Protocol Certification Requirements

Required eTraining Modules by Sphere/Protocol

Before you can start logging your measurements into our databases, you must first complete the necessary GLOBE protocol training. To make these trainings more accessible, we've created online learning modules that will help you meet our quality standards. Below, you can find a guide to the specific modules you must complete before uploading data pertinent to a specific Earth sphere and protocol.

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Protocols

Choose the protocol within the Earth sphere that corresponds with the data you want to collect. The required modules within each sphere are ordered by ease of implementation.

Important: You must first complete the Introduction to GLOBE training no matter which sphere/protocol you choose. 
 

Atmosphere

Complete the Introduction to Atmosphere and one of the modules below to complete your training in an Atmosphere protocol. 

Protocol Required Module
Air Temperature Air Temperature
Clouds Clouds
Precipitation

1 of the following:

  • Precipitation: Rain
  • Precipitation: Snow
Relative Humidity Relative Humidity
Barometric Pressure Barometric Pressure
Surface Temperature Surface Temperature

 

Biosphere 

Complete the Introduction to Biosphere and one of the modules below to complete your training in a Biosphere protocol. 

Protocol Required Module
Biometry

Land Cover Classification and 1 of the following:

  • Biometry: Canopy Cover and Ground Cover
  • Biometry: Tree Circumference
  • Biometry: Graminoid Biomass
  • Biometry: Graminoid, Tree, and Shrub Height (Five Methods)
Carbon Cycle

Carbon Cycle Introduction and 1 of the following:

  • Standard Site Carbon Cycle Protocols
  • Non-Standard Site Carbon Cycle Protocols
Green Up-Green Down

1 of the following:

  • Green Up-Green Down: Grass Green-Up
  • Green Up-Green Down: Grass Green-Down
  • Green Up-Green Down: Tree and Shrub Green-Up
  • Green Up-Green Down: Tree and Shrub Green-Down

 

Hydrosphere

Complete the Introduction to Hydrosphere and one of the modules below to complete your training in a Hydrosphere protocol. 

Protocol Required Module
Water Temperature

1 of the following:

  • Water Temperature: Using an Alcohol-Filled Thermometer

  • Water Temperature: Using a Temperature Probe
Water Transparency

1 of the following:

  • Water Transparency: Using a Secchi Disk
  • Water Transparency: Using a Transparency Tube
Electrical Conductivity

Electrical Conductivity
Water pH

1 of the following:

  • Water pH: Using pH Paper
  • Water pH: Using pH Meter
Alkalinity Alkalinity
Dissolved Oxygen

1 of the following:

  • Dissolved Oxygen: Using a Dissolved Oxygen Commercial Kit
  • Dissolved Oxygen: Using a Dissolved Oxygen Probe
Salinity

1 of the following:

  • Salinity: Using Titration Method
  • Salinity: Using a Hydrometer
Nitrates Nitrates

 

Pedosphere (Soil)

Complete the Introduction to Pedosphere and one of the modules below to complete your training in a Pedosphere protocol. 

Protocol Required Module
Soil Temperature Soil Temperature
Soil Moisture: Block Pattern SMAP Soil Moisture
Soil Moisture: Gravimetric

Soil Moisture Gravimetric
Soil Characterization

Both of the following:

  • Soil Characterization 
  • Selecting, Exposing and Defining a Soil Characterization Site
Soil Bulk Density Soil Bulk Density
Soil Infiltration Soil Infiltration