VOCALS Data Providers Guide

File name convention and file format

Data providers are kindly requested to follow the BADC file name convention and to format your data in NetCDF, using the CF metadata conventions. NASA Ames formatted files are also accepted.
If you wish to check that files are correctly formatted before uploading them please use the NetCDF format checker or the BADC NASA-Ames format checker.

Metadata

It is important that the data be well documented. Please follow the BADC guidelines regarding the submission of metadata.

Data Submission

• Core data and Met Office-non-core instrument data will be submitted though the usual upload routes.
• Other non-core data can be submitted by FTP to ftp.badc.rl.ac.uk directory incoming/vocals. You will need your BADC user name and password and have applied and been granted access to VOCALS-UK data as directed above.