How do I cite a dataset from the GRIIDC repository?
Datasets should be cited in the references section of the publication. To cite a dataset from the GRIIDC data repository that has been issued a DOI, please use the following format:
[data author last name], [data author first name], [co-data authors]. [year dataset published by GRIIDC]. [title of the dataset]. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. doi:
Example:
Özgökmen, Tamay. 2013. CARTHE GLAD experiment CODE-style drifter trajectories (low-pass filtered, 15 minute interval records), northern Gulf of Mexico near DeSoto Canyon, July – October 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7VD6WC8
To cite a dataset from the GRIIDC data repository that has not been issued a DOI, please use the following format:
[data author last name], [data author first name], [co-data authors]. [year dataset published by GRIIDC]. [title of the dataset]. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. Available from: .
Example:
Ajemian, Matthew and Sean Powers. 2014. Satellite telemetry and aerial survey data for the assessment of distribution, abundance and file-scale habitat use of rays in the Gulf of Mexico data from 2008 to 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. Available from: https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org/data/Y1.x068.000:0001/.