Data and software from NSF Arctic research
News: Arctic Data Center Funded for 5 More Years.
In the next five years, the Center will increase capacity to support big data from satellites, remotely operated aircraft, and sensor networks. “Our next phase of operations will be exciting as we engage with researchers earlier in their research cycle” says Matthew Jones, PI for the award and Director of Informatics Research at NCEAS. “Through training, direct support, and a variety of new data management services such as tools for assessing data quality and sharing interactive data visualizations within research groups before the data are published, the Arctic Data Center will facilitate collaboration for lab and field groups, while also improving reproducibility across Arctic research.”
Read the full press release – Sustaining the Arctic Data Center Enables Research Advances Using Open Data – below!
New Service: Portals
Create a custom, branded portal for your research topic or lab group that spans datasets in the Arctic Data Center – available for all users. Branded portals provide a convenient, readily customized way to communicate your science, your team, your data, and related data from within the Arctic Data Center.
Use a portal as a lab website or a project landing page with custom colors and branding. Pick datasets, add and reorder pages, and upload images in minutes with the easy-to-use online portal editor – get started today.
- New Dataset Versioning Features to Support Reproducible Research July 15, 2026 - We’re excited to announce a new release of the Arctic Data Center’s software platform (Metacat UI 2.37.0), with powerful new ways to explore datasets and create richer data portal experiences. This release presents improvements to dataset version history, interactive mapping capabilities, and overall usability. Explore the Complete Version History of a Dataset Research datasets often evolve over time as new information becomes available, corrections are made, or additional analyses are completed. Understanding those changes and identifying the exact version of a dataset used in an analysis are essential for reproducible research. One feature of the Arctic Data Center that often… ... Read more »
Features of the NSF Arctic Data Center
Fast, online data set submission down to the detail you need
Upload software, scientific analysis code, and data in any format.
View usage statistics of your data and a summary of your contributions
Login with your ORCID account
Why ORCID?
ORCID identifiers enable researchers to cross link across different types of research products (data, publications etc.) to create unique profiles showcasing their work. Data are valuable research products and we believe researchers should get credit for publication of data sets. By integrating ORCIDs with the NSF Arctic Data Center, researchers will be more able to showcase their work and receive credit.
Mint DOIs for your data sets to use in publications and across the web
Once data have been submitted to the Arctic Data Center, our metadata staff will review and provide suggestions for improvement, and, once everything is set, we will make the data publicly accessible and publish it with a DOI. This will allow you and other researchers to cite the data set directly in NSF reports, publications, and other venues. The DOI is registered with DataCite using the EZID service, and will be discoverable through multiple data citation networks, including DataONE and others.
Fast, easy discovery with spatial tools
