Repository details

U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center

Name of repository
U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Additional name(s)
  • USAP-DC
Repository URL
https://www.usap-dc.org/
Subject(s)
Description
The U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC) provides the central Project Catalog for projects funded by the NSF for the U.S. Antarctic Program and Data Repository for multi-disciplinary investigator research datasets derived from these projects. Services provided support investigators in documenting, preserving, and disseminating their research results. All data are openly accessible to the international community for browse, search, and data download. Datasets are registered in the Antarctic Master Directory to comply with the Antarctic Treaty.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.usap-dc.org/overview
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2007

Institutions (4)

Institution name
Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Additional name(s)
  • LDEO
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance
Additional name(s)
  • IEDA
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
United States Antarctic Program
Additional name(s)
  • USAP
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy name
Data Management and Data Reporting Requirements for Research Awards Supported by the Office of Polar Programs
Policy name
Terms of Use
Policy name
Preparing Your Data Management and Sharing Plan

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

Data license
Copyrights
Data license
other

Data upload (1)

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

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
How to Contribute Data
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Versioning
yes
Author identifier system(s)
  • ORCID

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://www.usap-dc.org/api

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
DIF (Directory Interchange Format)

Remarks

Remarks
USAP-DC is part of the IEDA Data Facility and part of MGDS. USAP-DC also functions as the U.S. National Antarctic Data Center (NADC) in the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management. From 2016 to 2018, the AGDC data sets were transferred to USAP-DC. All AGDC data previously archived with NSIDC are now available via the USAP-DC.
Entry date
2014-01-22
Last update
2026-07-06
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re3data.org: U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center; editing status 2026-07-06; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R31898 last accessed: 2026-08-02