Category: FAIR

Matters pertaining to the data principles of FAIR – Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reuse

Towards high resolution FAIR data in the Western Channel Observatory; Demonstrator interface now live!

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The Western Channel Observatory (WCO) is an oceanographic time-series and marine biodiversity reference site that provides a valuable source of data to a wide range of UK research, policymaker, public and businesses communities. Recently emerging sensor and platform technologies have proven their abilities to increase both the spatial and time resolution of these data. While this additional […]

The NERC #DG23 ‘Digital Gathering 23’ Hackathon event finishes

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The NERC Digital Gathering #DG23 Hackathon event, held following the conference has now finished. We adopted a ‘collaborative’ approach to this year’s hackathon, with two groups of experienced instructors helping to facilitate the delegates to use the software tools and computational environments on offer to further their research. Expert Network member Prof. Richard Reeve and […]

The NERC #DG23 ‘Digital Gathering’ Hackathon now underway

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Following the successful #DG23 Digital Gathering conference, comes the the ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ Digital Gathering 23 Hackathon, where the first day has now completed (https://lnkd.in/ewmVU7FW). Held at Churchill College, Cambridge, the hackathon is led by Digital Environment Expert Network member Prof Richard Reeve, Professor of Population and Ecosystem Health and team from the University of Glasgow, […]

The NERC #DG23 ‘Digital Gathering 23’ now drawn to a successful conclusion

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The NERC ‘Digital Gathering 23’ has now drawn to a successful conclusion, organised through the ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ programme. Held at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge on 10-11th July, the #DG23 International conference hosted a series of excellent oral presentation, spotlight talks, posters and masterclass workshops focussing on four of the core themes of […]

BAS data processing with Snap!

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We’ve just completed our 4th round of #EnvironmentalDataDiscovery trails. One interesting observation from running these online events is that the same people rarely participate more than once. We’re not sure if that’s in response to the different data centre communication channels being used or peoples’ changing interest in the environmental themes. In total there’s been […]

CDE Webinar – Prof. Rob Allan: ACRE and International Global Weather Data Rescue

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On Friday 18th March, we were pleased to welcome Professor Rob Allan from ACRE, to present his webinar entitled ‘CDE Webinar – Prof. Rob Allan: ACRE and International Global Weather Data Rescue’. This talk commenced our ‘Data digitisation, rescue, and re-purposing’ webinar series. During the 1990s, Rob worked at the then CSIRO Division for Atmospheric Research in […]

CDE Webinar – Gwen Moncoiffe and Alexandra Kokkinaki 

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On Friday 4th February, we were pleased to welcome Gwen Moncoiffe and Alexandra Kokkinaki from the NERC Environmental Data Service, to present their webinar entitled ‘Introduction to the NERC Vocab Server’. The talk continued our ‘Data management and analytical tools for environmental science’ webinar series. Drs Gwen Moncoiffe and Alexandra Kokkinaki lead the NERC Vocabulary […]

Is NERC research data accessible?

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Well to answer that we are putting data archives and portals to the test with our #EnvironmentalDataDiscovery Trails. Why have we suddenly asked this question? Following the NERC COVID-19 hackathons it was realised a lot of data sources are used for environmental challenges, but not always data that are publicly available following UKRI-funded research. Given our […]