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Earth Science data repositories
Repositories for samples & collections
Global registry of data repositories
Earth Science data repositories
Antarctic Meteorological Research Data Center (AMRDC) providing real-time and archived meteorological data and observations in Antarctica
Arctic Data Center (ADC) NSF-funded science in the Arctic
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) BCO-DMO curates a database of research-ready data spanning the full range of marine ecosystem-related measurements including in-situ and remotely-sensed observations, experimental and model results, and synthesis products
CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office (CCHDO) High quality, global, vessel-based conductivity, temperature and depth and hydrographic data from the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP), World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), Climate and Ocean - Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) and other repeat hydrography programs
Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) CSDMS develops, supports, and disseminates integrated software modules that predict the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment and solutes in landscapes and their sedimentary basins. CSDMS provides a repository for many different model types dealing with surface Earth processes and sediment distribution
Continental Scientific Drilling Facility (includes former LacCore and CSDCO) for all types of research involving coring and drilling on land and in lakes
CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science) hydrologic data
CZNet (Critical Zone Collaborative Network) Data comprised of nine Thematic Cluster study areas with a wide range of geological, climatic, and land use settings
DataONE access to data across multiple member repositories, supporting enhanced search and discovery of Earth and environmental data
EarthChem EarthChem provides open data services to the geochemical, petrological, mineralogical and related communities.
EarthChem (Including PetDB, LEPR, and Geochron) geochemical, petrological, mineralogical data
EarthChem Library for geochemical and chronological data
EDI (Environmental Data Initiative) Repository environmental data
Environmental Data Initiative LTER Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) data
Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) data stewardship of Local and Indigenous Knowledge
GAGE (Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience) data services The data types include GPS/GNSS, SAR and Lidar/SfM, strain and seismic borehole data, and Tropospheric data
Geological Collections of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) The collections hold about 7,500 deep ocean cores, more than 3,500 deep sea dredges, and approximately 40,000 slides of marine microfossils in the main rock and core collections, and about 10,000 samples of rocks and fossils in the teaching collection
ICE-D (Informal Cosmogenic-Nuclide Exposure-Age Database) geologic observational data
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) data and images for millions of biological specimens made available in electronic format
Informal Cosmogenic-nuclide Exposure-age Database (ICE-D) for cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating data
IODP (International Ocean Drilling Program) core repositories IODP cores - physical samples drilled from the seafloor - are stored and curated at core repositories funded by the platform providers. Cores are assigned to specific repositories based on their ocean of origin as shown below. After the expedition moratorium period, core samples may be requested for scientific research
Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP (JASADCP) for ocean current data
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Core repository collection of over 20,000 marine sediment and rock samples spanning the globe
MagIC (Magnetics Information Consortium) open community digital data repository for rock and paleomagnetic data
Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) MGDS is a data repository that provides free public access to a curated collection of marine geophysical data products and complementary data collected throughout the global oceans
Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) for marine geological/geophysical data
Microstructure Database Scripps Institution of Oceanography maintains this website for archiving and reporting on microstructure data. Data should be provided as described on the website and in coordination with CCHDO at the University of California, San Diego.
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI archives and provides access to a wide range of data including oceanographic and coastal data, weather and climate data, surface meteorological data, paleoclimate and paleoceanographic data, and geophysical and geological data
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) for paleoclimate data
National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) The National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) manages data collected by the submersible Alvin, ROV Jason and AUV Sentry.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) for cryosphere data. Requires a letter of collaboration.
Neotoma Paleoecology Database paleoecological and paleoenvironmental data
NHERI DesignSafe Data Depot publicly available datasets on wildfire
NOAA’s World Data Service for Paleoclimatology (NOAA-Paleo) NOAA-Paleo archives and distributes a wide range of paleoclimate and paleoceanographic data contributed by scientists around the world
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences approved repositories for oceanographic data
NSF Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (NSF GAGE) data types include GPS/GNSS, SAR and Lidar/SfM, strain and seismic borehole data, and Tropospheric data
NSF Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) facility for storing, curating, and studying meteoric ice cores recovered from the glaciated regions of the world
NSF NCAR Research Data Archive (RDA) for meteorology data, atmospheric parameters, etc.
