A forwarded message from a colleague not subscribed to ISOGEOCHEM. Please reply to the contact address below. Thanks Iain ----- Original Message ----- =================================================================== The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Metadata Management System (MDMS) ==================================================================== The BAS MDMS is maintained by the Antarctic Environmental Data Centre (AEDC), the designated repository of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for UK Antarctic data. All aspects of Antarctic science are represented in the system, including: * Ice bed topography * Long-term ozone monitoring records * Sedimentary records from Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic lakes * Long-term meteorological records * Climate models * Ice-core records * Physical and biological oceanography * Mapping, GIS and GPS data * Atmospheric chemistry The MDMS boasts: * Simple free-text searches * Advanced free-text, geographical and date-range searches * Gazeteer of Antarctic place names * Comprehensive on-line help The MDMS now contains several hundred publicly-available metadata records which can be accessed from http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk:8000/query/ For further information, consult the sources below or email Adam Gardner ([log in to unmask]) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum system requirements: Java enabled web browser (e.g. Netscape 3.0, IE 4.0) AEDC: http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/aedc/ MDMS: http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk:8000/query/ NERC: http://www.nerc.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Adam Gardner AEDC British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE CB3 0ET, U.K. +44 (0)1223 221595 [log in to unmask]