Talk
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Data Management Workflows
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Sept. 3, 2025,
16:30 –
18:15
Exact timing:
17:00 –
17:15
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Lecture Hall
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- MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen
- GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung e.V. (DAM)
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Compliant with the FAIR data principles, the long-term archiving of marine seismic data acquired from active-source surveys remains a critical yet complex task within the geophysical data life cycle. Data infrastructures such as PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science and affiliated repositories must address the increasing volume, heterogeneity, and complexity of these datasets, which are produced using a variety of acquisition systems. To support this, the German marine seismic community is actively developing metadata standards tailored to different seismic data types, enabling their proper integration and archiving in PANGAEA. In parallel, new semi-automated workflows and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being established and implemented to ensure consistent data publication and sustainable long-term stewardship.
These advancements are being driven by the “Underway” Research Data project, a cross-institutional initiative of the German Marine Research Alliance (Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung e.V., DAM). Initiated in mid-2019, the project aims to standardize and streamline the continuous data flow from German research vessels to open-access repositories, in alignment with FAIR data management practices. Marine seismic data curation, in particular, stands out as a successful use case for integrating expedition-based data workflows. By leveraging the tools, infrastructure, and expertise provided by the “Underway” Research Data project, newly acquired seismic datasets can be efficiently archived and visualized via the Marine Seismic Compilation Viewer - promoting transparency, facilitating access, and fostering collaboration across institutional and disciplinary boundaries.