Airglow

Dr. Takashi Sakurai, Director

WDC for Airglow

National Astronomical Observatory

Mitaka Tokyo 181-8588

JAPAN

Tel: +81 422 34 3716

Fax: +81 422 34 3700

E-mail: sakurai@solar.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Astronomy

Prof. ZHAO Yongheng, Director

WDC for Astronomy

Beijing Astronomical Observatory

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, 100080

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 648 77 301

Fax: +86 10 648 78 240

E-mail: yzhao@lamost.bao.ac.cn

Atmospheric Trace Gases

Mr. Thomas Boden, Director

WDC for Atmospheric Trace Gases

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P.O. Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335

USA

Tel: +1 423 241 4842

Fax: +1 423 574 2232

E-mail: tab@oml.gov

Aurora

Prof. Masaki Ejiri, Director

Mr. Akira Kadokura, Acting Manager

WDC for Aurora

National Institute of Polar Research

Kaga 1-9-10, Itabashi-ku

Tokyo, 173-8515

JAPAN

Tel: +81 3 3962 6482

Fax: +81 3 3962 6482

E-mail: kadokura@nipr.ac.jp

Cosmic Rays

Prof. Y. Muraki, Director

Dr. Takashi Watanabe, Managing Director

WDC for Cosmic Rays

Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory

Toyokawa 442

JAPAN

Tel: +81 292 28 8399

Fax: +81 292 28 8405

E-mail: muraki@stelab.nayoya-u.ac.jp

watanabe@env.sci.ibaraki .ac.jp

Earth Tides

Dr. Bernard Ducarme, Director

WDC for Earth Tides

Observatoire Royal de Belgique

Avenue Circulaire 3

Brussels, B-1180

BELGIUM

Tel: +32 2 373 0248

Fax: +32 2 374 9822

E-mail: bernard@oma.be

Geology

Prof. WANG Anjian, Director

Mr. Dai Aide, Vice Director

WDC for Geology

Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

Ministry of Geology and Minerology

26 Baiwanzhuang Road

Beijing, 100037

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 689 92 604

Fax: +86 10 689 92 604

E-mail: daiad@wdcdgdc.org

office@wdcdgdc.org

Geomagnetism

Ole Rasmussen, Director

WDC for Geomagnetism, Copenhagen

Lyngbyvej100

DK-2100, Copenhagen

DENMARK

Tel: +45 39 157475

Fax: +45 39 157460

E-mail: or@dmi.dk

Dr. David Kerridge, Director

WDC for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh

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British Geological Survey

Murchison House, West Mains Road

Edinburgh, EH9 3LA

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 131 650 0220

Fax: +44 131 667 1877

E-mail: d.kerridge@bgs.ac.uk

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Dr. Tohru Araki, Director

Dr. Toshihiko Iyemori. Acting Manager

WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

Data Analysis Centre for Geomagnetism and

Spacemagnetism

Graduate School of Science

Kyoto University

Kyoto, 606-8502

JAPAN

Tel: +81 75 753 3951, +81 75 753 3929

Fax: +81 75 722 7884

E-mail: araki@kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp

iyemori@kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Prof. Gurbax Singh Lakhina, Director

WDC for Geomagnetism, Mumbai

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

Colaba, Mumbai 400 005

INDIA

Tel: +91 22 215 0293

Fax: +91 22 218 9568

E-mail: lakhina@iig.iigm.res.in

Glaciology

Dr. Roger G. Barry, Director

WDC for Glaciology, Boulder

CIRES, Campus Box 449

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO 80309

USA

Tel: +1 303 492 5488

Fax: +1 303 492 2468

E-mail: rbarry@kryos.colorado.edu

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Ms. Sally Stonehouse, Manager

WDC for Glaciology, Cambridge

Scott Polar Research Institute

Lensfield Road

Cambridge, CB2 1ER

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 1223 336565

Fax: +44 1223 336549

E-mail: ss10003@cam.ac.uk

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Prof. CHENG Guodong, Director

