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LATEST NEWS ON THE NEW WORLD DATA SYSTEM
Please note that, as of the end of 2008 following the ICSU General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, the Panel on World Data Centers no longer exists and that the World Data Centers will be incorporated into the new ICSU World Data System (WDS) in 2009. A similar procedure will involve members of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical data-analysis Services (FAGS) grouping of ICSU. In addition, it is envisaged that additional (i.e. non-FAGS and non-WDC) organizations will be encouraged to join the new WDS. When the WDS has its own web site, this WDC web site will be discontinued.
At the time of writing, a Transition Team composed of former WDC Panel and FAGS Council members is discussing how best to organize the transition arrangements to the new WDS without interruptions in the services provided by existing organizations.
World Data Center System Roster
Updated December 2003
Airglow
- Dr. Takashi Sakurai, Director
- WDC for Airglow
- National Astronomical Observatory
- Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588
- JAPAN
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Astronomy
- Prof. ZHAO Yongheng, Director
- WDC for Astronomy
- Beijing Astronomical Observatory
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing, 100080
- CHINA
Atmospheric Trace Gases
- Mr. Thomas Boden, Director
- WDC for Atmospheric Trace Gases
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- P.O. Box 2008
- Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
- USA
Aurora
- Dr. Akira Kadokura , Director
- WDC for Aurora
- National Institute of Polar Research
- Kaga 1-9-10, Itabashi-ku
- Tokyo, 173-8515
- JAPAN
Biodiversity
- Dr. John Hill, Director
- WDC for Biodiversity and Ecology
- U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics
- Building 810 DFC, MS302
- Denver, CO 80225
- USA
Climate
- Dr. Michael Lautenschlager, Director
- WDC for Climate
- Model and Data Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology
- Bundesstrasse 55
- D-20146 HAMBURG
- GERMANY
Cosmic Rays
- Prof Takashi Watanabe, Director
- WDC for Cosmic Rays
- Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
- Toyokawa 442-8507
- JAPAN
Earth Tides
- Dr. Bernard Ducarme, Director
- WDC for Earth Tides
- Observatoire Royal de Belgique
- Avenue Circulaire 3
- Brussels, B-1180
- BELGIUM
Geology
- Prof. WANG Anjian, Director
- Mr. Dai Aide, Vice Director
- WDC for Geology
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
- Ministry of Geology and Minerology
- 26 Baiwanzhuang Road
- Beijing, 100037
- CHINA
Geomagnetism
- Dr. Juergen Matzka
- WDC for Geomagnetism, Copenhagen
- Lyngbyvej 100
- DK-2100, Copenhagen
- DENMARK
- Dr. David Kerridge, Director
- WDC for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh
- British Geological Survey
- Murchison House, West Mains Road
- Edinburgh, EH9 3LA
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Prof. Toshihiko Iyemori, Director
- WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto
- Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism
- Graduate School of Science
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto, 606-8502
- JAPAN
- Prof. Archana Bhattacharyya, Director
- WDC for Geomagnetism, Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
- Colaba, Mumbai 400 005
- INDIA
Glaciology
- Dr. Roger G. Barry, Director
- WDC for Glaciology, Boulder
- CIRES, Campus Box 449
- University of Colorado
- Boulder, CO 80309
- USA
- Mr. Rick Frolich , Manager
- WDC for Glaciology, Cambridge
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- Lensfield Road
- Cambridge, CB2 1ER
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Prof. CHENG Guodong, Director
- WDC for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou
- Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou, 730000
- CHINA
Human Interactions in the Environment
- Dr. Robert S. Chen, Director
- WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment
- CIESIN/Columbia University
- P.O. Box 1000
- 61 Rt 9W
- Palisades, NY 10964
- USA
Ionosphere
- Mr. Kiyoshi Igarashi, Manager
- WDC for Ionosphere
- Communications Research Laboratory
- 4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi
- Koganei-shi
- Tokyo, 184-8795
- JAPAN
Land Cover Data
- Mr. Christopher A. Barnes, Director
- WDC for Land Cover Data
- U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center
- 47914 252nd Street
- Sioux Falls, SD 57198
- USA
Marine Environmental Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer, Co-Director
- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
- Prof. Wolfgang Hiller, Co-Director
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
- WDC for Marine Environmental Sciences
- Klagenfurter Str.
