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Marine Biological Assocation CTD profiles in the Western English Channel from 2018

The dataset comprises of vertical profiles of water column properties (temperature, salinity, conductivity, pressure, depth, sound velocity and density) of the full water column in the South West region of the UK. Measurements were taken opportunistically at three main locations (L4, L5 and E1 Western Channel Observatory stations) as well from Plymouth Sound and the surrounding inshore areas. Data have been gathered using a Valeport MIDAS 606 CTD (with a passive flow induction cell, Platinum Resistance Thermometer and a strain gauge transducer) and extracted and processed using Valeport DataLogX2 software (version1.0.4.1270). The CTD was deployed using vertical deployment from the RV MBA Sepia and were hauled using a manually controlled hydraulic winch. The surveyors have been dependent on the sensor calibrations applied by the CTD manufacturer (Valeport). Manufacturer calibrations are applied to the in situ direct measurements via sensor specific microchips in the CTD unit. Derived parameters are calculated using the in-built processing provided with the units software: Datalogx2. The data have been collected in the framework of the long term monitoring of the Western Channel Observatory stations and the Plymouth inshore fisheries undertaken annually by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. The RV MBA Sepia department of the Institute carried out the data collection activities.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MBA_CTD_WCO
Date (Publication)
2022-02-15
Date (Creation)
2020-12-16
Date (Revision)
2021-04-21
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7088
Owner
  Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom - Unknown ( Unknown )
Citadel Hill , Plymouth , Devon , PL1 2PB , United Kingdom
https://www.mba.ac.uk/
Originator
  Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom - Unknown ( Unknown )
Citadel Hill , Plymouth , Devon , PL1 2PB , United Kingdom
https://www.mba.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
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Electrical conductivity of the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Density of the water column
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
INSPIRE themes
  • Oceanographic geographical features
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
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Geographic identifier
English Channel

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
2018-07-17
End date
2022-02-15 After
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b8a519a3-63a4-2954-e053-6c86abc00e4c

Small A., Brittain R. (2021). The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) CTD vertical profiles from long-term monitoring sites in the South West region of the United Kingdom, 2018-2020. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fqqz

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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

This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data Library

Instrument(s) used to collect data: CTD.

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bc12f2da28ae51c6ba48987caf4dc0d5 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-02-15T09:16:04
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadziabdic ( Enquiries Officer )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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