Data Archive Centres
Dec 18, 2015
Data Archive Centres (DACs)
The MEDIN DAC Network
Objective:Objective: CurateUpload and
Retrieve Data
Searchable Expertise
Seabed and sub-seabedgeology, geophysics
Seabed and sub-seabedgeology, geophysics
Marine flora, fauna and habitats
Marine flora, fauna and habitats
Water column oceanographyWater column oceanography
BathymetryBathymetry
Marine meteorology (metocean)
Marine meteorology (metocean)
Marine historic environment
Marine historic environment
Marine fisheriesMarine fisheries
Costs/funding
“Core” DAC Capability is directly supported by individual organisations with strategic interest in supporting DACs for specific data themes.
Data Archiving Costs for new data supported by the data providers. These should be factored into the project costs at the beginning.
Data Retrieval Costs: Data retrieval is free.
Data Holdings
• 113,852
NameNo of data sets held
New data sets archived in
2012-13
No. of Requests for Data in 2012-
13
British Oceanographic Data Centre
983 240 72,205
British Geological Survey 675 77 ~100
DASSH 1973 378 113,852
Met Office 4 4 Not recorded
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
650 12 16
Historical Environment DAC 112 9 17,170
Metocean DAC
Met Office Climate Database (1874-present)
Marine Meteorology data from - Marine Automatic Weather Stations (buoys, light vessels, remote islands,..)
- Voluntary Observing Ships
- Royal Navy Met Observations
- Rigs and Platforms
Access:
Met Office Customer Centre
or Web Access to real time data (last 24 hours).
> 6 million new observations/year
Bathymetry DAC
Bathymetric data– Civil Hydrography Programme
(CHP)
– 3rd party
Admiralty Charts– Paper and Electronic
Access:
Online – UKHO portal
Or
Direct contact
Geology and Geophysics DAC
• National Geoscience Data Centre
– Seabed sample data from grabs, cores, etc
– Archive of physical materials
– Geophysical data
Access:
Direct contact
or
View online - Offshore GeoIndex(download service coming soon)
www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm
Historic Environment DAC
Survey data from: • Wrecks• submerged landscapes• etc
ADS accredited English Heritage
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments Scotland/Wales
Access: Direct Contact
or
Online
To
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FishDAC – a “Virtual DAC”
(AFBI to follow)
• Fish• Shellfish• Fisheries • Related data
Focus on EU mandated surveys
Searchable
View & Download to follow where applicable
• Contact the most relevant Data Archive Centre
• They will be responsible for sending any data onwards to other data centres.
Practicalities
Oceanography DAC
•Physical
•Chemical
•Biological
National and international responsibilities.
Access: BODC enquiries
or
Online
> 85,500 blocks of data from 148 organisations web searchable & downloadable
Water Column Data
Marine Species and Habitat DAC
• Species point• Habitat point and polygon• Imagery data (still and video)
Promote MEDIN data guidelines for efficient archiving.
Access: Direct contact
or
Online
> 2 million records