The SOOS Data Management Sub-Committee (DMSC) advises the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee on the most cost effective collaborative mechanisms for managing and publishing data from Southern Ocean observation projects.
The specific objectives of the DMSC are to:
For more information, download the DMSC Governance and Terms of Reference.
Current Members
The DMSC comprises members who have professional data management expertise and who are affiliated with international and national data centres, networks and scientific data programmes.
Name | Affiliation |
Steve Diggs (co-chair) | Data Manager, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Joana Beja (co-chair) | Data Scientist, British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Mathieu Belbeoch | JCOMMOPS |
Taco de Bruin | Scientific Data Manager, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
Kenneth Casey | Technical Director, National Centers for Environmental Information |
James Cusick | Australian Antarctic Data Centre |
Bruno Danis | Scientific Coordinator, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
Florence Fetterer | NOAA Liaison, National Snow and Ice Data Center |
Alexander Kozyr | NCEI Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) |
Michael Morahan | NASA Global Change Master Directory |
Benjamin Pfeil | Scientific Data Manager, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
Roger Proctor | Director, Australian Integrated Marine Observing System e-marine Information Infrastructure |
Scott Ritz | NASA Global Change Master Directory |
Stefanie Schumacher | Data Librarian, Alfred Wegener Institute |
Petra Ten Hoopen | Data Manager, British Antarctic Survey |
Anton Van De Putte | Director, Biodiversity.aq |
Lizong Wu | Data Coordinator, Chinese National Antarctic and Arctic Data Centre |
Melissa Zweng | Data manager, National Centers for Environmental Information |