F. Toussaint (PIK, Potsdam), M. Lautenschlager (DKRZ, Hamburg), M. Reinke (AWI, Bremerhaven)

The CERA Database Structure

Requirements

• common, transparent access to (meta) data of all project partners

• high flexibility for all kinds of spatial data (model, station and other)

• open structure; as far as possible: simple structure

• compatibility to content standards (NASA-DIF, FGDC-CSDGM etc.) and functional standards (IEEE etc.)