Repository details

Research Data Archive at NCAR

Name of repository
Research Data Archive at NCAR
Additional name(s)
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research Research Data Archive
  • NCAR CISL RDA
Repository URL
https://rda.ucar.edu/
Subject(s)
Description
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.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Certificate(s)
CoreTrustSeal
Start date
2023-04-20
End date
2026-04-19
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
788 public datasets
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://rda.ucar.edu/support/about-the-rda/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (3)

Institution
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Additional name(s)
  • NCAR
  • CISL
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1965
Institution
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1965
Institution
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Additional name(s)
  • UCAR
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1965

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Terms of Use for UCAR Data Repositories
Policy Name
Terms of Use

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
CC

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • MySQL
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://rda.ucar.edu/resources/citations/
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (3)

Type
OAI-PMH
Url
https://rda.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/oai?verb=Identify
Type
REST
Url
https://rda.ucar.edu/resources/web-services/
Type
other
Url
https://thredds.rda.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/catalog.html

Metadata standards (5)

Metadata standard
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard
DIF (Directory Interchange Format)
Metadata standard
Dublin Core
Metadata standard
FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)
Metadata standard
ISO 19115

Remarks

Remarks
The Research Data Archive at NCAR is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. NCAR is a regular member of ICSU World Data System - WDS.
Entry date
2012-08-03
Last update
2025-03-12
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re3data.org: Research Data Archive at NCAR; editing status 2025-03-12; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3H01T last accessed: 2025-09-03