KBS000: KBS002 Data Management Plan

Step

Initial Form

Initial Location

Transformation

Agent

Final Form

Final Location

Preserve Final Form?

1

digital

CR10 datalogger memory Area 1

download(daily)

Campbell Scientific PC208W software on Windows NT2000 on GPRPC13D:\PC208W\BIN\
(must be running under a login with appropriate authorization

text file LTERWS.DAT

\\lternt2\projects\lter\lter
weather\data\

Yes. Gets appended daily.

2

LTERWS.DAT

\\lternt2\projects\lter\lter
weather\data\

extract hourly data

Campbell Scientific PC208W "SPLIT" software on Windows NT2000 on GPRPC13D:\PC208W\BIN\SPLITR.
See note on 6/14/01. Relies on *.PAR files.

text file, comma delimited LTERWS.CSV

\\lternt2\projects\lter\lter
weather\data\

No. Gets overwritten daily

3

LTERWS.CSV

\\lternt2\projects\lter\lter
weather\data\

load into database

MSACCESS on GPRPC13

database table LTERWS

\\lternt2\database\weather1.mdb table "lterws"

Yes.

4

table lterws

\\lternt2\database\weather1.mdb

process

queries

series of tables

\\lternt2\database\weather1.mdb tables

Yes. tables are usually appended but occasionally must be
regenerated. Design is problematic.

5

table webweather

\\lternt2\database\weather1.mdb

deliver to user

web server and ASP pages

varies

user’s browser

No.

Step

Initial Form

Initial Location

Transformation

Agent

Final Form

Final Location

Preserve Final Form?

1

paper

Belfort gauge at the LTER weather stationl.

collect(weekly)

staff

paper

file drawer in Academic Bldg room 337.

Yes.

2

paper

file, room 337

interpret (count chart units)

staff

paper

file drawer in Academic Bldg room 337.

Yes.

3

paper

file, room 337

copy

photocopy 80% original size

paper

3 ring binder

Yes.

Abstract

Protocol

Datatables

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