Participation of the Russian WDCs for Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Solid Earth Physics in the program "IPY Data and Information Service"

Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin, Evgeniy Kharin, Natalia Sergeyeva, Ludmila Zabarinskaya
Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia


In the WDCs for Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Solid Earth Physics in Russian the significant archives of the geophysical data received during the study of polar areas of the Earth are accumulated. Sufficiently large share of these data is presented in traditional forms that are publications, tables, analog records, etc. In order that the scientists can use the old data actively in common with new data from the International Polar Year 2007-2008, it should be necessary to convert them to a digital form.

It is the intention of WDCs to realize this plan as the Centers gained abundant experience on converting data to a digital form. Furthermore it is planned to organize these data and those, stored in WDCs in a digital form, in the uniform system which will allow to receive the available information on the research results, to search data with advanced search settings, to spend the complex analysis of available data. It will help scientists to use long time series of observations.

The WDCs for Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Solid Earth Physics in Russia using the abundant experience and modern information technologies (including network) to work with data, will organize regular reception of new data during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 in accompany with data analysis, creation of descriptions (metadata), formation of databases and systems of search, storage and distribution of data, first of all, through the Internet.

The publication of the newsletter (with dispatch by e-mail) about new receipts of data and news of service of data management is planned. Virtual access to data which are not in WDCs at present will be organized. On WDCs web-server the special directory "IPY 2007-2008" with the data on polar areas of the Earth which are available yet is being created. New data from the geophysical stations associated with this project, and results of specialized expeditions and experiments will be web-based.


Keywords: IPY, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Solid Earth Physics