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Baltic Earth

7th Study Conference
on BALTEX
Öland, Sweden
10 - 14 June 2013

Conference on Climate Change in the Southern Baltic region
Szczecin, 12-15 May 2014

21st Century Challenges in Regional Climate Modelling
Lund, 16-19 June 2014

BACC II
Baltic-C
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AMBER

BALTEX Working Group on Data Management


Background
Meeting the scientific goals of BALTEX Phase II (see both the BALTEX Phase II Science and Implementation Plans) will require access to and exploration of data resources and products, which have so far not been dealt with in Phase I of the programme. This may include observational and model data, as well as derived products including model output.

Mission
The BALTEX Working Group on Data Management (BWGD) is established by and reports to the BALTEX Science Steering Group (BSSG). The primary objective of the BWGD is to assist the BSSG in the coordination and facilitation of all data management activities and issues between data providers, data centres and data users, relevant for the BALTEX programme. BWGD membership is envisaged to consist of representatives of data providers, data centres and data users in a balanced manner, and is at the same time expected to reflect the science disciplines contributing to BALTEX Phase II, as appropriate. The BWGD will normally conduct its activities by correspondence (in particular electronic mail); however, it will meet when required, at least annually.

Terms of Reference


Members of the Working Group on Data Management
(as of January 2008)
Michael Lautenschlager (Chair) World Data Center for Climate (WDCC), Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology Germany  
Franz Berger Deutscher Wetterdienst Germany  
Andreas Lehmann IFM-GEOMAR Germany  
Jörgen Nilsson Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Sweden  
Timo Vihma Finnish Meteorological Institute Finland  
Valeri S. Vuglinsky State Hydrological Institute Russia  

 

Terms of Reference of the BALTEX Working Group on Data Management (BWGD),
Revised on 24 April 2007 and approved at the BSSG Meeting #21, 3 June 2007

The BALTEX Working Group on Data Management (BWGD) was established by the BALTEX Science Steering Group (BSSG)

  • to serve as the principal advisory group in all matters pertaining to BALTEX data management activities and issues and the coordination and exchange of BALTEX data among data providers, data centres and data users;
  • to establish and periodically review both the terms of reference and the membership of the BWGD, to be finally approved by the BSSG;
  • to revise and propose updates of the BALTEX data policy including data exchange restrictions and access procedures, to be finally approved by the BSSG. Such propositions should be in compliance with regulations of major international relevant organisations such as WMO[1], ECOMET[2], and the EU directives;
  • to undertake appropriate action for the implementation and continuous monitoring of the BALTEX data policy;
  • to establish and maintain BALTEX data requirements for BALTEX research;
  • to facilitate the access to data for BALTEX researchers by
    • getting the BALTEX data policy known and accepted by data owners,
    • and establishing and maintaining an inventory of available and new data archives and data sources.
  • to develop and draft a BALTEX Data Management Plan to be finally approved by the BSSG;
  • to initiate the establishment of and continuously review a BALTEX data management WWW website, preferably linked to the BALTEX “homepage” on WWW. This website is expected to inform on relevant data management issues for BALTEX data providers, BALTEX Data Centres and archives, as well as BALTEX data users.

  • [1] WMO = World Meteorological Organization
    [2] ECOMET = The Economic Interest Grouping of the National Meteorological Services of the European Economic Area

Related links

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Meeting of the BALTEX Working Group on Data Management (BWGD)
at St. Petersburg,
6 December 2006
Presentations as PDF:
BALTEX Science, WCRP and BALTEX Phase II (Joakim Langner)
On international oceanographic data exchange and management (Hans Dahlin)
Data management (Baltic) - Large Marine Ecosystem View (Bärbel Müller-Karulis)
Environmental research and monitoring activities in the southeastern Baltic Sea (Marina Chestnova)
BALTEX Meteorological Data Centre: Status and Future (Michael Lautenschlager)
UNIDART - Uniform Data Request Interface (Michael Lautenschlager)


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