NCEI

NCEI Data Archive

NCEI hosts a Passive Acoustic Data Archive, where all ADRIFT, CCES, and PASCAL deployment metadata and soundscape metrics are publicly available.

Users can access data through the interactive map or request data using Google Cloud Platform

Submitting Data

NCEI has packaging tools to help automate this process. ADRIFT, CCES, and PASCAL data was archived using Passive Packer. NCEI has since released the Passive Acoustic Collection Engine (PACE) that allows for bulk processing and custom translators. PACE has replaced Passive Packer as our packaging tool.

PACE

Future PAM data (CalCurCEAS 2024, gliders, etc) will be packaged and submitted using NCEI’s new Passive Acoustic Collection Engine (PACE). Detailed methods for preparing raw audio data for packaging and archive can be found here.

Passive Packer

These methods are no longer in use and may be outdated. Please use PACE archive methods for future projects

All ADRIFT, CCES, and PASCAL data were packaged using a combination of automated scripts and the NCEI Passive Packer tool. Several automation scripts were used to create Passive Packer ready databases from our deployment details metadata. Detailed methods can be found here.