National Cryosphere Desert Data Center

Name of repository

National Cryosphere Desert Data Center

Additional name(s)

• 国家冰川冻土沙漠科学数据中心
• NCDC

Repository URL

http://www.ncdc.ac.cn

Subject(s)

• Geosciences (including Geography)
• Natural Sciences

Description

The National Cryosphere Desert Data Center (hereinafter referred to as NCDC) is supported by the Institute of environment and Engineering in the cold and dry areas of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Xinjiang Institute of ecology and geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Institute of mountain land disaster and environment of the Ministry of water resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghai Salt Lake Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qinghai Gao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences The Institute of protobiology and other units were jointly established. The supporting units of glacier permafrost desert data center have formed a scientific research and support system of seven research laboratories and three research systems, highlighting the research characteristics of glacier, permafrost, desert, atmosphere, water and soil, ecology, environment, resources, engineering and sustainable development in the dry areas of cold regions.

Contact

• kangjf@lzb.ac.cn

Content type(s)

• Scientific and statistical data formats
• Archived data
• Structured graphics
• Source code
• Standard office documents
• Images
• Plain text

Keyword(s)

• Antarctica
• Gansu Province
• Great Wall Station
• engineering geology
• glacier
• meteorology
• physical geography
• wind speed

Repository size

2.498 items; data size: 23.8 TB

Repository type(s)

• disciplinary

Mission statement for designated community

http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/about/platform_en

Research data repository language(s)

• English
• Chinese

Data and/or service provider

• data provider