- D-28359 Bremen
- GERMANY
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Marine Geology and Geophysics
- Ms. Susan McLean, Director
- WDC for Geophysics & Marine Geology
- NOAA Code E/GC
- 325 Broadway
- Boulder, CO 80303-3328
- USA
- Valeri S. Shcherbakov, Director
- WDC for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Moscow
- Glav NIVC MNR RF
- 32A, Marshal Tukhachevski Street
- Moscow, 123585
- RUSSIA
Meteorology
- Mr. Howard Diamond, Director
- WDC for Meteorology, Asheville
- National Climatic Data Center
- 151 Patton Avenue
- Asheville, NC 28801-5001
- USA
- Prof. SHI Peiling, Director
- Wang Guofu, Vice Director
- WDC for Meteorology, Beijing
- National Meteorological Information Center
- 46 Zhongguanchun Nandajie Road
- Beijing, 100081
- CHINA
- Dr. Marsel Z. Shaimardonov, Director
- WDC for Meteorology, Obninsk
- All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information
- 6 Korolev Str
- Obninsk
- Kaluga Reg., 249020
- RUSSIA
Nuclear Radiation
- Mr. Hideyuki Sasaki, Director
- WDC for Nuclear Radiation
- Atmospheric Environment Division
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
- Tokyo, 100-8122
- JAPAN
Oceanography
- Dr. Vyacheslav I. Smirnov, Director
- WDC for Oceanography, Obninsk
- All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information
- 6 Korolev Str
- Obninsk
- Kaluga Reg., 249020
- RUSSIA
- Mr. Sydney Levitus, Director
- WDC for Oceanography, Silver Spring
- NOAA/NODC, E/OC5
- 1315 East-West Highway
- Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
- USA
- Prof. Lin Shaohua, Director
- WDC for Oceanography, Tianjin
- National Marine Data & Information Service
- State Oceanic Administration
- 93 Liu Wei Road, Hedong District
- Tianjin, 300171
- CHINA
Paleoclimatology
- Dr. David Anderson, Director
- WDC for Paleoclimatology
- NOAA/NGDC Code E/GC3
- 325 Broadway
- Boulder, CO 80303
- USA
Remotely Sensed Data
- Mr. Lyndon Oleson , Director
- WDC for Remotely Sensed Land Data
- U.S. Geological Survey
- EROS Data Center
- Sioux Falls, SD 57198
- USA
- Dr. Michael Bittner, Director
- WDC for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
- DLR-DFD
- Oberpfaffenhofen
- D-82234 Wessling
- GERMANY
Renewable Resources and Environment
- Prof. SUN Jiulin, Director
- WDC for Renewable Resources and Environment
- Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- P.O. Box 9717
- Beijing, 100101
- CHINA
Rockets and Satellites
- Dr. Alex M. Sterin, Director
- WDC for Rockets and Satellites
- All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information
- 6 Korolev Str
- Obninsk
- Kaluga Reg., 249020
- RUSSIA
- Dr. Edwin J. Grayzeck, Director
- WDC for Satellite Information
- NSSDC Code 633
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Greenbelt, MD 20771
- USA
- Dr. Iku Shinohara, Director
- WDC for Space Science Satellites
- Institute of Space & Astronautical Science
- 3-1-1 Yoshinodai
- Sagamihara
- Kanagawa, 229-8510
- JAPAN
Rotation of the Earth
- Dr. Nikolai P. Kovalev, Director
- WDC for Rotation of the Earth, Obninsk
- All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information
- World Data Center (RIHMI-WDC)
- 6 Korolev Str
- Obninsk, Kaluga Reg., 249020
- RUSSIA
- Ms. Merri Sue Carter, Director
- WDC for Rotation of the Earth, Washington
- U.S. Naval Observatory
- 3450 Mass Ave., NW
- Washington, DC 20392-5100
