IODE NATIONAL REPORTS 2021-2022 SURVEY: DATA MANAGEMENT (NODC AND ADU)
ONLINE SURVEY RESPONSE
The online survey was opened on 26 August 2022 and closed on 15 November 2022.
A total of valid responses was received. Responses from “I do not work in a data center” were removed from the survey.
The full list of data centers indicating which responded and which did can be found here (later)
QUESTIONS
The survey included the following 47 questions. Click on the question to jump to the reporting.
- Q1: Please provide some information on yourself so we can contact you again. (confidential information, not included in this report)
- Q2: Your position (job title)
- Q3: Have you entered your information in OceanExpert? (http://www.oceanexpert.net)?
- Q4: In what type of data centre do you work?
- Q5: Does your country formally have a centralized (single centre) data management system or a distributed (multiple centres) data management system?
- Q6: Does your country and/or data centre have a documented data management strategy?
- Q7: Does your country apply the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy adopted as Resolution IOC-XXII-6 in 2003? (see http://www.iode.org/policy)?
- Q8: Does your organization have its own data policy?
- Q9: Does your organization have a documented Quality Management System (QMS)?
- Q10: Does your organization hold ISO 9001 certification?
- Q11: If you are an NODC or ADU: do you plan to implement the IODE QMF accreditation process during the next inter-sessional period (2023-2024)?
- Q12: What type and how many staff (FTE – Full Time Equivalent) were working at your data centre in 2021/2022 (averaged)
- Q13: How has this number changed year by year since 2019-2021 (previous inter-sessional period)
- Q14: What was the approximate annual operational budget for your data centre (average for 2021 and 2022) (excluding staff cost) [converted into US Dollars]
- Q15: How has this number changed year by year since 2019-2020 (previous inter-sessional period)
- Q16: In what IODE projects has your data centre participated in 2021 and/or 2022 (data management)
- Q17: List any other (non-IODE) data or information activities/projects in which your centre is involved.
- Q18: For measurements from vessels (research, ships of opportunity, etc) for which data types do you manage data
- Q19: For measurements from fixed stations/platforms for which data types do you manage data
- Q20: For measurements from moving platforms for which data types do you manage data
- Q21: Any other platforms, instruments, etc ?
- Q22: Did you handle (incoming) (delayed mode or real time)?
- Q23: Did your data centre have links with, and/or manage data from major science programmes (e.g., CLIVAR, IMBER, Argo, Future Earth, SOLAS, etc) in 2021 and/or 2022?
- Q24: Does your centre collect or manage GOOS Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)? Please tick one or more EOVs collected or managed during 2021-2022. Note that more info (including specifications) can be found on the web page http://www.goosocean.org/eov
- Q25: Does your centre maintain a data discovery portal for the data managed by your data centre in 2021 and/or 2022?
- Q26: If you answered yes to the previous question, then is the database openly available online?
- Q27: What kind of quality control procedures (if any) are used in your institution? (add bibliographic references, if possible)?
- Q28: What spectrum of services (e.g. data and products) were started/continued/ended by your centre in 2021 and/or 2022?
- Q29: List the most important products and services (up to 15) provided by your data centre in the period 2021-2022. These may be new (started in 2021/2022) or ongoing products/services. If they are online products/services then please also provide the URL.
- Q30: How were data made available (e.g. by request, on-line access, etc.) in 2021 and/or 2022?
- Q31: Indicate the average number of requests and services your centre provides in a year
- Q32: Who are your users?
- Q33: What is the geographic origin of your users?
- Q34: Do you participate in a national distributed data network?
- Q35: Do you provide data through the following international data networks?
- Q36: Did you provide data to World Data System (WDS) in 2021 and/or 2022?
- Q37: Did you send data to global specialized data centres (that are not ICSU WDSs) such as GDACs in 2021-2022?
- Q38: In how many IODE training courses did you participate in 2021 and/or 2022
- Q39: Did the IODE training assist you in your work after you returned home?
- Q40: In how many other training courses did you participate in 2021 and/or 2022 organized by national or other organizers?
- Q41: At how many working days would you estimate the contribution of your data centre to IODE through participation in IODE activities (e.g. participation in IODE meetings for which your data centre or country funded your trip) during the period 2021-2022 (2021 and 2022 added together)?
- Q42: Will your country be providing direct financial support to IODE in 2023-2024 through the IOC (confirmed)?
- Q43: Would your country/data centre be able to provide a visiting expert/secondment to the IOC Project Office for IODE in 2023-2024 (either working at the IODE project office in Belgium, or working from his/her usual place of work) for a period of 3-12 months?
- Q44-45: Is the host institution of your data centre involved in activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals? (you will find more information on http://en.unesco.org/sdgs/ioc)
- Q46-47: Is the host institution of your data centre planning activities for the UN decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development?