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World Data Center Milestones

Since 1992, the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program has worked hard to catalyze the international effort to utilize paleoenvironmental data to improve our understanding of earth climate variability.

Highlights of the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program:
  • 1999:  First Workshop on PAGES/CLIVAR Data Management
  • 1998:  Second Workshop on Global Paleoenvironmental Data, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • 1997:  Number of data sites in global network reaches 10,000
  • 1996:  PAGES Data Management Plan Published
  • 1995:  Became data source for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments
  • 1995:  Became paleoclimate data center for World Climate Research Program
  • 1994:  Became paleoclimate data center for Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project
  • 1993-99:   Sponsored over 15 data coordination mtgs.
  • 1993:  Workshop on Global Paleoenvironmental Data, Bern, Switzerland
  • 1993:  Became Data Coordination Center for International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
  • 1992:  Began formal coordination with WDC for Glaciology (Snow and Ice)
  • 1992:  WDC for Paleoclimatology Created: Research and science-driven data management

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10 February 1999