1. Activity Update Frank Nitsche Robert Arko Suzanne Carbotte www.usap-data.org

2. Goals: Provide help finding a repository Make it easier to contribute data Improve search options Automated forms and processes www.usap-data.org

3. Contribute Data

4. Options for Data Repositories Digital Repositories Climate observations - CLIVAR Data Assembly Centres (DACs)CLIVAR Data Assembly Centres (DACs) Cryospheric data - National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Geochemical data - EarthChemEarthChem Geodetic data - University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO)University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) Maps, aerial photographs etc - USGS Antarctic Resource Center (USARCUSGS Antarctic Resource Center (USARC Marine geophysical and oceanographic data - Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS)Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) Paleobotany Antarctic Paleobotany Collection.Antarctic Paleobotany Collection Paleomagnetic data - Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC).Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Seismic data - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS Sample registration - System for Earth Sample Registration (SESAR).System for Earth Sample Registration (SESAR) Sample Repositories Ice cores U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL)U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) Sedimentary cores, grab, rock samples – Antarctic Research Facility (ARF), U.S.Polar Rock Repository (USPRR). Antarctic Research Facility (ARF)U.S.Polar Rock Repository (USPRR) Biological specimens - The Smithsonian InstitutionThe Smithsonian Institution Meteorite samples - Johnson Space CenterJohnson Space Center

5. Contribute Data

8. Access and Search

10. GoogleEarth kml files http://www.usap- data.org/AMD.kmz http://www.marine- geo.org/tools/kmls.php

11. Summary Activities Assistance for data contribution Assistance for creating AMD record Improved search of data Automation of processes Future issues: Submission of non-NSF data Quality control of submitted data www.usap-data.org

12. USAP-Data Coordination Center update USAP-Data Coordination Center (USAP-DCC) www.usap-data.org web submission page k keyword search interface to enable users to find Antarctic programs and data sets of interest in the Antarctic Master Directory of the GCMD. ~50 scientists per year were assisted in documenting ~15 orphan data sets new data access services: on-the fly generation of KMZ format files for accessing all records within the Antarctic Master Directory through either GoogleEarth of Google Maps. more Gaouls nad Palmer data avaialbe

13. Marine Geophysical Data Center and GeoMapApp www.geomapapp.org NB Palmer (USA) JC Ross (UK) Polarstern (Germany)