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Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory

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Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory. / Elkhatib, Yehia; Blair, Gordon; Surajbali, Bholanathsingh.
CloudDP '13: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Cloud Data and Platforms . New York: ACM, 2013. p. 13-18.

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Elkhatib, Y, Blair, G & Surajbali, B 2013, Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory. in CloudDP '13: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Cloud Data and Platforms . ACM, New York, pp. 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1145/2460756.2460759

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Elkhatib, Y., Blair, G., & Surajbali, B. (2013). Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory. In CloudDP '13: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Cloud Data and Platforms (pp. 13-18). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2460756.2460759

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Elkhatib Y, Blair G, Surajbali B. Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory. In CloudDP '13: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Cloud Data and Platforms . New York: ACM. 2013. p. 13-18 doi: 10.1145/2460756.2460759

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Elkhatib, Yehia ; Blair, Gordon ; Surajbali, Bholanathsingh. / Experiences of using a hybrid cloud to construct an environmental virtual observatory. CloudDP '13: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Cloud Data and Platforms . New York : ACM, 2013. pp. 13-18

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