A downloadable flowchart (updated in September 2026*) is provided to guide:
(1) cruise leaders who wish to develop a research programme to be designated as a GEOTRACES cruise or compliant data,
(2) principal investigators willing for their data to be included in the GEOTRACES Data Products.
The flow chart it is also presented below as an image. Please download the pdf file to access the active hyperlinks.
*Main change: A new feature of the 2028 IDP will be the use of the BODC portal for data submission to the GEOTRACES Data Assembly Centre (GDAC).
Download the flowchart as a PDF file to access the hyperlinks (updated* in Sept. 2026)
Cruise form – cruise forms – metadata form – post-cruise form – Metadata template