<div dir="ltr"><div>Some of you may be interested in this American Geophysical Union Position Statement on Data, now open for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>You can comment on this statement whether or not you are an AGU member!</div><div><br></div><div>A great afternoon to all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Jon</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">AGU</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:aguservice@agu.org">aguservice@agu.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 4:08 PM<br>Subject: AGU Position Statement on Data Now Open for Comment<br>To: <<a href="mailto:jpetters@vt.edu">jpetters@vt.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(226,226,226)">
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<div><span style="font-size:16px">Data are paramount to the scientific research that drives our economy, health, and security—from monitoring our atmosphere and oceans to tracking short-term extreme weather events to understanding long-term climate change. At the same time, changes in technology, such as improved computing and artificial intelligence, are creating even more vast and complicated data.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px">AGU's revised data position statement makes it clear that for data to serve society, it must be robust, verifiable, transparent, and open. Revisions to AGU's position statement on data was done by a highly distinguished panel of expert scientists and is now
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