Simplifying quality control and standardization of CTD data under SeaDataNet requirements

Authors

  • Pablo Otero Tranchero
  • Gonzalo González Nuevo
  • Elena Tel Pérez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/iwp.2021.21.14766

Abstract

Sharing marine data through SeaDataNet infrastructure ensures preservation and promotes reusability. Submission of data to this infrastructure demands a set of technical tasks that cover quality control processing, adoption of common vocabularies, implement fle format standards and preparation of associated metadata. Although common software tools are made available to Data Centres and/or End Users to facilitate data and metadata preparation, these tasks continuous to be complex and time-consuming. To speed-up this process, a Python-Flask web application is presented here to quality check and create metadata and data according to SeaDataNet requirements. The web tool focuses on CTD vertical profles, although code could be easily adapted to process other type of records.

Issue

No. 21 (2021)

Section

Articles

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