Snow database

The snow database is currently in the making. We are in the process of creating a standard Excel schema to collect data.

Contact person(s): Env Data Section: siri.uldal@npolar.no, research: jean.charles.gallet@npolar.no

1. Contributing to the database

1.1 Use standardized Excel schemas

Using standardized Excel schemas for data storage can save NPI time and money. Please ask if you need help or schema modification. To get the schemas from gitlab, you need to choose “LDAP” pane and username “firstname.lastname” and your usual NPI login password.

Geoscience fieldwork: https://gitlab.npolar.no/npdc/other/npdc-docs-public-repo/templates/fieldworkgeoscience

It is possible to add UUIDs to both these schemas by Python or Rscript. UUIDS are for connecting lab work with fieldworksamples. Scripts are available from https://gitlab.npolar.no/npdc/other/npdc-docs-public-repo/scripts/-/tree/main/generateUUID?ref_type=heads

Ice and snow density schema: https://gitlab.npolar.no/npdc/other/npdc-docs-public-repo/templates/icesnowdensity

Black carbon schema. No longer a reserach field at NPI?

1.2 Put your data on a backed up disk

You will need access to disk area \\NPDATA\PROJECT\Snow.

RAW data can be deposited at \\NPDATA\PROJECT\Snow\RAW.

2. Getting data back

Coming..

3. Collaboration partners

List of institutions that should receive research data from Norwegian Polar Institute by machine protocols.