The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory’s (CISL) Data Engineering & Curation Section (DECS) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) maintains the Research Data Archive (RDA) to support Atmospheric and related Geosciences research. The RDA is developed to serve the research needs at NCAR and in the associated University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) community, However, since the RDA is an open resource, the global community also frequently accesses it. The RDA provides a rich information resource through a large and growing collection of data sets that support scientific studies in climate, weather, and Earth System modeling. To meet research community needs, the RDA continuously adds new and augments existing data content. Additionally, the RDA strives to minimize the researchers’ data work burdens by hosting the needed reference data sets with added personal consulting services.