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Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
AccessingPalmerLTERData(InstructionsforDatazoo)
1. Datazooisthenameofthedatacatalog(onlinedataportal)foralloftheavailableonline
PalmerLTERdata.Youcanaccessitvia:http://pal.lternet.edu/data(clickon“GotoCatalog”)ORhttp://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/datazoo/data/pallter/datasets
a. Todownloaddatayouwillneedtologinbyselectingthe“LogIn”buttoninthetoprightcornerofthewebpage.
b. Registerasapublicuser,byputtinginyourname,email,andEducation(K-12)
c. Onceregistered,click“ReturntoPreviousPage”atthebottomofthePublicUsers
sectiontobegintosearchfordata.2. Therearemultiplewaystosearchthroughtheavailabledatasources.
Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
a. Ifyouknowaspecificdatasourceyouareinterestedinfinding(e.g.,Adelie,diet,chlorophyll)thenyoucantypetheterm(s)intotheSearchfieldinthecenterofthepageandclick“Submit”
b. Ifyouarenotcertainofaspecificdatasourceyouareinterestedinfinding,youcan
lookthroughthevariouscategoriesalongtheleft-handsideofthepagetoselectfromtheoptions.ClickonanoptiontoselectitandthenclickSubmitintheSearchfeaturesectionatthetopofthepage.
i. DataSource-thisishow/wherethedatawerecollected(rememberthe
PalmerLTERprojecthasscientistsbothonaresearchcruiseoutinthePalmerResearchStation)
ii. LTERAnnualCruise-youcanselectaparticularyearoftheresearchcruisetoaccessdatawhichwerecollectedaboardthevesselfromtheselectedyear(s)
iii. StationSeason-youcanselectaparticularfieldseasonofthedatacollectedbytheresearchersbasedattheU.S.PalmerResearchStationfromtheselectedfieldseason(s)[note-thefieldseasonisduringtheaustralsummer,sofieldseasonspansthecalendaryear,hencePAL0001isthePalmerfieldseasonfrom2000to2001]
iv. Contributor-youcanselectdatacollectedbyaspecificresearcherparticipatinginthePalmerLTERproject
Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
v. LTERCoreArea-youcanselectthedatarelevanttoeachofthe6coreareasofthePalmerLTERproject(disturbancepatterns,inorganicmatter,organicmatter,populationstudies,primaryproduction,signature)
vi. Keyword-youcanselectdatarelevantto68differentpre-selectedkeywordsthatmaybeofinteresttoyou(e.g.,biomass,climate,ecosystem,nutrients)
c. Alloftheseoptionswillautomaticallypopulatealistofrelevant/selecteddatasourcesintheResultssectionundertheSearchfeatureinthecenterofthepage.
3. Selectadatasourcebyclickinginthedatasource’sbluetitle.
a. Youwillbedirectedtoapagewithinformationaboutthatspecificdatasource.“Documentation”willbehighlightedasthedefaultandthatincludes[note-notalldatasetshaveinformationforeveryfield]:
i. Overview-title,abstract,projects,creators,contact,keywordsii. Methods/Protocols-title,description
iii. SupplementalDocumentsiv. AssociatedPublications
b. Toaccessthedata,clickonthe“Data”buttonontheleft-handsideofthepage
Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
i. Thenameofthedatatableislistedatthetopinblue“Datatable:”ii. Byselectingthedownarrownexttothe“Columns”youcanseewhat
variablesareincludedinthedatatable.iii. Byselectingthedownarrownexttothe“Datasources/studies”youcansee
whichdatasources/studiesfromwhichtheinformationwithinthedatatablecame.
iv. Toseethedataclickthegreen“Download”button4. Youwillbetakentoapagededicatedtothemaintableforthedatayouarerequesting.
a. Bydefault,allofthevariablesfromallofthedatasources/studiesareselectedtobe
exported(appearinthemiddleandfarrightcolumns).
Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
b. IfyoudoNOTwantallofthevariablesand/orallofthedatasources/studies,thenyoucanclickonthevariableordatasource/studytoremoveitfromtherighthandcolumnofdatatobedownloadedintothelefthandcolumnofdatanotincludedinthedownload.
c. Whenyouhavefinalizedyourselectionofwhatdatatodownload,clicktheblue
“DownloadData”button.5. Iftherequestfordataissuccessful,agreenbarwith“DataQuerySuccessful”willappear
belowtheblue“DownloadData”button.
a. PreviewData-enablesyoutolookatthedatatableinanewtabwebpageb. DownloadCSV-enablesyoutodownloadthedatatableasa.csvfile(atable
structuredformatofthedatathatyoucanopeninavarietyofsoftwareprograms)i. Ifclicked,thefilewilldownloadontoyourcomputerandyouwillbe
promptedtosaveoropenthefile.ii. Onceyouhavesavedoropenedthefileyoucanaccessthedatainwhatever
softwareprogramthataccepts.csvfiles.
Polar-ICEEARTH2016Workshop
ThisprojectisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundationGrantNo.PLR-1525635.
c. DownloadXLS-enablesyoutodownloadthedatatableasa.xlsfiletoopeninMicrosoftExcel
i. Ifclicked,waitforthegreen“XLSReady”buttontoappearandthenclickthebuttontobepromptedtosaveoropenthefile.
ii. OnceyouhavesavedoropenedthefileyoucanaccessthedatainMicrosoftExcel(orothersoftwareprogramsthataccept.xlsfiles).
d. PlotData-pullsupawidgetonthepagethatenablesyoutoselectwhichaspectsofthedatayouwanttoplotwithinthewebpage[note-thisshouldbetreatedasawaytodoaquicklookatthedata,itshouldNOTbeusedasawaytovisualizethedataforanalysis]
i. Thedatacanbeviewedinthefollowingdifferentdatavisualizationformats(ifthedataareappropriateforthatformofdatavisualization):timeseries,scatter,boxplot,contour,mapcontour