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