Data Management Katharine Woodard National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

 Others should be able to interpret the data no matter the time period (i.e. 5, 10, 75 years later; everything should be clear)  All variables should be defined  Verify that units (including standard units and time zones), location ids (latitude, longitude of stations), and other information are easily located Think of other people reading your data

 Problems usually arise, not with the quality of the scientific measurements or observations, but with the organization of the data  Examples include: omitted critical information (location, depth, date/time, etc.); inconsistencies within formats; untranslated codes; or "hidden" characters; incompatible record lengths; etc. Problems

 All of this is easy and quick!  Also easily forgotten about once busy on a project  Take the time to set up a spreadsheet prior to gathering data (or use a NODC template;  Look it over during data collection and after data collection has ceased Common Sense

 Data can be sent to NODC to be published in the National Archive  Can send via attachment to or to me at  Can also FTP larger files or send them physically   Be sure to so they know to look for your  Use Send2NCEI (S2N)  Sending Data to NODC

 Once published, you will be notified  You can find your data by searching in:    NODC Geoportal  Finding Your Data

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 NODC Template   NODC Submitting Data   Send2NCEI   addresses  Resources

 Finding Data    Resources

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