Data Archiving

1
Data Archiving

• Country reports indicate a good compliance in
  providing data to the WOUDC with
• 15 NDACC LIDARS 2 LIDAR platforms submitted to
  WOUDC
• Archiving of process studies links to full data
  sets?

2
Data Archiving

• What are the distinct functions of the various
  data archives / programs?
• WOUDC -gt EC
• WDC RSA gt DLR
• WDC GHG -gt JMA
• EUVDB -gt FMI (regional database Europe)
• NDACC
• Synergy vs. competition

3
Data Archiving

• Function of IGACO O3 with respect to assessing
  the functions the various databases.
• IGACO - O3 does not include surface ozone. With
  increased interest in tropospheric processes and
  the need for better models should surface obs. be
  considered?
• Who is responsible? who has authority?
• Us, UV-SAG, Ozone-SAG, IGACO O3 other WMO
  bodies -gt
• How do we link data centres (databases) in order
  to obtain ancillary data one-stop shopping?
  -gt at the moment we have multiple number of
  proposals for one-stop portals

4
WOUDC

• What do we want from the WOUDC?
• Data types / limits
• Quality assurance types / policing / flagging
  -gt are these questions being answered by IGACO
  O3
• Value-added products?
• Data turn-around both data ingest and output