NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - How to Contribute Data

*Data Contribution*
"Full and open sharing of the full suite of global data sets, and other data sets needed for global change studies, is the primary objective of the IGBP." - IGBP Report No.12 "Make your data available without restrictions once published by contributing to an organization committed to long-term data availability."

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data Policy International Council of Scientific Unions Data Policy Policy on Data from Federal Grants from the Data Management Working Group (1997) Global Change Data Policy (1991) Frequently Asked Questions About Data Policy Our goal at the WDC is to make data submission easy and efficient for you, to help you preserve your data as a legacy that can be used by your colleagues today AND by future generations of scientists. The WDC has made a long term commitment to preserve your data and make it available to others. Once contributed your data will be available to others as a set of files organized by your name, date, and contribution number (accessible via the WWW, FTP, and also on diskette). Your data may also be imported into a relational database and thus accessible using database queries. Data Policy - Frequently Asked Questions: What about a proprietary period for exclusive use? What if I want to have my own archive or Web site? What about the ancillary project data that I never published? What are the Internationally-agreed up on policies for data sharing? International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data Policy International Council of Scientific Unions Data Policy How to contribute: Check the guidelines to make sure your data set is complete, and in a useable format. Contact us if you have questions about what to include or what formats are required. View the existing entries in the WDC for Paleoclimatology Contributions Series.
Climate Forcing Coral Data Faunal Data Generic Data Set Generic Gridded Data Ice Core Data Insect Data	Paleoceanography Data Paleoclimate Model Data Paleofire Data Paleolimnology Data Plant Macrofossil Data Pollen Data Speleothem Data Tree Ring Data
Submit your data in one of the following ways: As an email attachment FTP to the /pub directory on the WDC server Mail data as a diskette. Printed reports are also accepted. New: Submit your Tree Ring, Paleoceanography, or Paleofire Data Online!! Receive your acknowledgement and Contribution Number from the Center, and review your data set to make sure everything is correct. Editorials from Paleoceanography (Volume 9 Number 3, June 1994) Archiving data for Paleoceanography Archiving data at the World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology

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