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AN: PP31C-0272    [PDF]
TI: The Antarctic Master Directory -- the Electronic Card Catalog of Antarctic Data
AU: * Scharfen, G
EM: scharfen@nsidc.org
AF: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado CIRES 449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Bauer, R
EM: bauerr@kryos.colorado.edu
AF: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado CIRES 449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: The Antarctic Master Directory (AMD) is a Web-based, searchable record of thousands of Antarctic data descriptions. These data descriptions contain information about what data were collected, where they were collected, when they were collected, who the scientists are, who the point of contact is, how to get the data, and information about the format of the data and what documentation and bibliographic information exists. With this basic descriptive information about content and access for thousands of Antarctic scientific data sets, the AMD is a resource for scientists to advertise the data they have collected and to search for data they need. The AMD has been created by more than twenty nations which conduct research in the Antarctic under the auspices of the Antarctic Treaty. It is a part of the International Directory Network/Global Change Master Directory (IDN/GCMD). Using the AMD is easy. Users can search on subject matter key words, data types, geographic place-names, temporal or spatial ranges, or conduct free-text searches. To search the AMD go to: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd/. Contributing your own data descriptions for Antarctic data that you have collected is also easy. Scientists can start by submitting a short data description first (as a placeholder in the AMD, and to satisfy National Science Foundation (NSF) reporting requirements), and then add to, modify or update their record whenever it is appropriate. An easy to use on-line tool and a simple tutorial are available at: http://nsidc.org/usadcc. With NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funding, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) operates the U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center (USADCC), partly to assist scientists in using and contributing to the AMD. The USADCC website is at http://nsidc.org/usadcc.
UR: http://nsidc.org/usadcc
DE: 1827 Glaciology (1863)
DE: 1863 Snow and ice (1827)
DE: 3344 Paleoclimatology
DE: 9310 Antarctica
SC: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology [PP]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting