User Guides

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative provides support to researchers wishing to share data. This page includes user manuals and guidance documents for managing data and using GRIIDC data management system. If you require one-on-one assistance please contact griidc@gomri.org.

GRIIDC System User Guides & Data Management Resources

GRIIDC Dataset Information Form User Guide

GRIIDC Dataset Submission User Guidance

GRIIDC Quick Guide to Dataset Submission

GRIIDC Spatial Wizard User Guide

GRIIDC Metadata Editor Guidance

GRIIDC Dataset Monitoring User Guide

GRIIDC Research Consortia Data Manager Roles & Responsibilities

GRIIDC Data Management Best Practices Guide

GRIIDC How to write a Data Management Plan

GRIIDC Preferred File Formats

GRIIDC Dataset Archive and Compression Guidance

GRIIDC CTD Data Submission Guidance

GRIIDC Genetics Data Guidance

GRIIDC Genetics Data Guidance Table

GRIIDC Passive Acoustic Data Guidance

GRIIDC Video Data Guidance

GRIIDC CTD to NetCDF Guidance

GRIIDC Organizing Data Do's and Don'ts

GRIIDC Cruise Data Submission Guidance

GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Windows

GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Mac

GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Linux

GRIIDC Glider Data Submission Guidance

GRIIDC Experimental Lab Data Submission Guidance

GRIIDC Lesson Plan using Oyster Dataset

GRIIDC Chemical Oceanography Guidance

GRIIDC Compendium of Online Data Management Training Resources

GRIIDC Cruise Data Documentation Template

GRIIDC Cruise Data Submission Guidance

GRIIDC Model Data Guidance