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Information for Proponents

Submission Deadline

Data Submission Deadline: September 25 2011 .
Proposals with data submitted before the deadline will be reviewed at the November 30 2011 Site Survey Panel meeting.

Guidance Documents for Proponents

SSDB Tools for Proponents

There are a variety of tools available in the Proponent Menu of the SSDB. These tools allow you to submit data to and retrieve data from the SSDB. What follows is a quick guide for proponents. For further information, please see the In-Depth Guide for Proponents. 

Tool

Function

My Account

Maintain updated contact information, and request access to specific proposals.

SSDBupload

Submit data files and related descriptive information (metadata) from your computer to the SSDB in support of a proposal.

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SSDBquery

Locate and download files using a text search interface, and view results using Google Earth.

Click here for more information

SSDBlegacy

Search physical objects, digital data, and site and proposal information that were submitted before SSDB was launched in 2005.

INTviewer

SSDB-hosted tool to view SEGY files, available in the results of an SSDBquery search.  INTviewer is available within SSDBquery and SSDBviewer.

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SSDBstatus

View the list of uploaded documents, plus their status, for a proposal. Check and revise metadata for files that have been uploaded but not yet submitted. Submit files.

SSDBviewer

Locate and download files using a graphical search interface.

Note: Most users prefer the SSDBquery tool for searching SSDB files.  SSDBviewer requires Java.

SSDBcopy

Copy data from one proposal directly to another authorized proposal on SSDB. Used for convenience when a new proposal will have multiple files used in an old proposal.

Note: The SSDBcopy tool can be used to generate an expedition package.

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Last Update: September 20, 2011