CONSORTIA/INSTITUTIONS
type: Concept

PANGAEA
type: Concept
in scheme: providers
definition: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science is a public data library for science aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing georeferenced data with special emphasis on environmental, marine and geological basic research. Data can be retrieved by the search engine PangaVista or through links on web pages. The Advanced Retrieval Tool (ART) is designed for data mining and to retrieve and download individually configured data sets. Most of the data are freely available and can be used by referencing the related publication. In case a login is required, the data description includes the principle investigator (PI) for contact. PANGAEA is open to any project or scientist to archive and publish data. Website: http://www.pangaea.de/