1. Summary

Vertical Earth is a joint project with National Institute of Polar Research and Institute of Statistical Mathematics, and the purpose is to establish huge databases and the portal site for earth science information. Earth science people have accumulated large amount of data, but they are separately archived in each discipline. So the key is how to integrate those data and improve utility so that we can find hidden nature of the earth from the databases.

2. References (Complete List)

1. Asanobu KITAMOTO, Yoshifumi NOGI, "Design and Usage of Earth Science Ontology for Vertical Earth", Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2008, No. J247-P003, 2008-5 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
2. Asanobu KITAMOTO, "Vertical Typhoon: A Database on the Vertical Structure of Typhoons Based on GPV Data", Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2008, No. J247-P004, 2008-5 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
3. Asanobu KITAMOTO, "A Study on the Design and Usage of Ontologies for Vertical Earth", Second Meeting on eGY Metadata Information System for Multi-disciplinary Earth Science Research Including Polar Regions, 2008-1 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ]
4. Asanobu KITAMOTO, Yoshifumi NOGI, "Vertical Earth: Databases and Interfaces for the Vertical Integration of Earth Science Data", Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2007, No. J254-P003, 2007-5 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
5. Asanobu KITAMOTO, "How Many "Spheres" on the Earth? A Preliminary Study on Vertical Data Integration with Vertical Earth", First Meeting on eGY Metadata Information System for Multi-disciplinary Earth Science Research Including Polar Regions, 2007-5 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ]
6. Asanobu KITAMOTO, "Vertical Earth: Databases for the Vertical Integration of the Layer Structure of the Earth System", Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2006, No. J157-P002, 2006-5 (in Japanese) [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]