ESAS ONLINE DIRECTORY OF SPACE AND EARTH-SCIENCE DATA

Research and operational data needs in the 1990s require integrated data-management systems accessible to users at many sites. The ESA Prototype International Directory (ESA PID) is the European node of an international system of directories that is being sponsored by the Committee on Earth-Observation Satellites (CEOS) and NASA in order to support users of data from past and current missions, from field campaigns, and from the polar platforms currently planned by both NASA and ESA.