The Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue Project, or GODAR Project was established to increase the volume of historical oceanographic data available to climate change and other researchers. The project attempts to locate

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profile and

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data sets not yet in

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form,

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s these

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, and ensures their submission to national data centers and the

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system (WDC). In addition, data on electronic media that are at risk of loss due to media degradation are also candidates for rescue.

History

In December 1992, the

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(NODC) and WDC presented an initial proposal for the GODAR Project at the 14th Session of the

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(IODE) where it was approved. The proposal was subsequently endorsed by the

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(IOC)--the parent body of the IODE--at the 17th IOC Assembly held in March 1993. At that time, it was further agreed that the WDC for Oceanography in

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, would lead this project. All profile and plankton data acquired as part of the GODAR project were included in World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01), which was released in March 2002.

External links

Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) and the World Ocean Database Project
National Oceanographic Data Center Archaeological projects

History

See also

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