- 1997 - NOAA funding
- 2 year effort at ~$750k/year
- To continue core development and to populate.
- 1998 - Selected by NASA as an Earth System Information Partner in the NASA sponsored Federation.
- 3 year effort at ~$900k/year
- To continue core development, to populate to participate in the Federation and to expand core
use to other disciplines.
- Involved 13 partners
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD/NASA)
- High Altitude Observatory (NCAR)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL/NASA)
- Massachussettes Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Oregon State University
- Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory (PMEL/NOAA)
- UNIDATA
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
- University of Illinois
- University of Maine
- University of Miami
- University of Rhode Island (URI)