Data Archiving

Recommended data archival formats, parameter naming vocabularies, and data repositories for different ASP data types formatted under this project.

Data Type	Target Format	Parameter Vocabulary	Target Repository
Biodiversity	Darwin Core	Darwin Core	GBIF
Raw Sequence	—	—	NCBI
Geophysical (e.g. seismic, ApRES, basal melt)	ASCII, CF-NetCDF, SEG-Y	CF / NERC†	Pangaea
Atmospheric & Meteorology	CF-NetCDF	CF / NERC†	Pangaea
Oceanographic (e.g. moorings, CTD profiles)	CF-NetCDF, ASCII	CF / NERC†	Seanoe, Pangaea
Ice (e.g. thickness, temperature)	CF-NetCDF, ASCII	CF / NERC†	Pangaea
Paleoclimate (e.g. grain size, elemental, diatoms)	ASCII, Darwin Core	CF / NERC†	Pangaea, GBIF
Modelling (e.g. model output)	CF-NetCDF	CF / NERC†	OSF
Other (when unsuitable for Pangaea)	CF-NetCDF	CF / NERC†	Zenodo

† NERC Vocabulary is used where suitable CF terms do not exist.