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Specialized InformationSystem on Environment of • and Baydaratskaya Bay

. G.E. Odisharia, VNgGAS, Moskovskaja obl. . Leninsky raion, A.S. Tsvetsinsky JSC Eeo-System, Moscow, Russia i. N.N. Mikhailov All Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorologieal Information, Obninsk, Russia G.L Dubikov Production and Research Institute of Engineering Site Investigation, Moscow, Russia

ABSTRACT important prerequisites to carry out successfully the scientific and practical investigations concerning the exploration of Bovanenkovo and Kharasavei gas condensate fields (GCF) in the framework of Thepaper discusses the specialized information system (SIS- "Yamal", the project of RJSC "Gasprom". Y amal) that is to form the basis for providing the project of the Russian Joint-Stock Company (RJSC) "Gasprom" with Therefore, in 1996, a number of Russian organizations started environmental data and information. This project is designed for preparing data sets on the hydrometeorological, geocryological, the exploration of Yamal gas fields and gas transportation to ecological and other aspects of environment which is considered a European Russia and Western . The paper analyzes the state critical component of dataware in research and production activities of the art in this field, objectives of the SIS-Yamal development, around GCF. application domain of the system, concept of its creation and its architecture. It is emphasized that currently the system is at the Nevertheless, given a swift spread of information over the world, initial development stage. However, the design concept, being the basis of the system, made it possible to fulfil, during the first year, dataware is interpreted in a wider sense than merely preparing and using systematized data on computer-compatible media (Kopylov, one of the most labor consuming tasks consisting in collection of environmental observations (factographical, textual, and spatial) 1995). For a long time it had been believed that the amount and quality. of knowledge ("Artificial intellect", 1990) about the objects of obtained from research on the in 1990-96. environmental, social and industrial spheres depended directly on the Using single methodology and descriptive means, the materials of amount of data describing the objects' properties. Thus the major observations and investigations began to be digitized and included research principle for these objects consisted in implementing the in the archived data bank of the SIS-Yamal. The creation of the statement "a lot of data imply a lot of information". However, it may archived data bank is considered as the first step in the system's also happen that very.' large amounts of data do not yield new development which solves the problem of saving data and knowledge. This situation can be interpreted as "a syndrome of rich data and poor information", the realib' of this situation being preparing them to be further used. repeatedly mentioned by a number of authors (Ward et al., 1986. KEY WORD: Environment. data. information, database, data bank, Lyubarsky, 1990). In this connection, of particular importance here is informational system, subject-oriented tasks, dataware, exploration, gas the transformation of data on the object into information on them. condensate fields. Yamal Peninsula. Kara sea. Baydaratskaya bay The use of integrated scheme for acquisition, accumulation and complex analysis of various flows of data currently represent a major principle of new information technologies for research and exploration INTRODUCTION of the environmental objects (Valkman and Suvorov, 1983, Fedra, 1996). New information technologies (Pospelov, 1983, Suvorov, 1996) Timely and efficient provision of data and information (hereafter along with data and information, cover knowledge and mathematical referred to as dataware) on the environment conditions of Yamal models ("Algorithmic modelling...", 1992). Much attention is given to Peninsula and adjacent area of the Kara Sea is one of the most ..,

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