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added by Joe Dec 23 '11 at 16:36

That's pretty well covered by gis.stackexchange.com – underdark Apr 10 '13 at 6:15

@underdark : GIS will allow questions about FITS and CDF? – Joe Apr 10 '13 at 21:25

@Joe: Personally, I only know NetCDF and that it's supported in GIS. In my opinion those questions would be allowed and welcome on GIS. – underdark Apr 11 '13 at 6:04

@nodnarb do you mean gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/netcdf and gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/kml ? – underdark Apr 19 '13 at 6:08

Regardless of whether these particular file formats are used in GIS, there are certainly geoscience file formats which have no relevance to GIS applications. ZVI (Zeiss microscope image), for instance, or CIT (CalTech magnetometer format). – Pont May 5 '13 at 7:26

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added by Joe Dec 23 '11 at 16:34

	duplicate of "I am looking for a dataset on <Topic X>" – underdark Apr 11 '13 at 16:26
	@underdark : interesting definition of 'duplicate' when that was asked 10 months after this one. – Joe Apr 11 '13 at 16:46

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added by winwaed Dec 10 '11 at 0:47

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added by Everyone, edited by gerrit Jun 26 '13 at 11:14

This is actually a pretty neat question - not sure why there are so many down votes. This is just another way of looking at global atmospheric patterns. – naught101 Oct 15 '12 at 2:40

@naught101: Thank you – Everyone Oct 15 '12 at 17:22

An answer might be based on atmospheric circulation patterns, but the question is worded much more broadly to include engineering and human endurance. As such, it is one of transportation and exploration - i.e. off-topic. It could be made on topic. Something like: "Do atmospheric circulation patterns allow for a trans-polar circumnavigation of the Earth using a balloon?" – winwaed Oct 22 '12 at 14:00

@winwaed: Well, Everyone (that's a terrible username, btw) could just remove "a human in" to make it match your suggestion. – naught101 Nov 1 '12 at 0:36

I've taken the liberty to edit the question according to @naught101's suggestion. – gerrit Jun 26 '13 at 11:14

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added by Richard Nov 10 '11 at 18:19

Define "dangerous"? Perhaps being too close to an active volcano is actually what's dangerous? This isn't worded very well for a scientific SE – naught101 Feb 7 '12 at 5:33

I agree that it's vaguely worded but I think it's a promising question. Suggested more-specific version: "Why do pyroclastic flows pose a greater hazard to human life than many other eruption-related phenomena, such as lava flows and bombs?". A volcanologist / hazards person (which I am not) could probably do a better job of rewording this. – Pont Apr 16 '13 at 10:11

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added by Richard Nov 10 '11 at 18:18

This is a biology or ecology related question, not geoscience. – naught101 Feb 7 '12 at 5:37

its related to oceanography though. – Xitcod13 Oct 15 '12 at 23:34

...and there's some overlap with the geosciences. The geosphere is constantly interacting with the biosphere, and those interactions are recorded. For example, prehistoric red tides ARE recorded - including approx. 1Ma of dominant dinoflagellates post-K/T. It is a fuzzy boundary for the Geoscience proposal. Perhaps we should define on topic as "prehistoric ecosystems, and contemporary ecosystems with a goal of understanding the past"? – winwaed Oct 22 '12 at 13:57

@winwaed Ok, yes, there is potentially a good question here in a biogeosciences sense, but "plants and fish" is a little too specific. A question about the impact of red tides on ecosystems or ocean chemistry or something would be better. – naught101 Nov 1 '12 at 0:39

@naught101 Oceanography is included in the topic. Oceanography include biological oceanography. If you don't want biological oceanography question please redefine the proposal. – aberration Jul 15 '13 at 2:59

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