Abstract

In January 2010 the Centre for Environmental Data Archival (CEDA)‘s user communities of the NERC Earth Observation and British Atmospheric data centres (NEODC and BADC respectively) were surveyed as part of a joint RIN-JISC survey examining the “Benefits of research data centres”. The results indicate there are little difference between the BADC and NEODC user communities and that overall CEDA is highly regarded in the way it supports research through financial and time efficiencies in data acquisition for research. The data collected were reported as part of the larger RIN-JISC study : "Data centres: their use, value and impact" (see http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/data-management-and-curation/benefits-research-data-centres), but also provide a useful evidence base for CEDA to ensure future data archive provision continues to meet the requirements of the research community.