National Oceanography Centre (NOC) at Liverpool

Data submission

It is the responsibility of the data originators to supply fully processed, quality-controlled data sets with comprehensive supporting metadata. The goal is to distribute data to others without recourse to the originator. The Laboratory Liaison Officer (LLO) will provide comprehensive assistance and guidance, but regrettably the level of funding does not allow for processing of raw data.

The exceptions to this are CTD and underway datasets from the Coastal Observatory, which we will process as per our agreement. View the Service Level Agreement between NOC (Liverpool site) and BODC. (164 KB)

Information on data file formats, parameters and basic metadata are provided in our 'General guide to data submission'. We have also prepared a series of guides detailing metadata requirements for various data types. These may be accessed from the 'Submitting data to BODC' section of our web site.

When data processing has been completed, please send a copy of each data set to BODC by one of the following methods

• Email Sean Gaffney and attach files (zipped if large)
  
• Put data on an accessible FTP site and provide instructions for collection
  
• Send data on CDROM or DVD to
  

  Sean Gaffney
  BODC
  Joseph Proudman Building
  6 Brownlow Street
  Liverpool
  L3 5DA
  UK

• Ask for details of the BODC FTP site

Please note — unprocessed data cannot readily be incorporated into our relational database system so distribution would be limited to copies of original data files. In the case of NERC funded research, the submission of unprocessed data does not meet the data management criteria of the grant nor satisfy appropriate legislation and Government guidance.

Related NOC liaison pages at BODC

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