A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry
Ocean data synthesis products for specific biogeochemical essential ocean variables have the potential to facilitate today’s biogeochemical ocean data usage and comply with the Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data principles. The products constitute key outputs from the Global...
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| author | Nico Lange Toste Tanhua Benjamin Pfeil Hermann W. Bange Siv K. Lauvset Marilaure Grégoire Dorothee C. E. Bakker Steve D. Jones Björn Fiedler Kevin M. O’Brien Kevin M. O’Brien Arne Körtzinger Arne Körtzinger |
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| description | Ocean data synthesis products for specific biogeochemical essential ocean variables have the potential to facilitate today’s biogeochemical ocean data usage and comply with the Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data principles. The products constitute key outputs from the Global Ocean Observation System, laying the observational foundation for information and services regarding climate and environmental status of the ocean. Using the Framework of Ocean Observing (FOO) readiness level concept, we present an evaluation framework for biogeochemical data synthesis products, which enables a systematic assessment of each product’s maturity. A new criteria catalog provides the foundation for assigning scores to the nine FOO readiness levels. As an example, we apply the assessment to four existing biogeochemical essential ocean variables data products. In descending readiness level order these are: The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT); the Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP); the MarinE MethanE and NiTrous Oxide (MEMENTO) data product and the Global Ocean Oxygen Database and ATlas (GO2DAT). Recognizing that the importance of adequate and comprehensive data from the essential ocean variables will grow, we recommend using this assessment framework to guide the biogeochemical data synthesis activities in their development. Moreover, we envision an overarching cross-platform FAIR biogeochemical data management system that sustainably supports the products individually and creates an integrated biogeochemical essential ocean variables data synthesis product; in short a system that provides truly comparable and FAIR data of the entire biogeochemical essential ocean variables spectrum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b415bacba9d34cf3ad4c8680c70079242023-04-26T06:24:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452023-04-011010.3389/fmars.2023.10789081078908A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistryNico Lange0Toste Tanhua1Benjamin Pfeil2Hermann W. Bange3Siv K. Lauvset4Marilaure Grégoire5Dorothee C. E. Bakker6Steve D. Jones7Björn Fiedler8Kevin M. O’Brien9Kevin M. O’Brien10Arne Körtzinger11Arne Körtzinger12GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyGEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyGeophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, NorwayGEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyNORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, MAST (Modelling for Aquatic Systems) - FOCUS (Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch), University of Liège, Liège, BelgiumCentre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United KingdomGeophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, NorwayGEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyCooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesPacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, United StatesGEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, GermanyOcean data synthesis products for specific biogeochemical essential ocean variables have the potential to facilitate today’s biogeochemical ocean data usage and comply with the Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data principles. The products constitute key outputs from the Global Ocean Observation System, laying the observational foundation for information and services regarding climate and environmental status of the ocean. Using the Framework of Ocean Observing (FOO) readiness level concept, we present an evaluation framework for biogeochemical data synthesis products, which enables a systematic assessment of each product’s maturity. A new criteria catalog provides the foundation for assigning scores to the nine FOO readiness levels. As an example, we apply the assessment to four existing biogeochemical essential ocean variables data products. In descending readiness level order these are: The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT); the Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP); the MarinE MethanE and NiTrous Oxide (MEMENTO) data product and the Global Ocean Oxygen Database and ATlas (GO2DAT). Recognizing that the importance of adequate and comprehensive data from the essential ocean variables will grow, we recommend using this assessment framework to guide the biogeochemical data synthesis activities in their development. Moreover, we envision an overarching cross-platform FAIR biogeochemical data management system that sustainably supports the products individually and creates an integrated biogeochemical essential ocean variables data synthesis product; in short a system that provides truly comparable and FAIR data of the entire biogeochemical essential ocean variables spectrum.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1078908/fulldata synthesis productessential ocean variableFAIRtechnical readiness levelGLODAPSOCAT |
| spellingShingle | Nico Lange Toste Tanhua Benjamin Pfeil Hermann W. Bange Siv K. Lauvset Marilaure Grégoire Dorothee C. E. Bakker Steve D. Jones Björn Fiedler Kevin M. O’Brien Kevin M. O’Brien Arne Körtzinger Arne Körtzinger A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry Frontiers in Marine Science data synthesis product essential ocean variable FAIR technical readiness level GLODAP SOCAT |
| title | A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| title_full | A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| title_fullStr | A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| title_full_unstemmed | A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| title_short | A status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| title_sort | status assessment of selected data synthesis products for ocean biogeochemistry |
| topic | data synthesis product essential ocean variable FAIR technical readiness level GLODAP SOCAT |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1078908/full |
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