Scientific data management
Digital data sets are central to scientific research in all geo-science disciplines. Research data sets vary in their volumes, formats, and uses. UCAR and NCAR scientists collect, manage, and use research data for many purposes. To help meet UCAR/NCAR research data challenges and needs, the NCAR Library is developing research data services. This page provides links to research data resources within UCAR/NCAR, discipline-specific data archives outside of NCAR, and information guides on a few data-related topics. Please contact Matt Mayernik if you have any questions about these resources, or have suggestions for new additions.
UCAR/NCAR Events
- UCAR/NCAR Research Data Management Town Hall
- Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations, Workshop website
UCAR/NCAR Data Resources
- UCAR Data Archives and Services - an annotated list of the data archives and services provided by UCAR units.
- Climate Data Guide - Provides community guidance, discussion, and information about climate data.
Atmospheric and Geoscience data collections outside of UCAR
- NASA Global Change Master Directory
- NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Data Centers
- NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
- NOAA National Climatic Data Center
- NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- USGS Water Data for the Nation
- USGS Orthoimagery, elevation, land cover, and bulk data
- British Atmospheric Data Centre
- Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 3 (CMIP3) data products
- Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) data products
Cross-disciplinary/general purpose data discovery tools
- Databib - a annotated bibliography of research data repositories
- DataCite metadata search - Search tool for data sets and other resources
Data Management Planning Resources
- NSF Data Management Planning FAQ
- California Digital Library DMP Tool – A tool to create data management plans, with guidance and templates
- DataOne - Guidance and links
- Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services - Overview of data management plan components
- Colorado State University Libraries - Data management planning templates and resources
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics - Best practices in documenting and managing data
Data Citation Resources
- UCAR/NCAR white paper on data citations - (targeted toward data management and archiving teams)
- Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) data citation guidelines and resources
- UK Digital Curation Centre guide to citing data sets