LABEX L-IPSL Arctic Metadata Portal

• Published in: Data Science Journal
• Main Authors: Laura Cordero-Llana, Karim Ramage, Kathy S. Law, Philippe Keckhut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ubiquity Press 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Metadata; Observations; atmosphere; ocean; ice; Science (General); Q1-390; Laplace
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2016-002; https://doaj.org/article/38339a413dd4446baa04eab83d5288e0

The Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) encompasses a wide diversity of projects that focus on the Arctic. From these observations the IPSL has generated a large number of datasets gathering Arctic observations. These observations include measurements on atmospheric chemical composition, snow micro-physical properties or ocean measurements. However, some of these datasets remain locally stored and there is a lack of public awareness regarding these resources, which has hindered their visualisation and sharing. This motivated the creation of the LABEX L-IPSL Arctic metadata Portal ( http://climserv.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/arcticportal/ ), presented here, which improves the visibility of the variety of observations collected within the institute as well as the evaluation of numerical models. The LABEX L-IPSL Arctic metadata Portal will also promote new avenues in Arctic research within the IPSL and with other collaborating institutions.