R2R Pilot Project

Streamlining metadata reporting and data submission for the UNOLS Academic Research Fleet

Rolling Deck To RepositoryNSF-supported research vessels collectively produce an enormous volume and diversity of scientific data every year. In the marine sciences there is growing emphasis on greater re-use of shipboard data beyond the original cruise participants, especially with today’s rapidly rising ship costs. The Rolling Deck to Repository project is a prototype effort that will facilitate data management by connecting ship operators with a centralized shoreside data repository.

Working directly with ship operators, the R2R project will develop and field-test options for more complete and consistent metadata generation, data collection, quality control, and reporting. This streamlined system will help transform the U.S. academic research fleet from a set of independent data collection activities into an integrated ocean observing system – a network of ships and submersibles around the world that routinely report a standard suite of underway data and documentation to a central repository.

Read more about the R2R Project: http://rvdata.us

The Pilot R2R team includes members from Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Participation from UNOLS members and operators is encouraged! Please see http://rvdata.us for more information.

Posted November 5th, 2008 by carynn