The temporary raw data storage onboard and tranfer transfer ashore are parts steps of the steps O2A-infrastructure between the sensor description and the data archiving in PANGAEA.
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For an overview of all scientific raw data central storage and transfer use the following page Scientific devices: Overview of raw data storage
The Near Realtime Software (NRT) can periodically download your data from remote devices. for For further information use the following
pages: NRT INGEST Software and NRT Data Format
Data Transfer onshore
Data Raw data stored on the central storage on Polarstern is transferred to the AWI after each expedition on tapes.
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