BCO-DMO: Stewardship of Marine Research Data from Proposal to Preservation

Cynthia L Chandler1, Robert C Groman2, Danie Kinkade1, Adam Shepherd3, Shannon Rauch1, Molly D Allison1, Stephen R Gegg4, Peter H Wiebe1, David M Glover5 and BCO-DMO the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceangraphic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Computer and Information Services, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Abstract:
Good data management procedures are essential to yield quality research results and data represent one of the most valuable products from scientific research projects. Since 2006 the Polar Programs and Ocean Sciences Divisions of the National Science Foundation have supported the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO; bco-dmo.org). BCO-DMO personnel work closely with NSF funded PIs and their associates to provide data stewardship services from ‘proposal through preservation’. The ultimate goal of this partnership is to provide access to marine ecosystem data that are accompanied by discipline-specific documentation to support efficient data discovery and re-use, and reproducibility of results. Investigators have been contributing data since 2006, including data collected prior to that date, to build a data system that provides access to more than 7600 data sets from more than 580 projects, 2100 deployments, and 1900 researchers. The data include the full range of marine ecosystem related measurements including: in situ data from cruises, results from laboratory experiments and models, and synthesis products from data integration efforts.
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