Data standardisation
In the wake of new evaluation methods and the use of AI in science, it is necessary to make data and associated metadata information available in a harmonised and machine-readable form. Among other things, documentation of data quality is essential in this regard.
Within the Underway Research Data project, the working groups are therefore working not only on uniform data preparation and standardised quality controls, but also on harmonising metadata and optimising its provision in order to make it available to a broader user group.
Physical and biogeochemical measurements
The quality of data from permanently installed oceanographic equipment on German research vessels is ensured by experts. Workflows have been developed for this purpose and are documented in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The work of these data stewards includes providing data in near real time, sensor monitoring, quality control in delayed mode based on international standards, establishing reference sample concepts, and standardising data set formats for each device.
ADCP – Acoustic Doppler current profiler
Data Steward: Robert Kopte | ORCID: 0000-0002-0822-2818
[SOPs | ADCP Data Workflow | Software | PANGAEA Wiki | Data reports]
Bio-optics – chlorophyll-A and turbidity of surface seawater
Data Steward: Julia Oelker | ORCID: 0000-0002-0783-3617
[SOPs | Dashboards | PANGAEA Wiki | Data records]
CTD – Profile measurements of temperature and salinity
Data Steward: Emil Michels | ORCID: 0009-0003-0300-9465
Thermosalinograph – temperature and salinity of surface seawater
Data Steward: Michael Schlundt | ORCID: 0000-0003-4462-8230
[SOPs | PANGAEA Wiki | Data records]
The project’s Oceanography Working Group serves as an exchange platform for the standardisation of oceanographic data in collaboration with the Helmholtz DataHub.
Bathymetry
Scalable workflows ensure the provision of bathymetry data, which is regularly collected by permanently installed multibeam echo sounders on German research vessels. These were developed by the ‘Bathymetry’ working group of the ‘Unterwegs’ research data project and documented in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The work includes the publication of raw data (including water column data) in the PANGAEA data repository in ‘delayed mode’ immediately after the research voyage. In addition, the project publishes so-called ‘legacy’ raw data that was saved in the past but not published. The published data sets are also visualised using standardised processes, taking into account all CC-BY-published data sets in PANGAEA.
Fan echo sounders
Data Steward (current data sets): Anne-Cathrin Wölfl | ORCID: 0000-0002-0203-8673
Data Steward (data sets from the inventory): Daniel Damaske | ORCID: 0000-0003-0658-912X
[SOP Acquisition and Processing | SOP Data publication | SOP Visualisation | Data records]
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem DataHub des Helmholtz Forschungsbereichs Erde und Umwelt dient die AG Bathymetrie als Austauschplattform für die Vereinheitlichung im Umgang mit Bathymetrie-Daten sowie die Bearbeitung von assoziierten Themen.
Contact: Anne-Cathrin Wölfl | Daniel Damaske
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