InhaltsangabeForeword. 1. Introduction; M. Lautenschlager, M. Reinke. 2. Concept of the Climate Database System at the DKRZ; M. Lautenschlager. 3. The Evolution of a Space-/Earth-Science-Information System and its Directory Interchange Format; H. Schroeter, L. Olsen. 4. The CERA Data Model; I. Jessel. 5. The Climate Information System KLIS at the DWD; J. Behrendt, S. Rösner. 6. A Database Design and Implementation for Scientific Data Related to the MIPAS-Balloon-Spectrometer; O. Trieschmann, et al. 7. MIDAS - the UK Met Office Project to Replace its Climate Data Banks; J. Ward, P. Cowley. 8. The International Paleoclimate Database (PKDB); I. Lentner. 9. WATIS - The Wadden Sea Information System Experience from an Operational System; H.L. Krasemann, R. Riethmüller. 10. The Realization of a Climate Database for the Swiss Meteorological Institute; G. Haller, et al. 11. The Meteorological Information System at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute; G. König-Langlo, B. Marx. 12. Providing Map-Driven Database Access via the World Wide Web; B. Marx, et al. 13. A Distributed Administration System for Ocean Simulation Data; C. Dodge, et al. 14. SEPAN - Sediment and Paleoclimate Data Network; M. Diepenbroek, et al. 15. New Dimensions in Relational Database Technology for Spatial Data Management; H. Viehmann, et al. 16. EMPRESS MET: The Meteorological Database Management System Current and Future Development; Njai Wong. 17. Multi-Terabyte SMP Data Warehouse: The Cray CS6400/Oracle 7 Solution; B. Carlile.18. Polar Data Directory Systems; M. Reinke, B. Marx.