Use these guidelines to make your data FAIR in a step-wise approach. The currently available data formats are NetCDF, GeoTIFF, vector/Shapefile and CSV/Excel.

NetCDF | *.nc

Metadata

Following CF conventions:


GeoTIFF | *.tif

Metadata

 Embedded tags (tif tags):

  • Spatial extent
  • Coordinate reference system
  • Resolution
  • No data value
  • Layers


Vector/shapefile | *.shp

Metadata

Use a *.shp.xml to store the metadata in XML format (such as ISO 19115 or other XML schema):

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CSV/Excel | *.csv *.xlsx

Metadata

Write on a separate sheet:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Measurement details