General Info


Data Management Office

The U.S. JGOFS Data Management Office (DMO), formed to support the data management needs of the U.S. JGOFS program, and based at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The DMO was tasked to oversee the design and maintenance of the U.S. JGOFS database, to prepare newly acquired data and documentation for addition to that database, to work with principal investigators on final quality control of their data and to synthesize data products from field study data.



  DMO poster (PDF) presented May 2003 at U.S. JGOFS Final Open Science Conference
  DMO personnel list and contact info


The U.S. JGOFS Data Server utilizes the JGOFS Database Management System (DBMS), a distributed, object-oriented system, originally developed by Glenn Flierl, James Bishop, Satish Paranjpe and David Glover. The JGOFS DBMS changed considerably during the years the U.S. JGOFS program was active. It has several interfaces, the most user-friendly of which is the web browser interface. The data server is available on-line at: [ http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/jg/dir/jgofs/ ]


  Go directly to the data server    
  Data access and description of U.S. JGOFS research
  Detailed information about the JGOFS DBMS


The JGOFS DBMS was used during the initial decade-long field study phase of U.S. JGOFS to organize the data and facilitate access to and sharing of data and metadata collected by U.S. JGOFS investigators. The U.S. JGOFS Data Management Office personnel developed guidelines to assist participating JGOFS investigators and their collaborators to contribute data to the JGOFS collection.


  U.S. JGOFS Process Study Data Policy

  U.S. JGOFS Process Study Data Submission Guidelines

  U.S. JGOFS dictionary of parameters for process study data

  Formatting data for the U.S. JGOFS system

  Adding data to your own JGOFS server


The Synthesis and Modeling Project (SMP) was the final phase of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. The variety and volume of SMP results necessitated a different type of organization and interface.


  SMP data collection (complete inventory of all results)


In December 2000, the DMO began collaboration with a team at Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA/PMEL) to customize the Live Access Server for use with the U.S. JGOFS SMP data collection, and specifically the merged products synthesized from in situ profile data. The U.S. JGOFS SMP LAS provides online access to many of the data entities which comprise the SMP data collection.


  U.S. JGOFS SMP LAS   online data server
  Live Access Server information at NOAA/PMEL


The U.S. JGOFS Data Management Office personnel developed guidelines to assist participating U.S. JGOFS investigators and their collaborators to contribute data to the JGOFS collection. The guidelines for the Synthesis and Modeling Project were quite different from those adopted during the initial field study programs.


  U.S. JGOFS SMP Data Policy

  U.S. JGOFS SMP Data Submission Guidelines for LAS


Cynthia Chandler, manager of the U.S. JGOFS Data Management Office, has presented several talks and posters in an effort to share what we have learned.


  U.S. JGOFS Data Management: Data Management in the Wild (PPT or PDF)
    July 2006: poster by C.Chandler and D.M.Glover
    at the Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Workshop at WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

  U.S. JGOFS Data Management: a retrospective (PPT) or (PDF)
    May 2005: contributed by C.Chandler
    to U.S. NSF OCE Data Management/Data Policy Discussion in Washington, DC

  U.S. JGOFS Data Management: a retrospective (PPT) or (PDF)
    January 2005: talk contributed by C.Chandler
    to NACP Data Management Workshop, New Orleans, LA
    (unable to attend workshop due to blizzard of 2005)

  Data Management at WHOI: the U.S. JGOFS Contribution (PPT)
    November 2004: presentation by C.Chandler
    at Joint SIO-SDSC-LDEO-WHOI DIGARCH Ocean Informatics Summit

  U.S. JGOFS: An Introduction (PPT)
    December 2003: presentation by C.Chandler
    at Joint LTER-U.S.JGOFS Ocean Informatics Exchange Workshop

  Publishing a Scientific Data Report on CD-ROM (PPT)
    September 2003: presentation by C.Chandler
    at Woods Hole Information Technology Seminar

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