The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) data management experience

Castellani, C, Moncoiffe, G and Brown, J 2009 The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) data management experience. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56 (15). 977-985.

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Abstract/Summary

As the UK's national marine data centre, a key responsibility of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is to provide data management support for the scientific activities of complex multi-disciplinary long-term research programmes. Since the initial cruise in 1995, the NERC funded Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) project has undertaken 18 north–south transects of the Atlantic Ocean. As the project has evolved there has been a steady growth in the number of participants, the volume of data, its complexity and the demand for data. BODC became involved in AMT in 2002 at the beginning of phase II of this programme and since then has provided continuous support to the AMT and the wider scientific community through the rescue, quality control, processing and access to the data. The data management is carried out by a team of specialists using a sophisticated infrastructure and hardware to manage, integrate and serve physical, biological and chemical data. Here, we discuss the approach adopted, techniques applied and some guiding principles for management of large multi-disciplinary programmes.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	non-CPR
Depositing User:	Miss Gemma Brice
Date made live:	26 Mar 2014 14:09
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2017 17:56
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/5697

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