FAIR Data

Make “FAIR” data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) with interoperable data formats. The catalogue encourages the use of formats that ease integration with 3rd party data products and initiatives.

Data Type	Data Format	Link
Physical	NetCDF	Get Started with NetCDF and the Nansen Legacy Excel Spreadsheet Template Generator
Physical	NetCDF	Convert Data to NetCDF with R
Physical	NetCDF	Convert Data to NetCDF with Python
Physical	Xarray	Use Xarray to create NetCDF in with Python
Biodiversity	Darwin Core	Get Started with DwC and the Nansen Legacy DwC Spreadsheet Template Generator
Biodiversity	Darwin Core	Checklist Data

Other Endorsed Formats
• (Geo)JSON • GeoTIFF • CSV • Excel • Parquet • Arrow • ESRI Shapefiles