FAIRsharing record for: U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center ... : USAP-DC ...

• Main Author: FAIRsharing Team
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: FAIRsharing 2018
• Subjects: Earth Science; Environmental Science; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Antarctic; Glacier; Sea ice; ice; The Antarctic; Antarc*; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25504/fairsharing.xixcic; https://fairsharing.org/FAIRsharing.XIxciC

This FAIRsharing record describes: The U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC) provides a central USAP Project Catalog for all projects funded by the NSF Antarctic program and a Data Repository for research datasets derived from these projects. Data managed include the NSF research related glaciology data collection formerly managed through NSIDC. Datasets are registered in the Antarctic Master Directory to comply with the Antarctic Treaty and represent the U.S. in Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) activities. ... : The source of this description is the metadata record on FAIRsharing.org, an educational and informative resource that describes and links databases, standards, and data policies. FAIRsharing also creates collections of these resources and recommendations of databases and standards based on 3rd party data policies. ...