Documentation

DataZoo Data tutorial

This tutorial introduces the functionality of the DataZoo Data section covering searching, viewing, plotting, downloading, and uploading.

DataZoo documentation

This is the main documentation system for the DataZoo site. It contains instructions for using the site and more.

DataZoo best practices

DataZoo best practices documentation.

DataZoo dictionaries

Attributes

The DataZoo dictionary of attributes.

Units

The DataZoo dictionary of units, modified from the LTER Unit Registry.

Column qualifiers

Column qualifer reference page listing qualifier groups, qualifiers, definitions and suggested values.

Tools

Grid converter - single

The single grid converter is a tool used to convert latitude-longitude value pairs to corresponding line-station value pairs for projects with standardized sampling grids, along with viewing these conversions and browsing standard sampling grids on a map.

Grid converter - batch

The batch grid converter is similar to the single grid converter but performs batch conversions on columns copied from your Excel spreadsheet.

Log tool

Use the log tool to join your CSV file to one of the datasets in DataZoo to obtain additional columns.

DataZoo Reports

View tabular and graphical reports of the DataZoo database.

Integrated elements

Controlled vocabularies

Ocean Informatics controlled vocabularies utilized in DataZoo.

Participant lists

Ocean Informatics personnel database utilized in DataZoo for participant lists.

Geographical features

Geographical elements soon to be integrated into DataZoo through the Gazetteer backend.