Data Storage and Management Introduction
To help keep the lab’s data and documentation of data organized and up-to-date, please follow the lab’s structure detailed below on data storage and organization. This will greatly help any future lab work!
University Shared Drive
Data should be stored in the lab’s university shared drive. Documentation of your data is categorized by project. Please include both raw and processed data and any relevant scripts for the processed data. Always include README text files.
- If your data is too large to store in the university shared drive, please refer to MSI Tier 2 storage for details. Documentation on location is key.
- For shared drive and google drive information, refer to the Welcome Package for details.
Shared Drive Path
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Mac users: cifs://files.umn.edu/CBS/Groups/LAB-cavender
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Windows users: \files.umn.edu\CBS\Groups\LAB-cavender
Data
Submit your data information to the webpage manager.
Include the following information:
- Associated project(s)
- Storage location of your data in the University shared drive along with your metadata (details below).
Metadata
README Text Files
Please include the following information in README text files regarding your data:
- What type of data is it?
- Who collected the data?
- When was this data collected?
- How was the data collected? Reference protocols when necessary.
- Why was the data collected?
- What type of analyses will this data be used for? Reference to analyses when/if completed.
- Field/column definitions (include units when applicable)
README text files will be stored in the shared drive along with the accompanying data. On this webpage, you will see the checklist below for a completed or missing README text file, respectively.
- README
- README
Spectra/Imaging
In addition to the README text file, all spectra/imaging should specifically have the following documentation:
- For leaf level and/or canopy level measurements using either the PSR+ or the SVC, ALWAYS include information following this template.
- For aerial spectra and imaging, please provide the following information:
- Date and time of flight
- Location
- Sensor type
- Resolution
- Geographic Coordinate System
Published work
For projects that have published work, there will be a table containing the information below.
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Year | Year of publication |
| Citation | Complete bibliographic reference of the product |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier |
| UMN shared drive | Path to location in lab shared drive |
| Data | Direct link to data, if publicly available |
| Code | Direct link to code, if publicly available |