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4. Formation of the IPY Data Depository on Meteorology and Oceanography

[35]  According to the concept, the formation of the IPY data fund is realized in the form of a centralized base of metadata and a system of distribution of the disciplinary databases created in the IPY data centers.

[36]  According to the disciplinary tasks of RIHMI-WDC, as the WDC-B on meteorology and oceanography, there will be formed a fund of IPY data The fund will include data of the current and historical observations carried out at meteorological, aerological, and sea-shore stations and observational points located in the polar regions and also on board of research vessels and passing ships.

[37]  In particular, a specialized set of historical and current meteorological data for the polar zone of Russia will be formed. The set will include the daily mean and monthly mean values of such elements as the air temperature, pressure, wind, relative and absolute humidity, visibility, number of days with mists, characteristics of the snow cover, and characteristics of precipitations. Similar set of data over the polar regions of the Earth will be prepared on the basis of observations conducted at the aerological stations.

[38]  For the marine parts of the polar regions, a set of the meteorological data obtained at ships over the polar regions of the Earth will be prepared in the IMTT-3 format which will include the historical and current data on the water surface temperature, waves, wind velocity, ice conditions and other parameters.

[39]  The set of oceanographic data will also include the results of historical and current observations by various instrumental means of the vertical sounding of the ocean: measurements of currents, waves, and water level.

[40]  The real-time flows of meteorological and oceanological data collected via channels of the WMO Global Telecommunication System will be located in the real-time database and also will be available to users via Internet. First of all, those are the data of meteorological stations located in the sea-shore zone and at islands over the North Polar Circle, the data of meteorological observations from passing ships and drifting buoys.

[41]  According to the Plan of Data management, RIHMI-WDC is also responsible for disposing at the IPY-Info Portal of the data of observations and scientific investigations what would be obtained in other organizations in the scope of IPY projects related to studies of the climate of the atmosphere and ocean and providing the access to these data.


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Citation: Shaimardanov, M. Z., A. M. Sterin, and A. A. Kuznetsov (2007), Participation of Roshydromet's World Data Centers in the International Polar Year 2007--2008 Programme, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 9, ES3001, doi:10.2205/2007ES000232.

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