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Digital data acquisition and analysis: An introduction
Author(s) -
Rand Chris
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290190911
Subject(s) - data science , computer science , data acquisition , operating system
Abstract There is no doubt that although the price of PCs has fallen, the performance for money continues to rise. As this happens, so the suitability of using general‐purpose computing platforms, especially PCs, for specific technical applications increases. This article discusses recent developments and reviews some of the systems which are currently available for data acquisition and analysis in the environmental sciences.