WDC for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou

Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology & Geocryology

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Lanzhou, 730000

CHINA

Tel: +86 931 882 2818

Fax: +86 931 888 5241

E-mail: gdcheng@ns.lzb.ac.cn

Human Interactions in the Environment

Dr. Roberta Balstad Miller. Director

WDC for Human Interactions in the

Environment

CIESIN/Columbia University

P.O. Box 1000

61 Rt 9W

Palisades, NY 10964

USA

Tel: +1 914 365 8988

Fax: +1 914 365 8922

E-mail: roberta.miller@ciesin.org

Ionosphere

Dr. Katsuhide Marubashi, Director

Mr. Kiyoshi Igarashi, Acting Manager

WDC for Ionosphere

Communications Research Laboratory

4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi

Koganei-shi

Tokyo, 184-8795

JAPAN

Tel: +81 423 27 7529

Fax: +81 423 27 6677

E-mail: kmaru@crl.go.jp

igarashi@crl.go.jp

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Dr. George Sharman, Acting Director

WDC for Marine Geology & Geophysics,

Boulder

NOAA Code E/GC3

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80303-3328

USA

Tel: +1 303 497 6345

Fax: +1 303 497 6513

E-mail: gsharman@ngdc.noaa.gov

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Valeri S. Shcherbakov, Director

WDC for Marine Geology & Geophysics,

Moscow

GlavNIVC MNR RF

32A, Marshal Tukhachevski Street

Moscow, 123585

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 095 1 92 8018

Fax: +7 095 192 9698

E-mail: vshcher@gbdgi.ru

Meteorology

Mr. August L. Shumbera, Director

WDC for Meteorology, Asheville

National Climatic Data Center

151 Patton Avenue

Asheville, NC 28801-5001

USA

Tel: +1 828 271 4445

Fax: +1 828 271 4246

E-mail: gshumber@ncdc.noaa.gov

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Prof. QIU Guoqing, Director

WDC for Meteorology, Beijing

National Meteorological Center

46 Baishiqiao Road

Beijing, 100081

CHINA,

Tel: +86 10 684 06 114

Fax: +86 10 621 75 930

E-mail: bj3@rays.cma.gov.cn

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Dr. Marsel Z. Shaimardonov, Director

WDC for Meteorology, Obninsk

All-Russian Research Institute of

Hydrometeorological Information

6 Korolev Str

Obninsk

Kaluga Reg., 249020

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 08439 25 181

Fax: +7 095 255 2225

E-mail: marsel@meteo.ru

Nuclear Radiation

Dr. Osamu Uchino, Director

Koji Kawashima, Acting Manager

WDC for Nuclear Radiation

Atmospheric Environment Division

Japan Meteorological Agency

1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo, 100-8122

JAPAN

Tel: +81 3 3212 8341

Fax: +81 3 3211 4640

E-mail: ouchino@met.kishou.go.jp

Oceanography

Dr. Vyacheslav I . Smirnov, Director

WDC for Oceanography, Obninsk

All-Russian Research Institute of

Hydrometeorological Information

6 Korolev Str

Obninsk

Kaluga Reg., 249020

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 08439 25 925

Fax: +7 095 255 2225

E-mail: wdcb@meteo.ru

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Mr. Sydney Levitus, Director

