Citation information for individual datasets is often provided in the metadata. However, not all datasets have this information embedded in the discovery metadata. On a general basis a citation of a dataset include the same components as any other citation:
author,
title,
year of publication,
publisher (for data this is often the archive where it is housed),
edition or version,
access information (a URL or persistent identifier, e.g. DOI if provided)
The information required to properly cite a dataset is normally provided in the discovery metadata the datasets.
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Brief user guide
The Data Access Portal has information in 3 columns. An outline of the content in these columns is provided above. When first entering the search interface, all potential datasets are listed. Datasets are indicated in the map and results tabulation elements which are located in the middle column. The order of results can be modified using the "Sort by" option in the left column. On top of this column is normally relevant guidance information to user presented as collapsible elements.
If the user want to refine the search, this can be done by constraining the bounding box search. This is done in the map - the listing of datasets is automatically updated. Date constraints can be added in the left column. For these to take effect, the user has to push the button marked search. In the left column it is also possible to specific text elements to search for in the datasets. Again pushing the button marked "Search" is necessary for these to take action. Complex search patterns can be constructed using logical operators through the drop down menu above the text field. Text strings that are not quoted are treated as separate words and will match any of the words (i.e. assuming the OR operator). Phrases may be prefixed with '-' to indicate no occurence of the phrase in the results.
Other elements indicated in the left and right columns are facet searches, i.e. these are keywords that are found in the datasets and all datasets that contain these specific keywords in the appropriate metadata elements are listed together. Further refinement can be done using full text, date or bounding box constraints. Individuals, organisations and data centres involved in generating or curating the datasets are listed in the facets in the right column.
This data set named the Kongsfjorden Transect data is a subset of the UNIS Hydrographic Database (UNIS HD). UNIS HD is a collection of temperature and salinity profiles from the area (1-30°E and 75-81.5°N). The main portion of the Kongsfjorden Transect data were collected during the period 1994-2014 by The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), University of Bergen (UiB), Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAS) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Additional data in the database have been extracted from other data publishers; the Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMDC, https://www.nmdc.no/), the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) database (https://ocean.ices.dk/HydChem/), the PANGAEA data publisher (https://www.pangaea.de/), and the database from the project Norwegian Iceland Seas Experiment (NISE; Nilsen et al., 2008).
Quality
Data processed with standard software from the instrument manufacturers, and most of them calibrated with in situ water bottle analysis and post-cruise calibration. However, calibration has not been quality checked in all the data, so use with caution (salinity values in particular).