Guide for establishing a National Oceanographic Data Centre. (Revised version, 1997). [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/173]

Abstract

This guide has been prepared to assist Member States of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in establishing and operating a national oceanographic data centre (NODC). Since the early 1960s, approximately 55 Member States of IOC have established oceanographic data centres or designated a national agency as responsible for international oceanographic data and information exchange. These data centres and designated national agencies (DNAs) support both national and international clients with oceanographic data and information services.