Step-By-Step File Submission

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How to Create a Deployment in the Glider DAC

Documentation Link: Deployment creation

IMPORTANT: Do not create a new deployment by logging into the ftp server. You must use the process described here.

1. Request a WMO ID from glider.dac.support@noaa.gov if your data needs to be released on the GTS. Documentation Link: Request a WMO ID
2. Navigate to the GliderDAC providers page.
3. Click Login and enter your account credentials.

1. Click Your Deployments to register your deployment.

1. Enter the glider deployment information in the registration form.

1. Click New Deployment to create the deployment.

1. Click the deployment entry name to take you to the deployment metadata page.

1. Specify the Operator on the deployment metadata page and click Submit.

How to Add Files to the Deployment Folder

Documentation Link: Submission of NetCDF files

1. Login to the ftp website ftp://gliders.ioos.us.

1. List directories. Your deployment directory, the one on the providers’ page, should appear in the list.

1. Change to your deployment directory.

IMPORTANT: This step is important to get your files submitted under the intended deployment.

1. Change to your local directory with the deployment files.

1. Push the files specific to your deployment.

1. See your deployment files on the providers’ page.

1. Click Complete when the glider has been recovered or the deployment has been completed.

How to Check Data Status

NOTICE: The dataset status page has been deprecated. In the meantime, the Providers page and the ERDDAP Status page offer limited but useful information about dataset status. This section will be updated with new material as it becomes available.