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

PDF icon GRIIDC Dataset Information Form User Guide
PDF icon GRIIDC Dataset Submission User Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Quick Guide to Dataset Submission
PDF icon GRIIDC Spatial Wizard User Guide
PDF icon GRIIDC Metadata Editor Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Dataset Monitoring User Guide
PDF icon GRIIDC Research Consortia Data Manager Roles & Responsibilities
PDF icon GRIIDC Data Management Best Practices Guide
PDF icon GRIIDC How to write a Data Management Plan
PDF icon GRIIDC Preferred File Formats
PDF icon GRIIDC Dataset Archive and Compression Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC CTD Data Submission Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Genetics Data Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Genetics Data Guidance Table
PDF icon GRIIDC Passive Acoustic Data Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Video Data Guidance
Package icon GRIIDC CTD to NetCDF Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Organizing Data Do's and Don'ts
PDF icon GRIIDC Cruise Data Submission Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Windows
PDF icon GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Mac
PDF icon GRIIDC Compression Guidance for Linux
PDF icon GRIIDC Glider Data Submission Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Experimental Lab Data Submission Guidance
Package icon GRIIDC Lesson Plan using Oyster Dataset
PDF icon GRIIDC Chemical Oceanography Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Compendium of Online Data Management Training Resources
File GRIIDC Cruise Data Documentation Template
PDF icon GRIIDC Cruise Data Submission Guidance
PDF icon GRIIDC Model Data Guidance