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of access rights, editing of the data and the export of data as text files or graphics.
It is the policy of PAGES (Past Global Changes)
to encourage scientists to participate in international
data banks. Thus besides PANGAEA there are
other sources for proxy data available on the
Internet. The major source for data from paleoclimatic research is the World Data Center-A for
Paleoclimatology (WDC-A), established in 1992
(Webb et al. 1994). The WDC-A is located at the
US. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, Colorado and
is working with the IGBPIP AGES to coordinate a
science-driven management system for the acquisition and distribution of all types of paleoenvironmental data. A first step in this process is
to ensure that all published data are archived in a
digital format and are available to the community.
Data submitted to the center are organized
on a ftp-server and are distributed via
magnetic tape and on-line access via Internet
(http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html). The
most important proxy data available from the
WDC-A are also accessible through PANGAEA
as well as all data published in tables in the Journal
' Paleoceanography ' or on the ftp-server of the
AGU (American Geophysical Union).
Network Concept, Hardware and Software
PANGAEA uses client/server technology via the
Internet to communicate between working groups
(Fig. 3). The SQL-server (standard query language), running the database management software, is located in the computer center ofthe A WI
and is connected through the Internet with the suh-
Diepenbroek et al.
Ge06 1 006-3.26
Principo/ inl'estigotor
GeoB
R.lph Sehnfldor
Rol"erenco
Ise. 3urface te mperature, annu81 mea n
·C
Sehnf>idf>r I R R, MUll .. , I P J & Ruhland, 0 (1"~) l,.t ..
Qult.rnll""lJ surf~ cir"cul~tion in tM ... st-'quatoril. South
Atlantic : .vidMc. from alktnonf su surfact t.mptratu,..s,
Pal..oe.anograpIMJ , 10, 191-219p
Group Paleoclimate data
----T~pe I numtrlc I Statu. I pUbli,hfd
Method
Comm.nt
calculated from Uk37 (Prahl et 01 ., 1988)
Input dat.
Lut upd.te
Nov 519'36 6 :18PM
Stltus V.alUf
Data points
I
~
Dopth, .edimont (m) I 50, .urf,ce temperature , onnuol mean (1538)
0 .02999
25 .50
~
0.23000
25.60
0 .43000
25.60
0 .62999
25.70
0 .8299'3
24.40
0 .98000
25.10
~
1.12999
24 .80
~ I
I ~
De l ete
U Cll n cel ij
SlI y e
Fig. 2. The DATA level of PANGAEA provides the user with the analytical data of a selected data set in combination with all related meta-information necessary for understanding the data. The window also allows the defmition
of access rights, editing of the data and the export of data as text files or graphics.
It is the policy of PAGES (Past Global Changes)
to encourage scientists to participate in international
data banks. Thus besides PANGAEA there are
other sources for proxy data available on the
Internet. The major source for data from paleoclimatic research is the World Data Center-A for
Paleoclimatology (WDC-A), established in 1992
(Webb et al. 1994). The WDC-A is located at the
US. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, Colorado and
is working with the IGBPIP AGES to coordinate a
science-driven management system for the acquisition and distribution of all types of paleoenvironmental data. A first step in this process is
to ensure that all published data are archived in a
digital format and are available to the community.
Data submitted to the center are organized
on a ftp-server and are distributed via
magnetic tape and on-line access via Internet
(http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html). The
most important proxy data available from the
WDC-A are also accessible through PANGAEA
as well as all data published in tables in the Journal
' Paleoceanography ' or on the ftp-server of the
AGU (American Geophysical Union).
Network Concept, Hardware and Software
PANGAEA uses client/server technology via the
Internet to communicate between working groups
(Fig. 3). The SQL-server (standard query language), running the database management software, is located in the computer center ofthe A WI
and is connected through the Internet with the suh-