Data planning
BODC provides guidelines for the duration of projects including project proposals streamline the process.
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Data deposit conditions
Data submitters must agree to to the data deposit conditions before submitting data.
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Project proposals
Find out about project proposals and funding.
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Early in your project
Find out about creating data management plans.
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Later in your project
Find out about what to do once you have collected/generated data.
Submission guidelines
BODC provides data submission guidelines in order to streamline the data submission process.
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General guide
General guide to data submission.
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Preferred File Formats
Guide to preferred submission file formats
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Current meter data
Current meter data submission guide.
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Moored ADCP data
Moored ADCP data submission guide.
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Moored instrument data
Moored instrument data submission guide.
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Sea level data
Sea level data submission guide.
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CTD data
CTD data submission guide.
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Water sample data
Water sample data submission guide.
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Biological data
Biological data submission guide.
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XBT data
XBT data submission guide.
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Shipborne ADCP data
Shipborne ADCP data submission guide.
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Underway data
Underway data submission guide.
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Model data
Model data submission guide.
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Towed undulator data
Towed undulator data submission guide.
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Drifting buoy/float data
Drifting buoy/float data submission guide.
Data citations and DOI's
The BODC 'Published Data Library' (PDL) provides snapshots of specially chosen datasets that are archived using rigorous version management.
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Level of service
View the level of service that the PDL offers to data contributors.
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Dataset selection procedures
Find out about the selection procedures for dataset inclusion in our PDL.
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Dataset standards
View the good practice criteria, adopted across NERC's Environmental Data Centres, that must be met for a dataset to be included for publication in our PDL.
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Modification and versioning
Find out how changes to published datasets will be handled.
What do we do with your data?
Information technology is fundamental to data management at BODC. For more information go to:
