Published August 10, 2023 | Version v1
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Smart Ocean: Metadata and data formats for oceanographic and acoustic data products from field experiments in Bjørnafjorden and Langenuen

Description

This report describes the delivery chain for ocean mooring and vessel mounted observing platforms used to collect, generate, and publish oceanographic and acoustic data products in the Smart Ocean project. Focus is on the steps in the delivery chain where metadata is compiled, data is formatted using standard formats and published in the Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMDC). A PDF template has been created to enable easy registration of metadata, before applying open-source tools such as Rosetta and Thredds Data Server to support data formatting and publishing. Each data product is assigned a unique identifier, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which enables data consumers to cite the use of data products in presentations, papers, and services. With continued and increasing amounts of data from fields campaigns that are planned in the Smart Ocean and other research projects, it is important to operationalise the delivery chain. This entails using and as needed customising the metadata template described in this report, further enhancing Rosetta and associated tools for metadata generation and validation, as well as automating the publication process in Thredds for NMDC. Assignment of DOIs from NMDC will ensure that all data products can be cited. Furthermore, using the metadata template will make sure all staff involved in the delivery chain will be acknowledged along with research projects and funding bodies that have supported data collection, processing, quality control, formatting and publication.

Files

NERSC_TechRep_429_SmartOcean_CTD_Metadata_Data_Formats_August2023_v2.pdf

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Funding

European Commission
INTAROS - Integrated Arctic observation system 727890
European Commission
CAPARDUS - Capacity-building in Arctic standardisation development 869673
The Research Council of Norway
SFI Smart Ocean 309612