Research Data Management: Earth & Planetary Sciences

The GES DISC is the home (archive) of NASA Precipitation and Hydrology, as well as Atmospheric Composition and Dynamics, data and information. The GES DISC also houses the Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) data assimilation datasets (generated by GSFC’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office), and the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) and Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) data products (both generated by GSFC's Hydrological Sciences Branch).

The IRI Data Library is a powerful and freely accessible online data repository and analysis tool that allows a user to view, manipulate, and download over 400 climate-related data sets through a standard web browser. The Data Library contains a wide variety of publicly available data sets, including station and gridded atmospheric and oceanic observations and analyses, model-based analyses and forecasts, and land surface and vegetation data sets, from a range of sources.

(US/Columbia) The Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) provides free public access to data collected throughout the global oceans. Our data portals serve different communities of NSF-funded researchers providing direct access to data, program-relevant information, and tools for helping them satisfy their data sharing obligations.

The Warehouse Inventory Search tool is a Web-based search-and-order tool that provides a way for users to search for Earth Science data from multiple participating archives.

NCDC develop both national and global data sets that have been used by both government and the private sector to maximize the resource provided by our climate and minimize the risks of climate variability and weather extremes. The Center has a statutory mission to describe the climate of the United States and NCDC acts as the Nation's Scorekeeper regarding the trends and anomalies of weather and climate.

The Community Data Portal is led by NCAR's Computational Science and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL). Support is provided through NCAR's Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Initiative (CSI) and is a collaboration among NCAR, UCAR, UOP, and the National Science Foundation. The technology base for this effort is also a collaborative effort, combining contributions from Unidata, NOAA/PMEL, DLESE, OPeNDAP, OAI, and NASA.

Provide access to the world's most comprehensive sources of marine environmental data and information. These data include physical, biological and chemical measurements derived from in situ oceanographic observations, satellite remote sensing of the oceans, and ocean model simulations.

CISL Research Data Archive. Agriculture, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Climate Indicators, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Land Surface, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Solid Earth, Spectral/Engineering, Sun-earth Interactions

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Climate and Land Use Change Mission Area. Note that some data access is fee-based

NSIDC manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere. NSIDC distributes more than 500 cryospheric data sets for researchers, from both satellite and ground observations.

The National Space Science Data Center is NASA's permanent archive for space science mission data.

The PDS archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements. The PDS is sponsored by NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Its purpose is to ensure the long-term usability of NASA data and to stimulate advanced research.

GEON is using the OpenEarth Framework with a varied set of data, including:
• Standard DEM data and newer high-resolution LiDAR data, satellite imagery, street maps, geologic maps and other coverage data.
• Geophysical data: seismic, gravity and magnetic data.
• Bore hole or well data: record of the rock types encountered at different depths at a sample location.

The Core Research Center (CRC) preserves valuable rock cores for scientists and educators from government, industry, and academia. The CRC is currently one of the largest and most heavily used public core repositories in the United States.

The Woods Hole Science Center Sample Archive curates data for the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program.

The U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) is a facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the world.