National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Marine Geology and Geophysics Division & Collocated World Data Center for GMG

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) US National Long-term Archive for marine geological & geophysical data NSF Division of Ocean Sciences Data & Sample Policy International data exchange through the collocated World Data Center Geophysics & Marine Geology

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NGDC provides scientific stewardship for data from the ocean floor and lakebeds Permanent Archive We’re in it for the Long Haul, Preserving data for your great-grandchildren Data Rescue & Digitizing Rescuing data from scientists’ desks and file cabinets. Data Access Making data freely and publicly available.

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Permanent Archive We’re in it for the Long Haul, Preserving data for your great-grandchildren 2.86 terabytes of sediment/rock data & images archived Archived in software-independent form, to NARA standards using Open Archive Information System (OAIS) guidelines Documentation in FGDC form, moving to ISO Archive periodically migrated to new media moving from LTO-3 to LTO-4 this summer

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NOAA’s Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) is a partnership with private industry to image and key paper & film records and make them available on the Web. Data Rescue & Digitizing Rescuing data from scientists’ desks and file cabinets.

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Data Access Making data freely and publicly available. Geospatially-enabled relational databases Web services (Feature & Map) & browse tools ArcIMS viewers (in migration to ArcGIS Server) Working on near-line access to entire 190+ tb archive Metadata access via Geospatial One-Stop/GCMD Collaboration with MGDS/R2R/UNEP-GRID/SESAR Links to Related Data (reciprocal links encouraged)

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Why add your data to the long-term archive? NOAA/NGDC’s mandate includes a commitment to provide access to, and long-term archival for data pertaining to sea floor and lakebed samples. NGDC data archives are maintained to NARA standards with offsite backups, storage on approved media, and periodic migration to new media and technologies. We’re in it for the Long Haul, Preserving data for your great-grandchildren Carla Moore NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center E/GC3 325 Broadway Boulder, CO USA Funded projects end, scientists retire, and institutional resources for maintaining scientific data and records can change – place a copy in the archive to ensure its continued accessibility to the scientific community Phone: Fax: Web:

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples May 2009 “State of the Database”

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Ways to Access the Database JSP Text Interface Web Feature Service Web Map Service ArcIMS Web Interface (migrating to ArcGIS Server) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database The Database provides access to: Information about samples + related data and images available from NGDC, participating repositories, & other sources The Database provides access to: Information about samples + related data and images available from NGDC, participating repositories, & other sources

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Web Access to the Database 12-month period May 2008-April 2009 Web Access to the Database 12-month period May 2008-April 2009 ~ 937 requests/day (331,484 total) after robots removed ~ 246 megabytes/day downloaded 14,632 distinct hosts served over the year > 56,000 searches of the JSP interface > 8,870 accesses of the web services (WMS, WFS) > 2,100 accesses of the ArcIMS map Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Repository#Samples#Intervals#In Processing ARF/FSU6,67511,727 BIO/GSC40,428 BOSCORF1,227 BPRC278 LacCore735101,220 LDEO17,82232,699 OSU5,7215, SIO6,54611, URI2,9133, USGSMP6,5207, USGSWH11,12611,33016,822 [new=5,492] WHOI4,9274,928 Inactive Repositories78,846176,920 Total 4,747 cruises:182,928 samples308,765 intervals(400+ cruises in proc)

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Samples Added Oct 2007 – Apr 2009 Samples in Processing May 2009 INSTITUTION #SAMPLES ARF/FSU 2,627 BOSCORF 328 LDEO 7,089 OSU 63 SIO 355 WHOI 929 TOTAL 11,746 INSTITUTION #SAMPLES USGSWH 16,822* OSU 107 LaCore 1,220 USGSMP 451 SIO 392 URI 195 TOTAL 19,187 * complete sample replacement, 5,492 new

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Other Database Additions/Modifications 34,137 Links to SESAR (all available IGSNs: ARF/FSU, DSDP/ODP, URI, WHOI, LDEO, SIO) Access by IGSN added (showsample.jsp?igsn=xxx) SESAR Widget ( )

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Other Database Additions/Modifications 26,281 Cruise/leg cross-correlations MGDS/SIO Explorer Standard Ids were found for samples in the Index database and added as a new parameter. Existing cruise identifiers were kept in their original form. This is an ongoing effort for historic samples. Most new samples, at least from UNOLS ships are expected to use the more standard cruise/legs.

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Cruise/leg Options Search by old cruise Search by new cruise/leg Search results display both for each sample selected

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database New External Links using the New Cruise/Leg Ids

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Database Interface Additions OpenLayers lat/lon entry: ETOPO1 or boundaries background sample locations variable grid zoom and pan Single-Repository Search: Shows only Samples, ships, cruises, devices from that Institution Alphabetical Cruise list

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database New Collaboration: United Nations Environmental Programme UNEP GRID-Arendal ArcIMS/KMZ Inventories include/harvest/link to the Index

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database NOAA CDMP Project L-19 Progress (2005 – 4/2009) 25,540 sea floor photos scanned (slides, film, and prints) Project L-19: Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change 33,758 core photos (film & prints) 8,937 core X-rays scanned 9,060 pages of core logs, descriptions, & sampling logs key-entered 23,462 pages of coring data sheets & cruise reports scanned

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples Database Please take advantage of NOAA’s CDMP to scan/enter remaining materials related to your collections. There is room in the 2009 budget for additional digitization may be the final year. Requests to the Curators’ Consortium Please check your contact information & send us corrections Help keep the Index up to date, send data for new samples in your collection Please help add standardized leg information for your older samples Make use of the Index on your web sites via links and web services, we will be happy to assist you