Development of a data mining application for huge scale earth environmental data archives

Abstract

The amount of earth environmental data has increased explosively because of recent advances in observational techniques. However, such valuable data has not been used adequately because researchers cannot handle the volume. In this study, we collaborated closely with some researchers in the field and developed a support system for analyzing various kind of natural phenomena that have been difficult to analyze in the past. This was enabled by developing an analyzing toolkit for a huge amount of earth environmental data using the data mining technique, and developing an easy-to-use interface for non-computational researchers. Moreover, we discuss some new knowledge that was acquired during the development of this system. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.