World Data Centers (WDC)
in Russia and Ukraine are accepted as the Regular Members
of the World Data System (WDS), created through a decision of the 29th General
Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
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World Data System - new multidisciplinary structure of ICSU,
intended for the organization of new, coordinated, global approach to the scientific data
and information, guaranteeing the general-purpose equivalent access to qualitative
data and information for research, education and informed decision making.
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In 2008 World Data Centers in Russia and Ukraine have united in
the Russian-Ukrainian segment of the World Data System.
WDCs provide a free access of scientific organizations and scientists
to data of planetary geophysics and sustainable development.
Details of the WDCs in Russia and Ukraine are given on their Web-sites.
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Two Russian WDCs are the part of the
Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and situated in Moscow:
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Russian WDC Site for IPY
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WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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WDC for Solid Earth Physics
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Three WDCs in Russia carry out the activity, being a part of the
All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological
Information - World Data Center (RIHMI-WDC).
All these Centers are situated in Obninsk:
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WDC for Meteorology
WDC for Oceanography
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WDC for Rockets, Satellites and
 
Rotation of the Earth
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WDC in Ukraine is created in the structure of the
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the
National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnical Institute" in 2006.
This WDC is situated in Kiev:
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WDC for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development
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