WDC Cluster Earth System Research
The WDC cluster „Earth System Research“ was founded in 2004.
Members
- WDC-MARE - World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (AWI, MARUM, Bremen)
- WDC-Climate - World Data Center for Climate (MPI-M + DKRZ, Hamburg)
- WDC-RSAT – World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen)
- WDC-TERRA – World Data Center of the Lithosphere (candidate) – (GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam)
Activities & characteristics of the WDC cluster
Longterm archiving facilities
- Clear commission as data libraries
- Data management infrastructure, expertise, and manpower
- Longterm commitment and funding
Peer review for scientific data (Publication Agent)
- Completeness of data set descriptions (metadata)
- Validity of methods used
- Data values (precision, sequence, and ranges)
- Identifikation of independent data entities which are suitable for publication
- Data publication based on citable data entities having persistent identifiers (DOI)
Userfriendly and reliable systems for data retrieval and distribution
- General nonrestricted web-access
- Offline products (e.g. data collections, DVD)
Fostering common standards and protocols
Clear commitment to the rules for good scientific practice and open access!
latest update: 2008-02-19 13:40