This free workshop will provide hands-on experience discovering, accessing, and analyzing coastal data in the Southeast US through the SECOORA Data System.
Participants bring your laptop and be ready to learn how to access over 2300+ datasets available on the SECOORA Data Portal.
Participants will explore tools for:• Creating ISO compliant metadata
• Sharing data with community partners
• Analyzing a simple dataset with Jupyter Notebooks
When
Thursday, June 20, 2019Where
NCSU Center for Marine Sciences and Technology – Room 205 Morehead City, NC 28557Register
Reserve your spot today. Workshop seating is limited.Workshop Materials
Bring a laptop to explore the SECOORA Data Portal and Research Workspace.
Workshop Agenda
| Time | Agenda item |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and introductions –Jennifer Dorton, SECOORA |
| 9:15 AM | Overview: data tools & portal – Stacey Buckelew |
| 9:30 AM | Data access: hands-on portal demonstration – Stacey Buckelew |
| 10:15 AM | Break – Log-in to the Research Workspace |
| 10:30 AM | Research Workspace: Data Organization, Metadata, and ArchiveStacey Buckelew |
| 10:45 AM | Jupyter Notebooks: diving deeper into data applications – Kyle Wilcox |
| 12:00 PM | Session adjourns |
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