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Data preparation
- Run experiments with apropriate boundary conditions
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Process variables
Required means, standard names/units/conventions, netCDF
file format with CF conventions
Don't forget to perform quality control tests on variables!
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Data submission
- Send variables to LSCE by ftp
- Send model/experiment documentation
- Keep a backup of what has been sent!
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Data quality control
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Note that the participating groups are expected to perform
the quality control before sending the data...
- Check data structure
File names, variable names, compliance with miscellaneous
conventions
- Check data values
Benefit from PCMDI xMIP know-how
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Data ingestion
- Insert validated data in DB
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Use a simple file hierarchy to be compatible with as many
data access means as possible
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Data logging
- Try to allow a good tracing of the data!
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For all processing stages, provide automated logs and
statistics of what is currently being done, and what has
been done (and changed)
- Make logs available on the web site
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Data access
- Download data from LSCE
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All data access means must provide access control to
restrict data access to participating groups.
Data policy?
- Low level
NFS (local access), ftp, scp, CVS
- High level
DODS, Live Access Server (should provide quick-looks and
zone extraction, in binary and ascii format)
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Data use
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