Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Context
1.2 Facilities in the Geosciences
1.3 Characteristics of Facilities
1.4 Competition and Recompetition
1.5 GEO Facilities and the Government
Performance and Results Act
2.0 An Integrated View of the Future
3.0 Key Areas for Development of Existing
Facilities
3.1 Environmental Observation Systems
for Basic Research in the Geosciences
3.2 Computational Systems for Analysis
and Modeling in the Geosciences
3.3 Laboratory Systems for Measurements
and Experiments in the Geosciences
3.4 Sample and Data Access Systems
4.0 Potential New Capabilities
5.0 Facilities and Education
6.0 The Challenges Ahead
Appendix A: Examples of Community-Based
Facility Planning Activities
Appendix B: Glossary of Acronyms
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