START08 Data Submission Instructions

A START08 Data Management World Wide Web (WWW) page has been created and is accessible from the START08 home page. This page contains relevant links to project and data documentation, distributed data access, and other collaborating projects' data sets.

An initial master list of all START08 international data sets (with links) has been compiled to provide easy access to all START08 data sets (both operational and research). Data sets will be grouped by categories and sorted by data type. This list will be updated frequently. It will be linked from the START08 project home page at EOL or will be available directly at: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=START08 .

If you collected data for START08, please review this list to verify that your data set(s) are properly named with the appropriate Principal Investigators (PIs) identified. Please e-mail any corrections, additions, or deletions directly to eol-archive@ucar.edu . If you already have your data sets available on-line, please provide the WWW link or FTP access information. Once your data set (with meta data) is available, a link will be provided from the master list WWW page along with a submission date to track future data set upgrades or revisions (if needed).

Please submit your data set(s) (including accompanying metadata or documentation files) to the U.S. START08 Long-term Data Archive at NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL). Data set (and metadata) documentation guidelines are available from the START08 Project Home Page or by direct link here.

To expedite matters, NCAR/EOL has established an anonymous FTP capability to accept your START08 data set(s). The Internet address is:

  • FTP: ftp.eol.ucar.edu

    LOGIN: anonymous

    PASSWORD: use your e-mail address

    cd pub/data/download/start08  
    (NOTE: This command should be done all in one step.)

It is very important to send an e-mail to eol-archive@ucar.edu, indicating that the data file(s) have been FTPed, along with the file(s) names, data contact information, any data restrictions, and appropriate file documentation (i.e. data formats, descriptions, acknowledgments, and metadata).

Documentation files may be e-mailed to eol-archive@ucar.edu directly if preferred. If password protection is required for these data, please indicate this at the time of submission. You will receive a unique "user ID" and "password" that can be changed at any time upon request. For users without direct Internet access, or if your data set(s) are too large to FTP, you may send digital file(s) on magnetic or optical media (with documentation) by conventional mail to the NCAR/EOL shipping address below.

Thank you very much for your assistance in providing final data to the START08 archive. Feel free to contact us should you encounter any problems or have any questions.

START08 Data Management


 

NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory(EOL)

Email: eol-archive@ucar.edu

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder, Colorado, USA 80307

Shipping Address:

UCAR Foothills Laboratory I

3450 Mitchell Lane

Boulder, Colorado, USA 80301