FAIRsharing record for: World Data Center for Climate at DRKZ

This FAIRsharing record describes: The World Data Center Climate (WDCC) at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH) is part of an international effort to set up domain specific data portals as a service for the scientific community. The WDCC provides a long-term archiving service for large climate or Earth System research data sets. This service includes archiving and retrieval capability of data for time periods of 10 years or longer. The WDCC focuses on climate and climate-related data products, specifically those resulting from climate simulations. Metadata and research data in WDCC is curated in collaboration with the data providers. Data in WDCC is citable and can be directly integrated into scientific publications.