Abstract :
The transfer of high-performance computing and scientific visualization technologies from specific research efforts to major policy-setting and regulatory activities is an important component of the US Environmental Protection Agency´s High-Performance Computing and Communications Program. This requires providing EPA regional and program offices, as well as state environmental protection agencies, with desktop scientific visualization capabilities. With these visual display tools, environmental scientists, policy analysts and decision-makers will be able to collaborate via the Internet to examine and control complex ecosystem problems that span multiple state boundaries and international borders
Keywords :
Internet; data visualisation; environmental science computing; government policies; technology transfer; EPA; High-Performance Computing and Communications Program; Internet; US Environmental Protection Agency; case study; collaboration; complex ecosystem problems; decision makers; desktop scientific visualization capabilities; environmental scientists; high-performance computing; international borders; policy analysts; policy-setting activities; program offices; regional offices; regulatory activities; research efforts; state boundaries; technology transfer; visual display tools; Collaborative tools; Computer aided software engineering; Data visualization; Displays; Internet; Personal communication networks; Protection; Software tools; Technology transfer; Web sites;
