Dataset - Hakai Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Time-Series

[hakai-it]

Hakai Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Time-Series

https://hakaiinstitute.github.io/hakai-metadata-entry-form/#/en/hakai/zBOULF9sDAgC4rkoZUFQq7sBGCf2/-NRFOKZYbR0pe6IN7ozJ

Best Practices Checklist

In General

• No previous versions of this metadata record exist (eg for earlier versions of the data, if so update that record rather than creating a new one)

Data Identification

Dataset title:

• No version information in the title
• Frontloaded (with the most important information first)
• Include the geographical region the data apply to
• Short – aim for 60 characters including spaces
• Does not include acronyms – put these in the keywords
• Does not include the word “dataset”
• Time series datasets should include “time series” at the end of the title
• Does not include the time period (this is covered in the temporal extents fields)

Abstract

• Abbreviations have been expanded upon at first mention

Spatial

• Ensure that Depth or Height Positive is correctly selected

Contact

• No organizations listed under first / last name
• ROR and ORCID(s) are included and linked properly where applicable
• The citation in the metadata record matches the preferred citation mentioned in the data package.
• Include Hakai Institute as Publisher (& Distributor?)

Resources

• Resource links go to specific dataset download (not generic platform like waterproperties.ca)
• Readme, changelog, data dictionary, protocols included in data-package
• An archive folder for older data versions is included in the data package if the version is not 1.0
• Links work
• Resource link links to a download of the compressed data package (.zip) of the correct version.
• All files in the data package can be opened and are not corrupt

Platform

[Br-Johnson]

Hi @emilyhaughton. Thanks for submitting this!

I'm just reviewing now and have a few questions:

Dataset Identification

• Is this submission a new version of: https://catalogue.hakai.org/dataset/ca-cioos_b694a5c5-6a7e-4206-96aa-5b7754323345 OR how do these datasets relate/differ?
• It would be good to include a data published field which should be whenever this version of the data is first made available (whenever you update the Git hub repo in this case I would suggest)

Contact

• You need to get an ORCID to officially link this dataset to you in the publishing cyberinfrastructure and then inlcude this in your contact section: https://orcid.org/register
• I would suggest including an ORCID for Bill and Shawn as well
• Consider expanding initials in the contact section to full names. They will be abbreviated in the citation, but available in full in the metadata which is nicer.
• Include Hakai Institute as a Publisher.

Resources

• Consider adding a short description. eg. link to data repository containing the newest version of the Air Temp and RH .csv data files. (Side note: it looks like the data in the underlying GitHub repo hasn't been updated for the past 2 months. Is that right, or does a newer version need to be committed?)
• The README in the GitHub seems out of data based on the title: "Hakai Institute TaRH-time-series-v1.0.0_2019-2020"
• The changelog.txt file in the repo looks like it needs to be updated as well?

You might want to consider using GitHub Releases to version this dataset: Create a release n GitHub and tag it with the same version number you're using in the changelog and metadata record. You can then change the download URL to a specific release version, and include URLs to old versions... For eg: https://github.com/HakaiInstitute/jsp-data/releases

[JessyBarrette]

Is this related to the new ERDDAP datasets in development for the watershed group:

• Research Weather Station: https://goose.hakai.org/erddap/tabledap/HakaiWeatherStationsResearch.html
• Provisional Weather Station: https://goose.hakai.org/erddap/tabledap/HakaiWeatherStationsProvisional.html

If yes, maybe we can revise and simplify the data submission workflow to simplify the whole process.

[timvdstap]

Hey @emilyhaughton I'm just going through some outstanding items in this repository, and noticed this record sitting in the submitted phase. I'm wondering if this is still a record that you / the Watersheds team is interested in making public? If so, in addition to the comments and questions from Jessy / Brett above:

• What is the theme of this record: Oceanographic, Biological or Other?
• Would you like a DOI associated with this dataset so that you can more easily reference this record?
• I'm assuming there is no taxonomic coverage included with this record - so I've included that under 'Taxonomic Classification'
• If possible, could you add your, Shawn's and Bill's ORCIDs?
• Could you add Hakai Institute (role: Publisher) to the record?
• Could you add Tula Foundation (role: Funder) to the record, but not include it in the rec. citation (unselect that box)?
• From the repository it seems like the current version is 1.2.0? Should the repository be made public?
• Are the ERDDAP datasets that Jessy mentioned above related to this record? If so, they should be added as Related Works.
• I would add information on platform or instruments used to capture the data.
• Should the title be: Observed air temperature and relative humidity from small coastal watersheds in British Columbia, Canada? (Based on the readme file in GitHub)