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Utilize cloud computing to support dust storm forecasting

Qunying Huang Joint Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing, Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Chaowei Yang Joint Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing, Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Karl Benedict Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Songqing Chen Department of Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Abdelmounaam Rezgui Joint Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing, Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Jibo Xie Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, Beijing, China
Pages 338-355 | Received 24 Dec 2011, Accepted 11 Nov 2012, Published online: 16 Jan 2013

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Jizhe Xia, Chaowei Yang, Kai Liu, Zhipeng Gui, Zhenlong Li, Qunying Huang & Rui Li. (2015) Adopting cloud computing to optimize spatial web portals for better performance to support Digital Earth and other global geospatial initiatives. International Journal of Digital Earth 8:6, pages 451-475.
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