Data Management in the U.S. GLOBEC ProgramSCOR/IGBP Meeting on Data Management for Marine Research Projects Robert C. Groman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 8 – 10 December 2003 Click here for PowerPoint version.
Data Management in the U.S. GLOBEC Program
SCOR/IGBP Meeting on Data Management for Marine Research Projects Robert C. Groman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 8 – 10 December 2003 Click here for PowerPoint version.
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U.S. GLOBEC: Goal
To understand the population dynamics. Ultimately want to be able to predict changes in distribution and abundance of key species as a result of changes in the physical and biotic environment, such as from climate change.
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Three U.S. Programs
Georges Bank – field program started in 1995 with some cruises earlier; field program ended in 1999. Northeast Pacific – field program started in 2000. Gulf of Alaska too. Southern Ocean – field program started in 2001 and ended in 2003.
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Georges Bank Study Area
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Northeast Pacific Study Area
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Southern Ocean Study Area
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Project Components
Field program: Georges Bank project completed 120 cruises with 360 days at sea. Laboratory experiments Retrospective studies Analysis and synthesis
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Georges Bank Data
120 Cruises in inventory 11Cruise reports printed 56 Cruise reports on-line Data objects on-line: See web site Missing data: Zooplankton counts VPR data Acoustics data Mooring data
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Northeast Pacific/CGOA
Coastal Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) 35 Cruise reports on-line; 16 will be on-line soon; 36 to come later 35 Event logs on-line 11 from LTOP cruises [2missing] from Haldorson Trawling cruises [8 missing] 10 from Process/Survey cruises [5 missing] 5 from SECM cruises (via on-line report) [10 missing]
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Northeast Pacific/CCS
California Current System (CCS) 46 Cruise reports on-line; 2 more in the works 47 Event logs on-line 36 from CCS - LTOP cruises (via on-line report) 11 from CCS – Process/Other cruises
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Northeast Pacific Summary
Available on-line data include CTD, SST, alongtrack, bottle, SeaSoar, nutrients, pigments, and event logs. Data soon to be added include CTD, nutrients, and zooplankton.
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Southern Ocean
11 Cruises in inventory 11 Cruise reports on-line 11 Event logs on-line 110 data objects on-line, locally or linked remotely, including: Ice core and water column bacteria studies Bird studies BIOMAPERII Chlorophyll, irradiance and productivity studies MOCNESS CTD data Nutrient data Sea ice data Whale sonobuoy data 120 kHz acoustic backscattering data ADCP data Alongtrack data Seal tracking and biology Bathymetry
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Southern Ocean Data in the Works
IWC Whale data CTD rosette data MOC1/MOC10/net collection data XCTD/XBT data Penguin studies (exists on SO GLOBEC website) ROV data Mooring data
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Data Policy
Dissemination of data to scientific investigators and others on a timely basis Make available when useful (not necessarily only when finalized) Serve data and information, such as reports, papers, and other program documentation
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Data Characteristics and Distribution Approach
Data from many, distributed, researchers (greater than 100 contributors) Open access – read only by everyone Restricted access supported, but rarely used Quality control is contributors’ responsibility and on-going Emphasis on access to data and information as early as possible Data sets most useful when used with other data
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Data Acknowledgement Policy
Any person making substantial use of a data set must communicate with the investigator(s) who acquired the data prior to publication and anticipate that the data collector(s) will be co-author(s) of published results. This extends to model results and to data organized for retrospective studies. See on-line policy statement
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Data are accessed from the U.S. GLOBEC Data Server, http://globec.whoi.edu.
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