The GOSIC Portal Data Registry

The GOSIC Portal Data Registry consists of a simple relational database maintained by the GOSIC for managing dataset identification and documentation activities and the set of Directory Interchange Format (DIF) records maintained in the NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) that are available to Global Observing Systems (GCOS, GOOS and GTOS).

It is intended to hold descriptions of three types of datasets:

• data which will be collected in an operational mode well into the future.
• relevant historical datasets useful for the purposes of the Global Observing Systems (GCOS, GOOS and GTOS).
• datasets developed by the global change research community, such as GODAE modeling data.

Selection strategy for Data Registry Datasets