Linking Data Between the Worksheets and GIS Databases for Effective Man- agement of the Environmental Projects

Current research demonstrated effective data management for environmental research. So far, the data were stored by individual researchers responsible for their own projects. Now the data are collected together in a very structured system. Thus, it is possible to add all further information (other relevant data) into this database systematically and to use them for the thematic research. The necessary amendments or additions of the information can be done as new data from the field expeditions become available. The data of both terrestrial and acquatic ecosystems of Finland with the key information of fluxes measurements of chemical elements (CO2, N2O, CH4) are now collected in one main Table Measurements.xls with a separate catalogue of all this data: Metadata_Finland.xls containing essencial information and site codes. The Database can now be used for environmental analysis, e.g. detecting changes in the state of the ecosystems, predicting their behavior in the future. Therefore, it is now possible to make the environmental prognosis of the Finnish ecosystems, to analyze their conditions, behavior and sustainability. During the research the software ArcGIS 9.1 (including its cartographic module ArcMap and the ArcCatalogue) and Microsoft products (Word, Excel and Access) were used.Materials of the 5th International Student Forum (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University). Ed. by V. G. Salnikov. Kazakhstan, Almaty: Al-Farabi KNU Press, 2016, pp. 349–353. isbn: 978-601-04-1958-