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Ecological Consequences of Offshore Wind (ECOWind) research programme

The Ecological Consequences of Offshore Wind (ECOWind) research programme comprises of 4 grants: Ecological Implications of Accelerated Seabed Mobility around Windfarms (NE/X008886/1: ECOWind-ACCELERATE), Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Windfarms (NE/X008835/1: PELAgIO), Benthic-Offshore Wind Interactions (NE/X008991/1: BOWIE) and Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds (NE/X009068/1: ECOWINGS). These projects are expected to run until 2027, interacting with eachother to collect multidisciplinary data that investigates the physical, biogeochemical and ecosystem impact windfarms have around the UK, using multi-scale observational data, laboratory experiments and model outputs. The data collected spans from flume data, wave model outputs and glider measurements through to the response of seabirds. The programme was funded by NERC and aims to provide new evidence in support of marine policy and the sustainable management of offshore wind development.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_ECOWind
Date (Publication)
2026-03-25
Date (Creation)
2025-06-06
Date (Revision)
2026-03-25
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7412
Owner
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Originator
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Owner
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - Unknown ( Unknown )
The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, RAL Space, R25-Room 1.122, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot , Oxfordshire , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
+44 1235 446432
https://www.ceda.ac.uk/
Originator
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - Unknown ( Unknown )
The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, RAL Space, R25-Room 1.122, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Didcot , Oxfordshire , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
+44 1235 446432
https://www.ceda.ac.uk/
Owner
  Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
School of Ocean Sciences, , Bangor University, , Menai Bridge, , Anglesey, , Menai Bridge , Gwynedd , LL59 5AB , United Kingdom
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/oceansciences/
Originator
  Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
School of Ocean Sciences, , Bangor University, , Menai Bridge, , Anglesey, , Menai Bridge , Gwynedd , LL59 5AB , United Kingdom
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/oceansciences/
Owner
  National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton , Waterfront Campus , European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
http://noc.ac.uk
Originator
  National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton , Waterfront Campus , European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
http://noc.ac.uk
Owner
  University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue , Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire , AB24 2TZ , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1224 272861
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/biologicalsci/
Originator
  University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue , Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire , AB24 2TZ , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1224 272861
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/biologicalsci/
Owner
  National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 795 4800
http://noc.ac.uk
Originator
  National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 795 4800
http://noc.ac.uk
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • data.gov.uk
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Bird counts
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Seabed geomorphology
  • Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Wind stress and shear
  • Wave height and period statistics
  • Wave height estimates
  • Sediment grain size parameters
  • Wave direction
  • Concentration of organic matter in water bodies
  • Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Species distribution
  • Geology
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Oceanographic geographical features
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Biota
  • Geoscientific information
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Geographic identifier
North Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2025-08-07

Geographic identifier
North Sea

Date (Revision)
2025-08-07

Geographic identifier
Irish Sea

Date (Revision)
2025-08-07

Geographic identifier
Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2025-08-07

Begin date
2022-08-01
End date
2027-04-02
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Binary ()

  • Database ()

  • Image ()

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/3b365b68-55a4-2d6a-e063-7086abc0a206

Le Bas T., Howe J. (2025). Geoswath data collected by Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle from Liverpool Bay area during a RV Prince Madog cruise in June 2023 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/3b365b68-55a4-2d6a-e063-7086abc0a206

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/38627e4f-f29b-0377-e063-7086abc058a4

Bricheno L.M., Rulent J. (2025). Model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European shelf from 1992-2093. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/38627e4f-f29b-0377-e063-7086abc058a4

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/38626589-5885-fff9-e063-7086abc09721

Bricheno L.M., Rulent J. (2025). Model outputs containing ocean physics projections from the North Western European shelf from 1992-2093. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/38626589-5885-fff9-e063-7086abc09721

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/38624d82-baec-fcd8-e063-7086abc0e25c

Bricheno L.M., Rulent J. (2025). Wave projections from the North Western European shelf modelled from 1992-2093. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/38624d82-baec-fcd8-e063-7086abc0e25c

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/3863bb6f-f1b2-2d7f-e063-7086abc0cf73

Unsworth C.A., McCarron C.J., Whitehouse R.J.S., Van Landeghem K.J.J., Clare M.A., Barranco I. (2025). Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV) and Terrestrial Laser Scan (TLS) flume data from laboratory experiments in February and March 2023 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/3863bb6f-f1b2-2d7f-e063-7086abc0cf73

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/3bc6687c-00ad-d305-e063-7086abc08650

Bricheno L.M., Rulent J., Unsworth C.A., Van Landeghem K.J.J., McCarron C.J. (2025). Model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European shelf from 1992-2093 version 2 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/3bc6687c-00ad-d305-e063-7086abc08650

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dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
Pass
Yes
Statement
These datasets were created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The high volume datasets were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and transferred to the BODC archive at Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long-term archive, followed by data publication in the BODC Published Data Library. The remaining data were provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB), or for long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data Library. During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.Instrument(s) used to collect data: fluorometers; cameras; observers; salinometers; acoustic velocity systems; Ocean models; Physical oceanographic models; water temperature sensor; dissolved gas sensors.
File identifier
03d046b98ee0557a980578eb38da4b35 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-25T15:19:07
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.2
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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