new metadata for World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases

The World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG), operated by Japan
Meteorological Agency, has moved to new website
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/wdcgg/ effective 29th February 2012. So we've
re-generated WIS version metadata to reflect new URL structure. Now 1570
records are available.

You can browse list of records at GISC Tokyo:
http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/search.jsp?oai_provider=0&text=WDCGG

You can also use GISC's SRU interface. This example searches CO2 observation
in sub-sahara Africa:
http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/sru.jsp?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=CO2+and+geo.bounds+within%2Fpartial%2Fnwse+%2220+-20+-45+50%22

And the good news is we have fixed URL link in metadata records, so the
catalogue now links to real data for example
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/wdcgg/cgi-bin/wdcgg/accessdata.cgi?select=inventory&index=NMB123S00-NOAA

Metadata entry from Cambodia

On 22nd March, Department of Meteorology (DOM) of Cambodia has submitted an
metadata record describing their GTS bulletin SMKP01 VDPP.

http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/search.jsp?text=SMKP01VDPP

This is a great step!

take 2

this is a test of blog posting

metadata records for GRIB data at GISC Cache Tokyo

I'm now publishing metadata records for GRIB data in two-tier structure.

== Tier 1: Per-bulletin record

Example: http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/search.jsp?text=HVXO10RJTD

The record has two links in "identification info". One links to actual
data:

Example: http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/data/browse?Indicator=RJTD&LinkText=HVXO10

Another links to metadata of a product which the bulletin belongs to.

Example:
http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/search.jsp?text=GSM25X&keywords=GRIB+Aggregate

== Tier 2: Per-product record

Here I define "product" as a set of GRIB bulletins that share code-form,
model, resolution, and spatial area.

Example:
http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/meta/search.jsp?text=GSM25X&keywords=GRIB+Aggregate

This one links to actual data in the product.

Example:
http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/data/browse?Type=GRIB&Discipline=Global+Spectral+Model&Resolution=2.5+2.5&Area=90.0+0.0+0.0+357.5