Category:MARPA Working Group

Overview

In the Linked Earth context, a working group (WG) is a self-organized coalition of knowledgeable experts, whose activities are governed herewith. This page is dedicated to the discussion of data and metadata standards for MARPA (marine annually-resolved proxy archives, see this page for a definition of the coral archive, this page for a definition of Mollusk Shells, and this page for a definition of Sclerosponge), and aims to formulate a set of recommendations for such a standard. Note that chronological aspects should be discussed within the Chronologies WG.

Specific tasks

We recommend that discussions focus on the following techniques, and explore potential commonalities.

For each chronology type, we recommend:

• structuring discussions around what scientific questions one would want to ask of the data
• listing essential, recommended, and optional information for:
  • the measurements themselves
  • any inference made from the measurements (e.g. calibration to temperature)
  • the underlying uncertainties, and what those numbers correspond to (e.g. 1-sigma or 2-sigma?)
• provide an ideal data table for each type of observation, so the community knows what to report and how to report it.
• provide separate recommendations for new and legacy datasets

Sub-groups

Corals

observations to describe:

• stable isotopes
• radiocarbon
• trace metals

Sclerosponges

Mollusks

Polls

Here are polls that the group might want to consider:

References