- USA
Seismology
- Dr. Stuart Sipkin
- WDC for Seismology, Denver
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Denver Federal Center MS 967
- P.O. Box 25046
- Denver, CO 80225-0046
- USA
- Dr. LIU Refeng, Director
- WDC for Seismology, Beijing
- China Earthquake Networks Center
- No. 63, Fuxing Avenue
- Beijing, 100036
- CHINA
Soils
- Dr. David L. Dent, Director
- WDC for Soils
- Intl Soil Reference and Information Center
- P.O. Box 353
- 6700 AJ Wageningen
- THE NETHERLANDS
Solar Activity
- Dr. Jean Aboudarham, Director
- WDC for Solar Activity
- Observatoire de Meudon
- 5 place Janssen
- 92195 Meudon Cedex
- FRANCE
Solar Radio Emissions
- Assoc. Prof. Kiyoto Shibasaki, Director
- WDC for Solar Radio Emissions
- Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory
- National Astronomical Observatory
- Minamimaki, Minamisaku
- Nagano, 384-1305
- JAPAN
Solar Terrestrial Physics
- Dr. William Denig, Director
- WDC for Solar Terrestrial Physics, Boulder
- NOAA/NGDC E/GC2
- 325 Broadway
- Boulder, CO 80303
- USA
- Dr. Michael Lockwood, Director
- Matthew Wild, Manager
- WDC for Solar Terrestrial Physics, Chilton
- Rutherford Appleton Lab
- Chilton
- Didcot Oxon, OX11 0QX
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Dr. Evgeny P. Kharin, Director
- WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Moscow
- Molodezhnaya 3
- Moscow, 117296
- RUSSIA
- Dr. David Cole, Director
- WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Science, Sydney
- IPS Radio and Space Services
- PO Box 1386
- Haymarket, NSW 1240
- AUSTRALIA
Solid Earth Geophysics
- Prof. TANG Keyun, Director
- WDC for Geophysics, Beijing
- Institute of Geology and Geophysics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- P.O. Box 9825
- 19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District
- Beijing, 100029
- CHINA
- Ms. Susan McLean, Director
- WDC for Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder
- NOAA/NGDC E/GC1
- 325 Broadway
- Boulder, CO 80305-3328
- USA
- Dr. Natalia A. Sergeyeva, Director
- WDC for Solid Earth Physics, Moscow
- Molodezhnaya 3
- Moscow, 117296
- RUSSIA
Space Science
- Prof. ZOU Ziming, Director
- WDC for Space Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- P.O. Box 8701
- Beijing, 100080
- CHINA
Sunspot Index
- Dr.
Ronald van der Linden, Director
- WDC for Sunspot Index
- Observatoire Royal de Belgique
- 3 Avenue Circulaire
- Brussels, B-1180
- BELGIUM
WDC COORDINATION OFFICES
- Dr. Anne M. Linn, Director
- WDC Coordination Office, USA
- National Research Council, KC-670
- 500 Fifth Street, NW
- Washington, DC 20001
- USA
- Tel: +1 202 334 2744
- Fax: +1 202 334 1377
- E-mail: alinn@nas.edu
- Prof. Yuri Tyupkin, Director
- WDC Coordination Office, Russia
- National Geophysical committee
- Molodeznaya, 3
- 117296 Moscow
- Russia
- Tel: +7 095 930 5629
- Fax: + 7 095 930 5509
- E-mail: tyupkin@wdcb.ru
- Prof. CHEN Panqin, Director
- Dr. FENG Renguo
- WDC Coordination Office, China
- Bureau of Science and Technology for Resources
and Environment
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 52 Sanlihe Road
- Beijing, 100864
- CHINA
- Tel: +86 10 685 97 538
- Fax: +86 10 685 97 583
- E-mail: pqchen@office.cashq.ac.cn or rgfeng@cashq.ac.cn
URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/list.shtml
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