NCEI Passive Acoustics Archive
All ADRIFT, CCES, and PASCAL raw data and sound level metrics are publicly accessible through NCEI Passive Acoustics Data Archive. All data were packaged using a combination of automated scripts and the NCEI Passive Packer tool.
Passive Packer Resources
Hard Drive Requirements
Guidelines
Only use Western Digital or Seagate Drives
- We bought 4 20TB WD Elements Desktop Hard Drives for PASCAL, CCES, and ADRIFT
Data can be packaged directly from its home directory to the destination external hard drive
All data and the metadata files created by Passive Packer must fit on the destination drive, ensure there is ample space on drive to reduce the risk of the program crashing
External Hard Drive Name
Include the organization and project name without spaces in the hard drive name
- Example: SWFSC_ADRIFT_DRIVE
Physical Hard Drive Label
Physically label the drive with the following information easily visible
Packagers full name
Your organization
Project Name
Example: Kourtney Burger, SWFSC, ADRIFT
Getting Started
Download software from Passive Packer Website and follow the ‘Getting Started’ directions
See Passive Packer Manual for introduction to software and guidelines on packaging other passive acoustics data, including sound level metrics and moored deployments
You can manually fill in all Passive Packer fields following the guidelines and field descriptions in the Passive Packer manual
OR
- You can use the following automation scripts to fill in the Passive Packer database, which will pre-populate the majority of the fields based on the Package ID (Drift ID)
Automation Code (WORK IN PROGRESS)
The following code transfers our deployment details metadata into a Passive Packer ready database, containing JSON strings for all Passive Packer fields. This automation script is for ADRIFT deployments, however similar scripts can be found in our Passive Packer Repository for CCES and PASCAL.
A folder manipulation automation code was also created to transfer all raw and ancillary data to Passive Packer specific directories to expedite the packaging process.
Here is our mapping spreadsheet where we linked our deployment metadata fields to their respective Passive Packer fields.
Deployment Script
Folder Manipulation
Complete Package Process
Once both scripts have been run and the Passive Packer database is updated, you can open Passive Packer and select a drift from the dataset drop down. All required fields should auto-populate. Once the data has been quality checked, select ‘Package Data’ and Passive Packer will automatically prepare the data package for NCEI.
The packaged data is now ready to be shipped to NCEI following the hard drive guidelines above.