InhaltsangabeESM Data Archives in times of the Grid.- Distributed archives, databases and data portals: The Scene.- Harvesting of Metadata with Open Access Tools.- Data Discovery: Identifying, Searching and Finding Data.- User Driven Data Access Mechanisms.- Collaborative Climate Community Data and Processing Grid - C3Grid: Workflows for data selection, pre- and post-processing in a distributed environment.- Earth System Grid Federation: Federated and Integrated Climate Data from Multiple Sources.- Future Perspectives.