1. Big Data Steven Gollmer Cedarville University

2. Working with Large Data Accessing data Collection and calibration assumptions Selecting appropriate parameters Formatting Calculation Testing hypothesis

3. Hipparcos Space Astrometry Main Page – http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS Data Catalogues – http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= Overview http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= Overview – http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/ http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/ Software – Desktop - http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= Celestia2000 http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= Celestia2000 – Search tool - http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= multisearch2ttp://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page= multisearch2 Data Format – Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) - http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/

4. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Main Page – http://www.sdss.org/ http://www.sdss.org/ Data – 9 th Data Release - http://www.sdss3.org/dr9/http://www.sdss3.org/dr9/ – Archive Server - http://dr9.sdss3.org/http://dr9.sdss3.org/ Software – IDL - http://www.sdss3.org/dr9/software/http://www.sdss3.org/dr9/software/

5. Weather Data NOAA National Climatic Data Center – http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ – Popular Data - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/most- popular-datahttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/most- popular-data Environmental Modeling Center – http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/ http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/

6. TERRA/AQUA http://terra.nasa.gov http://aqua.nasa.gov Data – LARC DAAC - http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ – LAADS Web - http://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/index.html http://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/index.html Format – NetCDF - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ – HDF - http://www.hdfgroup.org/http://www.hdfgroup.org/

7. Other Topics of Interest Topics of Interest – Extra-Solar Planets – Asteroid Mapping and Near Earth Detection – Earthquakes Agencies and Products – NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.htmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html – ESA - http://www.esa.int/ESAhttp://www.esa.int/ESA – USGS - http://www.usgs.gov/http://www.usgs.gov/ – GOES - http://www.goes.noaa.gov/http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ – Paleoclimatology - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/pcn/pcn- proxy.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/pcn/pcn- proxy.html

8. Hypothesis Testing