Suggested Data Repositories
The table below lists suggested U.S. federally funded data repositories that accept Earth Science data. Please visit the repository pages to learn more about their data/metadata submission standards.
Data System
Full Name
Description
Biology Data
Geochemical Data
Geophysical Data
Images
Oceanographic Data
Polar Data
Sample Info
Physical Samples
ARF
Antarctic Marine Geology Research facility
Geological materials collected in polar regions
X
ASODS
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal
Data collected in the Southern Ocean
X
X
X
X
X
ASP-LDEO
Academic Seismic Portal at LDEO
Seismic Reflection Field Data from the academic research community
X
ASP-UTIG
Academic Seismic Portal at UTIG
Processed Seismic Data
X
BCO-DMO
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
Marine biogeochemical and ecological data sets, US GLOBEC and US JGOFS data repository
X
X
X
EarthChem GRL
Geochemical Resource Library
Geochemical datasets and data syntheses
X
GMRT
Global Multi-Resolution Topography
Global compilation of seafloor bathymetry and land topography
X
X
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Passive and active source waveform data, event (earthquake) catalog, channel response data
X
LacCore
National Lacustrine Core Facility
Curation of lacustrine sediment cores
X
LDEO-DSSR
LDEO-Deep Sea Sample Repository
Sediment cores and rocks from the ocean floor
X
LEPR
Library of Experimental Phase Relations
Data from experimental studies involving liquid-solid phase equilibria relevant to natural magmatic systems
MagIC
Magnetics Information Consortium
data from paleomagnetic studies and rock magnetic experiments
GeoPRISMS / MARGINS
GeoPRISMS / MARGINS Data Portal
Data from interdisciplinary research along continental margins
X
X
X
X
MediaBank
High-quality images and videos for education and outreach
X
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
Weather, climate, paleoclimate, meteorological data
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center
Earth Observations, Geomagnetism, Bathymetry and relief, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Space Weather and Solar Events
X
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
Biology data, buoy data, chlorophyll, nutrients, ocean currents, oxygen, plankton, profile data, salinity, satellite data, sea level, snow & ice, temperature, waves
X
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Cryosphere, snow, ice, glaciers, frozen ground.
OBIS
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Marine biogeographic data
X
X
PetDB
Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
Geochemical & petrological data of igneous & metamorphic ocean floor rocks
X
X
R2K Portal
Ridge 2000 Data Portal
Data from interdisciplinary research at mid-ocean ridges, from mantle to microbe
X
X
X
X
SedDB
Online information system for marine sediment geochemistry
Geochemical data of marine sediments
X
X
SESAR
System for Earth Sample Registration
Sample Catalog & Registry for the International Geo Sample Number
X
X
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
National facility for rock & mineral specimens
X
VentDB
Geochemical data of seafloor hydrothermal springs
X
UNAVCO
University NAVSTAR Consortium
GPS data and data products
X
USAP-DCC
Metadata and data from NSF-funded Antarctic research programs
X
X
X
X
USPRR
U.S. Polar Rock Repository
rock collections from Antarctica and the Arctic
X