Friday, August 9, 2013

USA:

State Geological Survey Contributions to the National Geothermal Data System (Arizona Geological Survey)

Accomplishments for Federal Fiscal Year 2012


All 50 states are represented in the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) project and subcontractors, including the Geothermal Resources Council, been actively participating in data digitization, collection, and distribution.

For the second year in a row, the project has received “good” or “outstanding” review comments during the annual sponsor peer review. Each reviewer scored the project as “outstanding” the highest possible mark for relevance and impact of research. Comments include “the project is collecting a treasure trove of data assets from all of the state geological surveys” and “state level data discovery, access, and cataloging/tagging are crucial to the larger NGDS goals.”

The Arizona Geological Survey will be at booth #334 in the GEA Energy Expo, run concurrently with the GRC Annual Meeting at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Sept. 29- Oct. 2. They will also be giving presentations in the Technical Session.

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