NSF Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (NSF SAGE) for seismological data
Ohio State University – Polar Rocks Repository contains over 60,000 rock samples from Antarctica and the southern oceans along with small collections from South America, Africa, and Australia. The PRR collection also includes field notes, maps, thin sections, as well as an extensive media archive
Open Topography High-Resolution Topography Data and Tools
Oregon State University – Marine and Geology Repository Marine Geology and Geophysics, Antarctic Core, and Dredge and Dive Rock collections
PANGAEA. Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science with services open for archiving, publishing, and distributing georeferenced data from earth system research. The World Data Center PANGAEA is a member of the World Data System. Topic Areas: Chemistry, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biological Classification, Paleontology, Oceans, Ecology, Land Surface, Biosphere, Geophysics, Cryosphere, Lakes & Rivers, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, and Agriculture.
PBDB (Paleobiology Database) paleontological data
Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) a library of diverse geospatial datasets including commercial satellite imagery, high-resolution DEMs, and an historical and contemporary map catalog
Polar Geospatial Center PGC has an archive of many open data products such as digital elevation models, historic and contemporary polar maps, and historic aerial photography.
SAGE (Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience) data services archiving, curation, and distribution of seismological and other geophysical research data and data products
Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE) Data Management Center (DMC) SAGE DMC serves marine seismic data collected by ocean bottom seismometers (OBS)
StraboSpot field and laboratory data in the Geologic Sciences
System for Earth and Extraterrestrial Sample Registration (SESAR) for sample information and registration
The Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL) of the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), University of Rhode Island dredge rocks, deep-sea cores, and land-based geological samples
The Seafloor Samples Laboratory of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Holds more than 14,000 archived marine geological samples that have been carefully recovered from the seabed
U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC) all projects funded by the NSF Antarctic program and a Data Repository for research datasets derived from these projects
U.S. Antarctic Research Center database of Antarctic place names, maps, and photographs.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topographic maps and aerial photographs of Antarctica
Vhub (volcano) / Ghub (Greenland ice sheet) datasets, workflows, and tools to unify ice sheet observations and modeling
Repositories for samples & collections
Continental Scientific Drilling Facility (includes former LacCore and CSDCO) for all types of research involving coring and drilling on land and in lakes
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) data and images for millions of biological specimens made available in electronic format
IODP (International Ocean Drilling Program) core repositories IODP cores - physical samples drilled from the seafloor - are stored and curated at core repositories funded by the platform providers. Cores are assigned to specific repositories based on their ocean of origin as shown below. After the expedition moratorium period, core samples may be requested for scientific research
NSF Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) facility for storing, curating, and studying meteoric ice cores recovered from the glaciated regions of the world
Ohio State University – Polar Rocks Repository contains over 60,000 rock samples from Antarctica and the southern oceans along with small collections from South America, Africa, and Australia. The PRR collection also includes field notes, maps, thin sections, as well as an extensive media archive
System for Earth and Extraterrestrial Sample Registration (SESAR) for sample information and registration
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Core repository collection of over 20,000 marine sediment and rock samples spanning the globe
Oregon State University – Marine and Geology Repository Marine Geology and Geophysics, Antarctic Core, and Dredge and Dive Rock collections
The Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL) of the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), University of Rhode Island dredge rocks, deep-sea cores, and land-based geological samples
The Seafloor Samples Laboratory of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Holds more than 14,000 archived marine geological samples that have been carefully recovered from the seabed
Geological Collections of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) The collections hold about 7,500 deep ocean cores, more than 3,500 deep sea dredges, and approximately 40,000 slides of marine microfossils in the main rock and core collections, and about 10,000 samples of rocks and fossils in the teaching collection
Biology data repositories
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) NCBI is a facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that provides access to biomedical and genomic information
GenBank GenBank is the National Institutes of Health (NIH) genetic sequence database and has an annotated collection of publicly available DNA sequences
Morphobank anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species
Generalist repositories
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information System)
Global registry of data repositories
re3data (Registry of Research Data Repositories) Searchable global registry of data repositories