Binary objects

Binary files with specific formats (e.g. shape files, netCDF, segy, images, videos, ...) will be archived as links to files. For >20 files or >100 MB: ask us upload link in the ticket during the submission.

In addition to the data files, please prepare a file list including:
 * Event
 * Latitude, Longitude (coordinated universal time, UTC)
 * Date/Time (ISO-format, e.g. 1954-04-07T13:34:11)
 * File names including their extension. The names should not contain spaces and special symbols.

Further columns with metadata are welcome, for example:
 * Third geocode, such as Elevation, Depth, etc.
 * Relative X and Y coordinates, if for example only the start and the end of the survey has known absolute georeference
 * Data description
 * Comment

Further (automatic) columns can be configured in the table by the PANGAEA editors, including (meaning, these do not have to be added by the authors):
 * File size
 * Character set
 * Media type
 * MD5 hash

The templates can be found below.

Metadata – Events table
The Event table is not needed, when the Events are already present in PANGAEA, see https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions/ for checking. For further info see Station lists

This Event table gives an overview of the when, where and how the data were collected (prior to the experiment in case of laboratory studies), please see Event.
 * Event label, unique identifier of sampling time and location.
 * Campaign, e.g. ship cruise ID, please read: Campaign.
 * Device or method used to collect a sample or (experimental) organism, please read: Method.
 * Date and time in ISO-format (e.g. 1954-04-07T13:34:11) as coordinated universal time (UTC), start and end date/time must be provided in separate columns.
 * Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees (S and W are negative) of data collection. For transects, start and end latitude and longitude should be provided in separate columns.
 * Elevation (altitude, sea bottom depth, negative below sea level) is optional. For transects, start and end elevation must be provided in separate columns.

Examples of published datasets with binary objects

 * Photos, underwater: Purser, A et al. (2021): Seabed photographs taken along OFOS profile PS124_8-1 during POLARSTERN cruise PS124. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936188
 * Photos, terrestrial: Gómez Izquierdo, D R & Quartino, M L (2023): Photographs of Potter Cove, King George Island, looking northeast towards glacier in 2023. Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955824
 * Tabular data with additional photos: Sander, Let al. (2021): Properties of a subfossil oyster bed, Grab 5. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927181
 * NetCDF files: Mech, M et al. (2022): Microwave brightness temperature measurements during the MOSAiC-ACA Arctic airborne campaign in late summer 2020 out of Svalbard. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944101
 * Oceanography (CDT) raw data: Tippenhauer, S et al. (2022): Raw data of physical oceanography during RV POLARSTERN cruises PS130/1 and PS130/2. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.957843

Templates

 * List of files template, photos, tab-separated text file
 * List of files template, [[Media:template_binary_nc.tab|netCDF files, tab-separated text file .tab]]
 * List of files template, [[Media:template_binary_CTD_raw.tab|raw CTD files, tab-separated text file .tab]]

If the Events cannot be found under https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions, please additionally fill in this Event table:
 * [[Media:Event_template.xlsx|Event template with further instructions]] (xlsx file)