U.S. Geological Survey National Computer Technology Meeting: Program and Abstracts, May 7-11, 1990

Abstract

The Water Resources Division of the U. S. Geological Survey has made major advancements in the use of computer technology to meet the Survey's mission of providing the hydrologic information and understanding needed for the optimum use and management of the Nation's water resources. The Division requires substantial computer technology to process, store, and analyze data from about 60,000 sites. To meet this workload, the Division organized its computer resources in 1982 through the Distributed Information System (DIS) Program Office, which manages the Division's national network of computers. The DIS is designed to provide computer resources in support of the Division's current and future activities - acquisition and storage of hydrologic information, hydrologic data analysis, geographic information systems, reports and electronic report processing, and administration. The Water Resources Division sponsored the first DIS Site Administrators Meeting in March 1984 in Denver, Colorado, and a second meeting in October 1985 in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA447562

Entities

People

  • Barbara H. Balthrop
  • Eva G. Baker

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Interior

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Databases
  • Drainage Basins
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • Image Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • System Software

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Riverine Ecology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics