个全球相关的跨学科数据库和地球化学建模资源（即， 地球化学地球参考模型（Geochemical Earth Reference Model）在今后两年中，全球环境监测机制将于2001年举办第二次讲习班，并继续开发一个以网络为基础的数据库，最终将大大提高对地球作为一个动态系统的认识。还计划建立将GERM数据库与其他地球化学资源联系起来的方法，例如美国和国外现有的地球化学数据库，以及美国地球物理联合会出版的新电子期刊G3。一旦建立了关系数据库，GERM将通过增加建模工具来扩展。 最终，GERM将发展成为一个在线工具，用于模拟地球演化，以帮助协调现有地球化学模型之间的差异，并包括地球物理数据，如地球的热损失。这一提议为实现建立一个全面的全球地球化学和地球物理模型这一最终目标确定了一条道路。

StaudigelEAR-0000998This proposal requests funds to continue to support a grass-roots initiative to establish a globally relevant and interdisciplinary data base and modeling resource in geochemistry (i.e., the Geochemical Earth Reference Model). Over the next two years, GERM will convene a second workshop in 2001 and continue the development of a web-based data base that will ultimately lead towards a much improved understanding of the Earth as a dynamic system. It is also planned to establish ways to tie the GERM data base with other geochemical resources, such as existing data bases in geochemistry from the U.S. and abroad, and the new electronic journal G3 published by the American Geophysical Union. Once established as a relational data base, GERM will be expanded by the addition of modeling tools. Ultimately, GERM will develop into an on line tool for modeling Earth evolution to help reconcile differences between existing geochemical models, and include geophysical data such as the heat loss of the Earth. This proposal defines a path toward the ultimate goal of establishing a comprehensive global geochemical and geophysical model of the Earth.