WDC for Oceanography, Silver Spring

NOAA/NODC, E/OC5

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring, MD 209 10-3282

USA

Tel: +1 301 713 3294

Fax: +1 301 713 3303

E-mail: slevitus@nodc.noaa.gov

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Prof. HOU Wenfeng, Director

WDC for Oceanography, Tianjin

National Marine Data & Information Service

State Oceanic Administration

93 Liu Wei Road, Hedong District

Tianjin, 300 171

CHINA

Tel: +86 22 243 01 292

Fax: +86 22 243 04 408

E-mail: houwf@netra.nmdis.gov.cn

Paleoclimatology

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, Director

WDC for Paleoclimatology

NOAA/NGDC Code E/GC3

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80303

USA

Tel: +1 303 497 6172

Fax: +1 303 497 6513

E-mail: jto@luna.ngdc.noaa.gov

Recent Crustal Movements

Dr. Jaroslav Simek, Director

WDC for Recent Crustal Movements

Geodetic Observatory Pecny

Ondrejov 244

CZ-251 65

CZECH REPUBLIC

Tel: +42 204 649 235

Fax: +42 204 649 236

E-mail: gope@asu.cas.cz

Remotely Sensed Land Data

Dr. William C. Draeger, Director

WDC for Remotely Sensed Land Data

U.S. Geological Survey

EROS Data Center

Sioux Falls, SD 57198

USA

Tel: +1 605 594 6141

Fax: +1 605 594 6154

E-mail: draeger@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Renewable Resources and Environment

Prof. SUN Jiulin, Director

WDC for Renewable Resources & Environment

Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural

Resources

Chinese Academy of Sciences

P.O. Box 9717

Beijing, 100101

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 648 89 266

Fax: +86 10 649 14 230

E-mail: sunjl@cern.ac.cn

Rockets and Satellites

Dr. Joseph H. King, Director

WDC for Rockets and Satellites, Greenbelt

NSSDC Code 633

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD 20771

USA

Tel: +1 301 286 7355

Fax: +1 301 286 1771

E-mail: king@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Dr. Alex M. Sterin, Director

WDC for Rockets and Satellites, Obninsk

All-Russian Research Institute of

Hydrometeorological Information

6 Korolev Str

Obninsk

Kaluga Reg., 249020

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 08439 74 658, +7 095 255 2012

Fax: +7 095 255 2225

E-mail: sterin@meteo.ru

Rotation of the Earth

Dr. Nikolai P. Kovalev, Director

WDC for Rotation of the Earth, Obninsk

All-Russian Research Institute of

Hydrometeorological Information

World Data Centre (RIHMI-WDC)

6 Korolev Str

Obninsk, Kaluga Reg., 249020

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 095 255 2194

Fax: +7 095 255 2194

E-mail: kovalev@meteo.ru

Ms. Merri Sue Carter, Director

WDC for Rotation of the Earth, Washington

U.S. Naval Observatory

Washington, DC 20392-5100

USA

Tel: +1 202 762 1434

Fax: +1 202 762 1563

E-mail: msc@maia.usno.navy.mil

Seismology

Stuart Sipkin

WDC for Seismology, Denver

U.S. Geological Survey

Denver Federal Center MS 967

P.O. Box 25046

Denver, CO 80225-0046

USA

Tel: +1 303 273 8415

Fax: +1 303 273 8450

E-mail: sipkin@usgs.gov

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Prof. ZHAO Zhonghe, Director

WDC for Seismology, Beijing

National Center of Seismic Data & Information

State Seismological Bureau

56 Sanlihe Road

P.O. Box 2141

Beijing, 100045

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 685 23 455

Fax: +86 10 685 30 226

E-mail: zhzhao@wdcds.csdi.ac.cn

Soils

Dr. L. Roel Oldeman, Director

WDC for Soils

Intl Soil Reference and Information Centre

P.O. Box 353

6700 AJ Wageningen

THE NETHERLANDS

Tel: +31 317 471715

Fax: +31 317 471700

E-mail: soil@isric.nl

Solar Activity

Dr. Pierre Lantos, Co-Director

Dr. Nicole Mein, Co-Director

WDC for Solar Activity

Observatoire de Meudon

5 place Janssen

92195 Meudon Cedex

FRANCE

Tel: +33 1 45 07 7767, +33 1 4507 7801

Fax: +33 1 45 07 7959

E-mail: Pierre.Lantos@obspm.fr

Solar Radio Emissions

Assoc. Prof. Kiyoto Shibasaki, Director

WDC for Solar Radio Emissions

Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory

National Astronomical Observatory

Minamimaki, Minamisaku

Nagano, 384- 1305

JAPAN

Tel: +81 267 98 4488

Fax: +81 267 98 2506

E-mail: shibasaki@nro.nao.acjp

Solar Terrestrial Physics

Dr. Herbert W. Kroehl, Director

WDC for Solar Terrestrial Physics, Boulder

NOAA/NGDC E/GC2

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80303

USA

Tel: +1 303 497 6323

Fax: +1 303 497 6513

E-mail: hkroehl@ngdc.noaa.gov

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Dr. Michael Lockwood, Director

