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Magnetotelluric Time Series Metadata Consultation and Recommendations
Geoscience Australia first sought feedback on a metadata standard for magnetotelluric (MT) time-series data in 2018 with the publication of a Preview article (Kirkby, 2019) outlining suggestions for metadata fields that should be collected when running an MT survey. This was the first step in standardising the MT formats used by the Australian MT community to ensure a cohesive community approach moving forward. Intrepid Geophysics was subsequently contracted by Geoscience Australia to investigate the current community sentiment around a metadata standard and report on the community’s requirements for a standardised data format. Intrepid Geophysics was chosen as an independent party that had no significant stake in the magnetotellurics discussion.
This report is the third made to Geoscience Australia in a series investigating the needs of the Australian magnetotelluric community, with a focus on the definition of the metadata that should be collected along with the raw data of an MT survey. The findings were collated from interviews conducted in the preliminary stage of the project as well as an online questionnaire that was sent to those who had agreed to be contacted.
Feedback was constructive, centring on standardisation of parameter naming schemes, adding parameters that were missing and could add value, and misclassification of parameters. Future work should focus on a more widespread community engagement program that involves system manufacturers as well as building the metadata structure around the chosen data format.
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- 2020-09-25
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- 2021-08-26T23:02:24
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- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/145467
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Leonard, T.
External Contact Author Fitzgerald, D.
External Contact Author Keetley, J.
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Report
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Nakamura, A.
MEG Internal Contact Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
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Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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DATA FORMAT
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Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics
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GEOPHYSICS
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EARTH SCIENCES
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
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Download the report (pdf) [1.1 MB]
Download the report (pdf) [1.1 MB]
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pdf
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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MEG Internal Contact
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GeoIntrepid Consulting Services publication:
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-03-31T23:56:56.114Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2019-04-08T01:55:29
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- 2025-03-31T23:57:15.194Z
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
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- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551