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Research Data Archive at NCAR

Abbreviation:NCAR CISL RDA

General Information

The Research Data Archive (RDA) at NCAR contains a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

Homepage https://rda.ucar.edu

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 1965

Taxonomic range

Not applicable

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

User-defined Tags

weather

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: NCAR CISL RDA; Research Data Archive at NCAR; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.q31z3g; Last edited: June 22, 2021, noon; Last accessed: Jul 31 2021 11:31 p.m.

This record is maintained by schuster

Record added: April 18, 2017, 11:37 a.m.
Record updated: June 11, 2021, 4:40 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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			Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL), USA|https://www2.cisl.ucar.edu|Maintains
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			REST|https://rda.ucar.edu/#!apps_api_desc|RDA APPS API allows users to programmatically submit and retrieve data subset requests.
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Support

General

FAQ	https://rda.ucar.edu/#!FAQs
support email	RDA Help Email
help	RDA Help Desk (Registration Required)
twitter	@NCAR_RDA

Additional Information

Contact

General Contact

Tools

No tools defined

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

UCAR Terms of Use

Data Curation

RDA data curation documentation

https://rda.ucar.edu/#!rdadocs

Data Access

Browse

https://rda.ucar.edu/#!lfd?nb=y

REST Web Services

RDA APPS API allows users to programmatically submit and retrieve data subset requests.

https://rda.ucar.edu/#!apps_api_desc

Other Web Services

THREDDS Data Server, provided OpenDAP and OGC based access.

https://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/catalog.html

Publications

No publications available

Related Standards

Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

Terminology Artifacts

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

Models and Formats

Identifier Schemas

No identifier schema standards defined

Metrics

No metrics standards defined

Related Databases

Implementing Policies

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Publications Data Policy

Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by schuster

Funds

National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (Government body)

Maintains

Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL), USA (Lab)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA (Government body) Lead
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO, USA (Consortium)

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