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LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST LTER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GUIDELINES

A HANDBOOK TO DATA MANAGEMENT POLICIES, DATA ARCHIVAL AND REQUESTS

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Eda C. Melendez-Colom
LEF LTER Data Manager

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION Introduction
POLICY: NSF 00-61 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH (LTER): SPECIAL COMPETITION FOR CROSS-SITE RESEARCH
LEF LTER Data Management Policies
Steps to follow when filing a data set
Acknowledgement for NSF support
Acknowledgement for LUQ data usage
GUIDELINES (DOWNLOAD):
Data Management forms general information
Instructions to complete the LEF LTER Data Set Metadata
METADATA FORMS (DOWNLOAD): MS Word 97 form
PUBLICATION SUBMITION FORMS: DOWNLOAD: ASCII (Tab-delimited)
Submit Online
DATA REQUEST FORMS: Spatial Data request ASCII form
Other data request ASCII form
SPECIAL DATA MANAGEMENT REPORTS: Revision of LUQ Information Management System (2000)



 

Contact Eda C. Meléndez-Colom for questions and further information.