Earth Science Data CentersEarth Reference Data and ModelsThe EarthRef.org portal provides access to data describing the geochemical make-up of all earth reservoirs. It serves, for example, databases compiled as part of the Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM) project. The portal is coordinated and hosted by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). (No mention is made of funding source on the site.) » Visit Web site Global Change Master Directory NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) allows topical data searches of more than 3000 datasets, including those for oceanography, atmosphere, biosphere and paleoclimate. Users can also search for services such as data analysis, visualization and metadata handling tools, model downloads, and educational resources. The portal is maintained by Goddard Space Flight Center. GCMD is the American Coordinating Node of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) International Directory Network (http://idn.ceos.org/). » Visit Web site Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology is a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. » Visit Web site MARGINS Data Portal This data portal provide access to cruise information and data collected during MARGINS funded projects. They include mapping and gridding utilities. Access to these data portals is through the Marine Geoscience Data Management System at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). Funding is provided by NSF. » Visit Web site RIDGE 2000 Data Portal This data portal provides access to cruise information and data collected during Ridge 2000-funded projects. It includes mapping and gridding utilities. Access to these data portals is through the Marine Geoscience Data Management System at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). Funding is provided by NSF. (Note: On their web site, Ridge 2000 refers to their data portal as the "Ridge 2000 Open Data Exchange System," or RODES.) » Visit Web site Marine Environmental Data Inventory (MEDI) MEDI contains an inventory of world-wide marine-related datasets within the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange program (IODE, http://iode.org/). » Visit Web site National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse This portal allows access to 100 spatial data servers for digital geographic data for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), image processing systems, and other software. This is an initiative of the Federal Geographic Data Committee, a 19-member U.S. government interagency organization. » Visit Web site NOAAServer NOAAServer provides access to NOAA's nationally distributed environmental information databases. » Visit Web site NOAA/PMEL Live Access Server (LAS) The Live Access Server is a portal that provides access to a growing number of geo-referenced climate data systems, including NODC’s World Ocean Data Base, the National Virtual Ocean Data System, Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, the NGDC coastal bathymetry and topography data, and NOAA, NASA, Navy, DOE, LDEO, NERC, CNRS and CSIRO model output. The LAS is funded by NOAA and is operated primarily by personnel at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL, http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/). » Visit Web site Ocean Biogeographical Information System (OBIS) OBIS provides taxonomically —and geographically—resolved data on marine life and oceanography, access to physical oceanographic data at regional and global scales and software tools for biogeographic analysis. OBIS is supported by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, NSF, ONR and the U.S. National Oceanographic Partnership Program (http://www.nopp.org/). It is hosted by the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (http://marine.rutgers.edu/). » Visit Web site Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (PetDB) PetDB, a Ridge2000-sponsored program, provides access to geochemical and petrological data of igneous and metamorphic rocks from the ocean floor generated at spreading centers. Funding is provided by NSF. The portal is operated by LDEO and the database is hosted by Columbia University’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN, http://ciesin.columbia.edu/). » Visit Web site SedCore 2000 This portal provides access to an inventory of, and data related to, the sample collection of the Seafloor Samples Laboratory of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). The SC2000 portal is funded by NSF Ocean Sciences funding for WHOI core lab operations. » Visit Web site SIO Explorer This portal provides access to data, documents and images from “822 expeditions of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) since 1903.” Funding is provided through the NSF National Science Digital Library program (http://www.nsdl.org/) and the NSF Information Technology Research program (http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/itr/). The portal is a collaborative effort among SIO researchers, computer scientists from SDSC, and archivists and librarians from the University of California San Diego Library. » Visit Web site U.S. Global Change Data and Information System The GCDIS web site provides access to data, news releases, publications and educational resources from the U.S. Global Change Research Program. » Visit Web site National Data CentersCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)» Visit Web site Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) » Visit Web site Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center » Visit Web site National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) » Visit Web site National Earthquake Information Center » Visit Web site National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) » Visit Web site National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) » Visit Web site National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) » Visit Web site National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) » Visit Web site World Data CentersWorld Data Center SystemThere are more than 50 centers in the World Data Center System, each funded and maintained by the host country. The World Data Center System web site is maintained by NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center. » Visit Web site World Data Center for Paleoclimatology » Visit Web site Last updated: November 9, 2009 | |||||||||||||
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