National Institute for Environmental eScience
Encyclopedia
The National Institute for Environmental eScience (NIEeS) is a collaboration between Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC) and the University of Cambridge
. It was established in July 2002 and in addition to its main role of promoting and supporting the use of e-Science
and grid technologies within the field of environmental research, its purpose is to:
It is intended as a national resource to be "owned by the whole community".
Natural Environment Research Council
The Natural Environment Research Council is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences.-History:...
(NERC) and the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. It was established in July 2002 and in addition to its main role of promoting and supporting the use of e-Science
E-Science
E-Science is computationally intensive science that is carried out in highly distributed network environments, or science that uses immense data sets that require grid computing; the term sometimes includes technologies that enable distributed collaboration, such as the Access Grid...
and grid technologies within the field of environmental research, its purpose is to:
- Train scientists in environmental eScience
- Demonstrate environmental eScience
- Help develop the environmental eScience community
- Aid collaborations between scientists and industries
It is intended as a national resource to be "owned by the whole community".