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FAQs

Data Portal

What should I do if I don’t get an email from the Data Portal?

How can I download all files at once from a data request?

Understanding Data Streams and Parameters

What data formats are available?

Interpreting QC Variables and Results

What time zone are observations recorded in?

How to decipher a Reference Designator

How do I download data from the Data Portal?

Who has access to the OOI data?

Data Quality Control

How are instruments calibrated?

How does the Observatory control instrument sampling?

Who is responsible for OOI Data Management?

How are OOI Data Quality Controlled?

Raw Data Archive

How do I download an entire raw data directory?

How do I use raw formatted data?

How do I know what data in the raw data archive are from a valid time range, not including test data or bad data?

Where is the metadata in the raw data archive?

What do the terms used in the raw data archive mean?

How do I find a specific instrument or platform in the raw data archive?

How is the raw data archive organized?

What is NOT in the raw data archive, and how do I get any data I can’t find there?

What is stored in the raw data archive?

How is “raw” data defined in OOI?

What is the raw data archive, and what is it for?

General Information

Will there be any expansion of the Observatory?

Who is responsible for OOI Data Management?

Who has access to the OOI data?

How will the OOI advance knowledge of the oceans?

What science themes does the program address?

How is the OOI Managed?

What is the OOI?

Information for Researchers

How do I submit an NSF proposal to use OOI data?

Data Tutorials

How can I get started using the OOI API to access data?

How can I use the OOI synchronous request API to retrieve data?

Processing data from Bio-acoustic Sonars / Echosounders

Downsampling high-resolution BOTPT Data

How do you access and interpret QC flags in the system?

Comparing Cruise and Mooring Data

Accessing Annotations via the OOI API

Downsampling high-resolution timeseries datasets

Working with ADCP Data

Plotting OOI Data in Real-Time

How to make quick plots for multiple instruments

Accessing OOI Data from the IOOS Glider DAC

How can I aggregate and resample large data sets?

Opening miniseed files from Hydrophones

Accessing and Analyzing HD Camera Data

How can I download all files at once from a data request?

Making a Glider Deployment Map in Matlab

Plotting Glider Transects in Matlab

Working with NetCDF files in Matlab

  • About OOI
    • The Vision
    • Leadership
    • For Mariners
    • Glossary
    • Subscribe
    • Contact
  • The Observatory
    • Arrays
      • Global Argentine Basin Array
      • Global Irminger Sea Array
      • Global Southern Ocean Array
      • Global Station Papa Array
      • Coastal Endurance Array
      • Coastal Pioneer Array
      • Regional Cabled Array Overview
      • Cabled Continental Margin Array
      • Cabled Axial Seamount Array
      • Cabled Endurance Arrays
    • Infrastructure
      • Cabled Infrastructure
      • Moorings
      • Profilers
      • AUVs
      • Gliders
      • Cyberinfrastructure
    • Instrumentation
    • Sites
    • Data Products
      • Complete List
  • Data Access
    • How to Access Data
      • Data Portal
      • Raw Data Archive
      • ERDDAP
      • M2M
      • Cruise Data
      • Python, Jupyter Notebooks
      • Data Updates
    • Observation and Sampling Approaches
    • Ensuring Quality
      • Data Status
      • Quality Control
    • Data Users
    • How to Use and Cite Data
  • Data Tools
    • Community Tools and Datasets
    • Need Help?
      • Tutorials
      • Resources
      • Webinars
      • FAQs (Knowledge Base)
  • How to Participate
    • Adding Instruments or Platforms
    • Propose Additional Sampling
    • Deploying in OOI Areas
    • Cruise Participation
    • Proposals
  • Science
    • Science Highlights
    • Science Questions
    • Projects and Related Research
    • Publications
  • What’s New
    • Expeditions & Program Updates
    • OOI In The News
    • Newsletter
    • Upcoming Events
    • Webinars
    • Workshops/Conferences
  • For Educators
  • Gallery
    • Image Gallery
    • Video Gallery

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