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AN: C21A-0964    [Abstracts]
TI: The Antarctic Master Directory - a fundamental data management element for the International Polar Year 2007-2008
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@nsidc.org
AF: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado CIRES 449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: A successful International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008 will extend the scientific spirit of international collaboration and exploration first undertaken in earlier IPYs and the 1957/58 International Geophysical Year (IGY) to the current era of advanced collection and analysis technology. The IGY not only led to a number of important scientific achievements; it also established an enduring data system - the World Data Centers - which continues today. Effective utilization of the vast arrays of data which will result from the coming IPY will challenge data managers and scientists alike. Coordinating the collection, assembly, archival and international exchange of disparate and voluminous data sets requires advance planning and the involvement of the relevant science agencies and data managers to utilize and extend existing capabilities. The IPY Planning Group has identified key objectives indicating that data management is an essential part of the IPY planning process including: - Ensure data collected under the IPY are made available in an open and timely manner - Intensify the recovery of relevant historical data and ensure that these also are made openly available - Develop and embrace new technological and logistical capabilities The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and Committee of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) have established the Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM) to develop the Antarctic Master Directory (AMD) to enable scientists to find and access the data sets collected more than 22 countries in the Antarctic. Incorporating concepts developed as part of the AMD and extending them to cover the scope of the IPY is an important part of a successful IPY data management program. This paper identifies major aspects of the AMD and how it can serve the IPY.
UR: http://nsidc.org/usadcc
DE: 9310 Antarctica
DE: 3349 Polar meteorology
DE: 4215 Climate and interannual variability (3309)
DE: 1827 Glaciology (1863)
DE: 1863 Snow and ice (1827)
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting