Data archiving

Data archiving

As detailed in our Terms and Conditions, data collected with GEF instruments must be archived in the following publicly accessible locations.

• In the case of seismic equipment loans, data must be uploaded to the EarthScope (formerly IRIS) data centre within 3 years of completion of the loan.

• Other standard loans must offer their data to a suitable NERC Environmental Data Centre within 2 years of completion of the loan. (e.g. the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) )

• In the case of “minor” loans, the borrower must indicate in their Reduced Scientific Report where the data are stored and how they may be accessed.