ESS-DIVE Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Reporting Format v1

Dataset · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/2204420· OSTI ID:2204420

Ely, Kim S. ^[1]; Yang, Dedi ^[2]; Serbin, Shawn P. ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Laboratory; Brookhaven National Laboratory
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory

Here we present documentation of the ESS-DIVE reporting format for Unoccupied Aerial System (UAS) data and metadata. This reporting format provides guidance to data contributors on how to store data to maximize their discoverability, facilitate their efficient reuse, and add value to individual datasets. For data users, the reporting format will better allow data repositories to optimize data search and extraction, and more readily integrate similar data into harmonized synthesis products. The reporting format provides templates and guidance for the reporting of metadata for UAS experimental campaigns, individual flights, platform and sensor description. To improve data access and discoverability, the reporting format proposes a data description scheme of Levels based on the degree of processing, where Level 0 includes raw data, through to Level 3 being derived data end products. A range of examples of data types for each Level are given, with suggested file naming schemes. The reporting format presented here is intended to form a foundation for future development that will accommodate new UAS technologies and approaches to data access and use in the future. The reporting format documentation is maintained and updated on the ESS-DIVE Community Space GitHub at https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-uas. This data package is the first published version of this reporting format, and comprises a zip file of the complete content of https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-uas v1.0. The zip contains the reporting format description, instructions and variable definitions in GitHub markdown language (*.md) and metadata templates in csv format. The reporting format is designed to be compatible with other ESS-DIVE formats, and it is specifically recommended that this reporting format be used in conjunction with the File-level metadata (FLMD) and comma separated values (csv) reporting formats for submission to the ESS-DIVE repository.

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE)
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• OSTI ID: 2204420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS
ESS-DIVE Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Reporting Format v 1.0.0