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... This chapter describes the motivations, rewards, and mode of operation of the five environmental stakeholder groups and identifies the data policies that enhance or detract from their ability to achieve their goals. SCIENTIST VIEWS The goal of scientists is shared understanding among their peers.
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... It also launched the World Data Center System, which archives and disseminates environmental data to the global scientific community. More recently, programs such as the World Climate Research Program and the International Geosphere
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... Many environmental research questions require the use of all available data, past and present. Retrospective data are available through an extensive network of data centers (e.g., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center)
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... 18 The Privatization of Environmental Data


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