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7- Data Citation in the Earth and Physical Sciences
Pages 49-54

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... · Measurements taken across an area at multiple times by a static instrument (e.g., meteorological radar, satellite radiometer measurements) · Measurements taken over and area and a time by a moving instrument (e.g., ocean traces, air quality measurements taken during an airplane flight, biodiversity measurements)
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... One of the big drivers for data citations in the earth and physical sciences is to make it easier to identify products and projects when one is comparing them. A major example of this is a set of experiments being done by climate modelers all over the world under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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... , and · Understand some of the factors responsible for differences in model projections, including quantifying some key feedbacks such as those involving clouds and the carbon cycle. Climate models are usually run on supercomputers, and produce a lot of data.
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... If you look at their repository catalogue pages they give the citation for the dataset with the DOI and then it says, "supplement to", which gives the citation for the paper of reference. Finally, I work at the same site as ISIS, which is pulsed neutron and muon source produces beams of neutrons and muons that allow scientists to study materials at the atomic level using a suite of instruments, often described as `super-microscopes'.
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... DATA CITATION IN THE EARTH AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 53 sciences to publish data, but there is also a need to ensure proper accreditation. Finally, how we communicate scientific findings is changing and data citation practices are a big part of that.
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