WDS and NGDC


WDS and NGDC :

International Council of Science (ICSU) World Data System was created through a decision of the General Assembly of the ICSU in its 29th Session in 2008. WDS builds on the 50-year legacy of the ICSU World data Centre (WDC) system. WDS promotes disciplinary and multidisciplinary applications with a broader disciplinary and geographic base build on the potential offered by advanced interconnections between data management components. At the moment, includes 49 Member organizations. NOAA''s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) operates a collocated World Data Service for Geophysics which includes the Marine Geology and Geophysics Division that manages global geophysical, sea floor, and natural hazards data, including tsunamis. These data cover time scales ranging from seconds to millennia and they provide baseline information for research in many disciplines

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