WDC for Solar Terrestrial Physics, Didcot

Rutherford Appleton Lab

Chilton

Didcot Oxon, OX11 0QX

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 1235 446579

Fax: +44 1235 445848

E-mail: m.wild@rl.ac.uk

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Dr. Evgeny P. Kharin, Director

WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Moscow Molodezhnaya 3

Moscow, 117296

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 095 930 5619

Fax: +7 095 930 5509

E-mail: kharin@wdcb.rssi.ru

Solid Earth Geophysics

Prof. TANG Keyun, Director

WDC for Geophysics, Beijing

Institute of Geophysics

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, 100101

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 648 89 031

Fax: +86 10 648 71 995

E-mail: kytang@mail.c-geos.ac.cn

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Mr. Allen M. Hittelman, Director

WDC for Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder

NOAA/NCDC E/GC1

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80303

USA

Tel: +1 303 497 6591

Fax: +1 303 497 6513

E-mail: ahittelman@ngdc.noaa.gov

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Dr. Natalia A. Sergeyeva, Director

WDC for Solid Earth Physics, Moscow

Molodezhnaya 3

Moscow, 117296

RUSSIA

Tel: +7 095 930 1762

Fax: +7 095 930 5509

E-mail: nata@wdcb.rssi.ru

Space Science

Prof. YE Zonghai, Director

WDC for Space Science

Chinese Academy of Sciences

P.O. Box 8701

Beijing, 100080

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 625 82 852

Fax: +86 10 625 42 551

E-mail: zhye@earth.sepc.ac.cn

Space Science Satellites

Dr. Iku Shinohara, Director

WDC for Space Science Satellites

Institute of Space & Astronautical Science

3-1-1Yoshinodai

Sagamihara

Kanagawa, 229-8510

JAPAN

Tel: +81 427 59 8404

Fax: +81 427 59 8440

E-mail: iku@stp.isas.ac.jp

Sunspot Index

Dr. Pierre Cugnon, Director

WDC for Sunspot Index

Observatoire Royal de Belgique

3 Avenue Circulaire

Brussels, B-1180

BELGIUM

Tel: +32 2 373 0276

Fax: +32 2 373 0224

E-mail: pierre.cugnon@oma.be

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WDC COORDINATION OFFICES

Dr. Anne M. Linn, Director

WDC Coordination Office, USA

National Research Council, HA 372

2101 Constitution Ave.

Washington, DC 20418

USA

Tel: +1 202 334 2744

Fax: +1 202 334 1377

E-mail: alinn@nas.edu

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Prof. CHEN Panqin, Director

Ms. Guo Yaxi, Vice Director

WDC Coordination Office, China

Bureau of Science and Technology for

Resources and Environment

Chinese Academy of Sciences

52 Sanlihe Road

Beijing, 1000864

CHINA

Tel: +86 10 685 97 546

Fax: +86 10 685 97 552

E-mail: pqchen@office.cashq.ac.cn

yxguo@rose.cashq.ac.cn

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Geology

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Glaciology

Human Interactions in the Environment

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Meteorology

Nuclear Radiation

Oceanography

Paleoclimatology

Recent Crustal Movements

Remotely Sensed Land Data

Renewable Resources and Environment

Rockets and Satellites

Rotation of the Earth

Seismology

Soils

Solar Activity

Solar Radio Emissions

Solar Terrestrial Physics

Solid Earth Geophysics

Space Science

Space Science Satellites

Sunspot Index

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