Who's Who - Polar Acronyms

WDC for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou, is the main part of the World Data Centre. It is also one of the professional databases of Chinese scientific Database. The aims are the collection, saving, management and analysis on Chinese Cryosphere Database which includes the Polar Regions and high Asia Regions.

This data center also can promote the sharing of the cryosphere data in the earth science. It would contribute to the research of the global change, the protection of the cold and arid regions, the exploitation of the natural resource, the construction of the projects and the work to forefend and reduce the disaster.