RPIFs to PDUCs: New Planetary Data Utilization Centers to support NASA’s Planetary Data Ecosystem
Whitepaper #016 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: other: Planetary data usage and infrastructure; other planetary bodies: All solid Solar System bodies
by David Williams, Robert C. Anderson, Shane Byrne, Francois Costard, Alexander Hayes, Ralf Jaumann, Peter Mouginis-Mark, Jan-Peter Muller, Jürgen Oberst, Peter H. Schultz, John G. Spray, Julie Stopar, Sarah Sutton, and Thomas R. Watters
Published onMar 18, 2021
RPIFs to PDUCs: New Planetary Data Utilization Centers to support NASA’s Planetary Data Ecosystem
We recommend that NASA support evolution of the Regional Planetary Image Facilities (RPIFs) into a new generation of Planetary Data Utilization Centers (PDUCs), that would offer specialized training to use planetary data in geospatially-registered formats, as part of a wholistic and efficient Planetary Data Ecosystem for the next decade and beyond.
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