Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data

The committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data (CGED) was established in 1967 to provide oversight to the U.S. portion of the World Data Center (WDC) System. Although that function is maintained today, the committee has the broader role of organizing and overseeing studies that provide advice to federal agencies and data centers on a wide variety of national and international data management issues and policies. Members of the committee are selected to represent the research areas of atmospheric, ocean, land, solid earth, and computer science, but all collect, manage, or use large amounts of data.