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SHEBA Project Data Archive: Status and Update |
UCAR Joint Office for Science Support
jmoore@ucar.edu
SHEBA has made a conscientious effort to develop and implement a data management strategy to enhance timely access to field data, standardize documentation and formatting where possible and foster exchange with collaborating projects. At this point in time investigator datasets, whether preliminary or final, can be accessed easily via the World Wide Web. The SHEBA data archive site is located at the following URL: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/sheba/. The UCAR Joint Office for Science Support and the SHEBA Project Office worked together to implement a data management protocol to compliment an excellent investigator commitment to provide datasets in common formats with complete documentation for archival and long-term access. A complete copy of the SHEBA Data Management Plan can be accessed at the URL listed above.
The SHEBA data archive continues to expand as datasets are updated and finalized and analysis continues from the field phase. As of March 2000, there were 116 datasets accessible via the JOSS SHEBA archive. A summary of datasets available directly from: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/sheba/webresponse/sheba2.html. It provides information about the institution and responsible persons for each dataset and includes the data collection period and the anticipated archive format. In addition, there are a number of datasets available from collaborating projects (FIRE, ARM, SCICEX, etc.).
The SHEBA Project has had long-term collaboration with two other major field programs that occurred in the Arctic region at the same time. The NASA FIRE Project and DOE ARM Program have worked with SHEBA to collect this rich dataset in this area. Similar collaboration in data management has also occurred. All three projects have agreements in place permitting and encouraging the sharing of data among investigators supported by the 3 projects. JOSS has established direct WWW links with both the NASA DAAC at the Langley Research Center that is the primary repository for FIRE data. Similar links also exist with the ARM archive at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
All SHEBA data residing at JOSS will be transferred to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) for long term archive and access. This data center has primary responsibility for coordinating data holdings from field campaigns of the NSF Arctic Systems Science (ARCSS) program.
For more information: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/sheba.
