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To ensure the preservation of and broad, interdisciplinary, and non- expert access to IPY and related data, the IPY Data Policy and Management Subcommittee is charged with developing an overall data management strategy. To develop this strategy, including the general organizational data flow structure, we request the following information from IPY Project coordinators.
Please reply no later than 30 October 2006
Please direct questions or comments to datacommittee@googlegroups.com
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| Project Information |
(* required field) |
| * Project Title | |
| * IPY Project ID# | |
| * Name of Point of Contact for Data Issues | |
| * Point of Contact E-mail Address | |
| * Point of Contact Telephone | |
| * Approximate Percentage of the Project Funding That is Now Secured | |
| * Description of Funding Status (please indicate anticipated dates of funding) |
Please provide as much information as possible on the data your project plans to collect during the IPY period. If your project is not yet funded, you do not need to complete this information, but please contact us when your project is funded.
| Data Information |
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| Data Description (brief summary) | |
| Parameters | |
| Methods (platforms, instruments, model output, etc.) | |
| Geographic Latitude coordinates. Please indicate north (+) or south (-) | From to |
| Geographic (East) Longitude coordinates | From to |
| Geographic Coverage (description, e.g. Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Collection Dates (YYYY-MM-DD) | From to |
| Data Volumes (approximate number and size of files) | |
| Data Formats | |
| Distribution Media (ftp, http, on-line DB, CD-ROM, etc.) | |
| Planned Data Release Date (immediate upon collection or YYYY-MM-DD) |
Please provide as much information as possible on the data your project plans to collect during the IPY period. If your project is not yet funded, you do not need to complete this information, but please contact us when your project is funded.
| Archive Information |
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| Name of Archive (or none) | |
| Archive Point of Contact Name | |
| Archive E-mail Address | |
| Archive Telephone | |
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Has the archive accepted responsibility for the data?
Yes No |
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Has a formal agreement been established between the project and the archive
Yes No |
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Is the archive funded for management of these data
Yes No Partially |
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| Do you know how and where to submit your data, in order to preserve the data and make the data available for future use? If so, please describe. | |
| Are you aware of national or international data centers or data archives for your research discipline? If so, please provide information on these data centers. | |
| Does your research discipline have a formal organizational structure for data management and data archival (e.g. a coordinating data committee or metadata system)? If so, please describe the organizational structure. | |
| What is currently lacking in the field of data management for your research discipline? |
Please provide information about remote sensing data required by your project.
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Does your project require satellite observations?
Yes No |
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| If yes, please describe the requirements, and describe any arrangements you have made to obtain the observations. |
Please provide any other information you think would be useful to the data committee.
| Additional Information |