DC3 Data Submission Instructions (Non-Aircraft)



The DC3 Data Archive contains a master list of all DC3 international data sets (with links) and has been compiled to provide easy access to all DC3 data sets (both operational and research). Data sets are grouped by platform and sorted by data type (i.e., aerosol, cloud properties, radar, satellite, etc.). This list will be updated frequently and is linked in the Data Access section of the DC3 Project Page. It is available directly at DC3 Data Archive. Please e-mail all corrections, additions, or deletions to the DC3 Data Archive list directly to Steve Williams.

If you already have your data sets available on-line, please provide the web link or FTP access information to NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL). Once your data set (with metadata) is available, a link will be provided from the DC3 Data Archive along with a submission date to track future data set upgrades or revisions (if needed).

Please submit both your data set(s) and accompanying metadata or documentation files to the DC3 Data Archive. Data set documentation guidelines are available by direct link here.  NCAR EOL has established an anonymous FTP to accept your DC3 data set(s).  To FTP data to the NCAR EOL DC3 anonymous FTP, please use the following instructions:


Once you have FTPed your data set to NCAR EOL, it is very important to send an e-mail to sfw at ucar.edu indicating that the data file(s) have been FTPed, along with the file(s) names, data contact information, any data restrictions, and appropriate file documentation (i.e., data formats, descriptions, acknowledgments, and metadata). Documentation files may be e-mailed to sfw at ucar.edu directly if preferred. If password protection is required for these data, please indicate this at the time of submission. You will receive a unique "user ID" and "password" that can be changed at any time upon request. For users without direct Internet access, or if your data set(s) are too large to FTP, you may send digital file(s) on magnetic or optical media (with documentation) by conventional mail to the EOL shipping address below.

Thank you very much for your assistance in providing final data to the DC3 archive. Feel free to contact us should you encounter any problems or have any questions.

Steve Williams
DC3 Data Manager

Steve Williams
NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL)

Telephone: (303)497-8164
Facsimile: (303)497-2044
Internet: sfw at ucar.edu

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, Colorado, USA 80307

Shipping Address:
3090 Center Green Drive
Boulder, Colorado, USA 80301