Introduction to Analysis Methods for Big Earth Data

Lynnes, Christopher S.

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Introduction to Analysis Methods for Big Earth Data

Lynnes, Christopher S.

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Big Earth Data are too big to be tractable to simple data inspection and require models to make sense of all the data. Useful models for Big Earth Data may be physical, statistical, or machine learning based. In many cases, hybrid models combine attributes of two or more of these types.

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Lynnes, Christopher S.. 2018-10-26. Introduction to Analysis Methods for Big Earth Data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20180007810

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