Project Deliverable D50 Report on Best Practices Workshop - Ifremer

contributed in launching this activity, which is well on the way now and managed by WP9.
Consequently this is not the topic of this session. Indeed we will go one step beyond data
management: we are dealing with data analysis by scientists.
Figure 1: data management plan after the 1 st Best practices workshop held in Bremen, Feb.
2008
The purpose of this sub-session is to give an overview on most commonly used methods for
long time-series analysis of data acquired in the framework of deep-sea observatories.
4.4.1.2.3 Specific introduction to Generic sensor package description
Generic sensors and parameters have been defined in the define in the ESONET deliverable
D13 Section III “Generic Sensor Module”
Taking only those sensors that are rated to operate at the deepest ESONET sites, have an
established endurance of approximately a year or more, and are commercially available, the
remaining sensors make up a rather minimal subset of sensors now available for deep-sea
research. This minimal set of instruments has been widely accepted by the General Assembly,
a meeting ESONET workpackage 3 and 5 members, Best Practice workshops, and the
ESONET Science Council as the best solution.
Defining a list of ‘generic sensors’ or ‘the’ generic sensor immediately gives rise to
discussions between members of different research disciplines (biology, geophysics,
microbiology, oceanography) and working areas (shallow or deep, open ocean or coastal)
about what a generic sensor should be able to measure. However, defining a list of generic
sensors and variables is important to ensure a consistent set of data is acquired at the
ESONET sites. Defining these sensors will help in setting up accuracy, calibration, and data
handling standards for specific purposes.
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