Enabling the Usability of Earth Science Data Products and Services by Evaluating, Describing, and Improving Data Quality throughout the Data Lifecycle

Robert R Downs, Columbia University, CIESIN, Palisades, NY, United States, Ge Peng, NC State University and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, North Carolina (CICS-NC), Asheville, NC, United States, Yaxing Wei, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, Hampapuram Ramapriyan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States and David F Moroni, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States