NCAR Research Data Archive archives data for atmospheric and geosciences research. The archive is maintained by the Data Support Section of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory] (CISL) at the

National Center for Atmospheric Research The US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR ) is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Founda ...

(NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. The archive acquires, curates, preserves and disseminates an extensive list of over 700

data set A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data. In the case of tabular data, a data set corresponds to one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given record of the d ...

s. Registration is free and open to the general public. Nearly all of the datasets are free to all registered users; a few are restricted to certain users (e.g. university researchers). In addition, the catalog shows data sets available in these categories: atmospheric, oceanographic, geophysical, hydrology, gridded analysis and MM5 model input data. The archive also maintains climate model output products for use in assessment and impact studies. Model outputs came directly from the modellers or from th
IPCC Data Distribution Center
The archive also stores a number of source codes for the efficient handling and analysis of data. NCAR RDA also provides data rescue services for any discipline for a fee.

External links

CISL Research Data Archive web site
Research organizations in the United States Atmospheric sciences