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Former ICSU WDC system data repositories in China
WDC for Astronomy, Beijing
Current Name: Chinese Astronomical Data Center (WDS Regular Member)
Host organization: Chinese National Astronomical Observatories, MOST/CAS
Data holdings: Chinese Solar-Geophysical Data from 1971 onward, Solar radio emission flux and outstanding occurrences, Cosmic ray meson and neutron intensity, Sudden ionospheric disturbances (D-region), Geomagnetic activity indices K and Ak, List of magnetic storms from Beijing Geomagnetic Observatory, Ancient records of sunspots and phenomena related to Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Earth rotation parameters from several stations from 1959, Earth rotation parameters from optical astrometry from 1989
Website: http://explore.china-vo.org/
WDC for Geology
Current Name: Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Host organization: Ministry of Geology and Mineral ResourcesData holdings:
Data on Stratigraphy, Palaeontology, Petrology, Mineralogy, Laboratory geology, Isotope geology, Metallogenic models, and Ore-searching models.
Website: http://en.igeo.cags.ac.cn/
WDC for Geophysics, Beijing
Current name: WDC for Geophysics, Beijing (WDS Regular Member)
Host organization: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Data holdings: Geophysics, Earth sciences, Magnetometer data from Chinese stations, Scaled ionospheric data, Radar data (Three-dimensional wind velocities, FAI echo intensity, and Doppler spectra), GNSS RINEX-format GPS data
Website: http://english.igg.cas.cn/rs/
WDC for Glaciology and Geocryology
Current Name: Cold and Arid Regions Science Data Center at Lanzhou (WDS Regular Member)
Host Organization: Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS
Data Holdings: Variation of glaciers, snow cover, frozen ground and meltwater runoff; general observation data of hydrology, climatology, glaciers, and periglacial in Tianshan Glaciological Station, and the Qinghai-Xizang plateau comprehensive observation station, data of snow drifts and avalanches, engineering parameters for prevention of frost damage in a high cold region, etc. Glacier inventories of Qilian Shan, Altay Mountains, and Tianshan Mountains.
Website: http://card.westgis.ac.cn
WDC for Meteorology, Beijing
Current Name: National Meteorological Information Centre
Host organization: China Meteorological Administration
Data holdings: Data from Surface Meteorological Stations In China, T639 Model Products Of Global Medium Range Weather Prediction System, GRAPES_MESO NWP Products In China And Its Surrounding Regions, Data from Upper-Air Stations In China, Basic Radar Reflectivity, Vertically Accumulated Liquid Water Content, Data from Global Upper Air Stations, Composite Reflectivity" Website: https://data.cma.cn/en/?r=article/getLeft/id/348/keyIndex/2
WDC for Oceanography, Tianjin
Current name: WDC for Oceanography, Tianjin (WDS Regular Member)
Host organization: National Marine Data and Information ServiceData holdings: Data on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geosciences (including Geography), Zoology, Natural Sciences, Biology, and Life Sciences
Website: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010654
WDC for Renewable Resources
Current name: WDC for Renewable Resources and Environment (WDS Regular Member)
Host organization: Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Data holdings: Data of Population and Social Economy, Land Use and Land Cover, Loess Plateau Agroclimate, Loess Plateau Ecotope Data, Climate, Environment, Geographic, Nature Resources, Economic Resources, Disaster Risk Reduction, Earthquake, Flood Disaster, Meteorological Disaster, and Surface Temperature
Website: http://wdcrre.data.ac.cn/
WDC for Seismology, Beijing
Current Name: Data Management Centre of China National Seismic Network
Host Organization: China National Seismic Network, Data Management Centre of China National Seismic Network, Institute of Geophysics, CEA
Data holdings: Seismograms on microfilm from 24 seismic stations since 1979, Preliminary Seismological Report of Chinese Seismic Stations since 1979, Bulletin of seismological observations of Chinese stations, 1966-1990, Report of geomagnetic observations from 8 Chinese stations, starting dates are between 1950 and 1959, and Report of magnetic storms at 7 Chinese stations since 1979
Website: http://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/CB/
WDC for Space Sciences
Current name: National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) of China (WDS Regular Member)
Host organization: National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Data holdings: Space sciences, Astronomy, Space physics, Space weather, Planetary science, Geomagnetism, Cosmic ray, and Ionosphere
Website: https://www.nssdc.ac.cn/eng/index.html
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