Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure developments for the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)

MagIC项目的目标是为岩石和古地磁数据开发一个开放的社区数字数据档案，并提供门户网站，允许用户免费访问存档、搜索和下载各种格式的数据。该项目的一部分工作是将在国际地磁和航空协会（地磁和航空协会）主持下开发的现有数据库过渡到新的档案。该合同为继续开发和维护MagIC设施以及继续集成PI？与其他在线数据库合作的努力。现在MagIC数据库已经可以正常工作，并且包含了大量的数据，因此岩石和古地磁界强烈希望扩展和增强现有的数据分析和可视化工具。MagIC数据库和网站的进一步发展将创建一个网络基础设施，研究人员、教师和学生可以在其中找到并可视化岩石和古地磁数据。它将提供一种工具来回答日常研究问题或找到解决当今问题的新途径？美国在地磁、气候研究、板块构造和地球动力学方面面临着巨大挑战。

The goals of the MagIC project have been to develop an open community digital data archive for rock and paleomagnetic data with web portals that allow users free access to archive, search and download data in a broad range of formats. Part of the project has involved the transition of existing databases developed under the auspices of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) to the new archive. This award provides funds for the continued development and maintenance of the MagIC facility and for continued integration of the PI?s efforts to operate with other online databases. Now that the MagIC database is functional and contains a critical mass of data, there is a strong desire in the rock and paleomagnetic community to expand and enhance the existing data analysis and visualization tools. The further development of the MagIC database and website will create a Cyberinfrastructure where researchers, teachers and students can find and visualize rock and paleomagnetic data. It will provide a tool to answer daily research questions or to find new pathways in addressing today?s grand challenges in geomagnetism, climate research, plate tectonics and geodynamics.