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World Data Center‐A activities, 1978–1982
Author(s) -
Lander James F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg021i006p01539
Subject(s) - data center , center (category theory) , geography , meteorology , library science , political science , computer science , law , chemistry , crystallography
The year 1982 marks the 25‐year anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) as well as the birth of the World Data Center (WDC) system. The WDC's were created to provide access to the data generated by the IGY global program. Two “universal” WDC's with activities in all covered fields were created—WDC‐A in the United States and WDC‐B in the USSR. Other WDC's for individual disciplines were established in Europe and Japan as WDC‐C's where special centers of expertise existed.