Project Manager, ELOKA

B.S., University of Colorado, 1991

Specialties [top]

McNeave has been managing, preserving and supporting Arctic data and information at NSIDC since 1987. His background is in physical geography, Earth science data support, and data management.

Recent Highlights top]

Project manager and data set manager, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO 1987-present

Current Roles [top]

McNeave is responsible for development and implementation of the protocols and systems for archiving and distributing local and traditional climate and environmental knowledge, and community-based observation data for the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) program at NSIDC. ELOKA data management needs are driven by both indigenous and scientific community requirements.

Publications and Presentations [top]

Gearheard, S., McNeave, C. 2007. Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA). ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting.

McNeave, C. 2007. Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA). Hamlet of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada.

Dichtl, R., Hartman, M., McNeave, C., Sheffield, B., Webster, K. 2003. ARCSS Data Coordination Center at NSIDC. U.S. Arctic Research Journal 17, 79-86.

Dichtl, R., McNeave, C., Auerbach, N., Sheffield, B. 2003. Metadata, long-term archiving and Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center ADCC) management services. HARC Science Workshop, Seattle WA.

McNeave, C., Barry, R., 1999. The ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), USA: A data and information resource for Arctic and cryospheric studies. OAII All Hands Meeting, October 1999, Virginia Beach, VA.

McNeave, C., Cross, M., 1998. ADCC acquisition and data archival procedures. AGU Conference, December 1998, San Francisco, CA

Related Resources [top]

Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA)

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

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