Data portals
Dutch datasets in the GCMD
The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) is a catalogue of Earth science data and services. It contains a number of portals, or subsets:
- AMD - NL
Dutch data set descriptions in the Antarctic Master Directory - IPY - NL
Descriptions of data sets from Dutch IPY projects - ARCTIC - NL
Dutch data set descriptions from the Arctic
Various portals for polar data
- Global Change Master Directory
Catalogue of Earth science data and services, and some of its subsets:
- Antarctic Digital Database
A compilation of medium scale topographic data for the continent of Antarctica from a variety of sources - Composite Gazetteer
The SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica - Map Catalogue
The SCAR Map Catalogue
- AntaBIF
Portal for Antarctic biodiversity data
- The SCAR REference Antarctic Data for Environmental Research (READER) initiative:
- MET-READER
Providing surface and upper air mean climate data - ICE-READER
Providing links to ice core data - Contact: Paul Mayewski (paul.mayewski [at] maine.edu) - OCEAN-READER
Holds oceanographic data - Contact: Mike Meredith (mmm [at] bas.ac.uk)
- SAON
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks - Arctic Portal
(requires FLASH) - AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
