Hydrographic data in the Faroe-Shetland Channel collected during the Slope Mixing Experiment (September 2005).

This dataset comprises hydrographic data from conductivity and temperature sensors deployed at fixed intervals on moorings within the water column or close to the sea bed on benthic frames. The measurements were collected at five sites within the Faroe – Shetland channel during the FS Poseidon cruise PO328 between 07 and 23 September 2005. The data have been processed, quality controlled and made available by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The data were collected as part of the Slope Mixing Experiment, a Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) core Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded project, which aimed to estimate slope mixing and its effects on waters in the overturning circulation. Detailed in situ measurements of mixing in the water column) were to be combined with fine resolution 3-D and process models. The experiment was lead by POL, in collaboration with the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor; the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS); the University of Highlands and Islands and the Institute of Marine Studies (IMS) at the University of Plymouth. The Slope Mixing Experiment dataset also includes conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles, moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP), vessel mounted ADCP sensors as well as 3-D and process models. These data are not available from BODC.

Citation proposal
British Oceanographic Data Centre (2017) . Hydrographic data in the Faroe-Shetland Channel collected during the Slope Mixing Experiment (September 2005).. https://data-search.nerc.ac.uk:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fc589d8c21b85b8ebdb39920c264ea7e

Simple

Alternate title: British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048SLOPE_MIXING_EXPERIMENT

Date ( Publication ): 2017-10-03

Date ( Creation ): 2013-10-01

Date ( Revision ): 2017-01-30

Identifier: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6009

Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown (Unknown )

Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom

Website: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/

Custodian

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom

Website: http://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

Vertical Coverages

unknown

SeaDataNet PDV

Moored instrument depth , Salinity of the water column , Temperature of the water column

INSPIRE themes

Oceanographic geographical features

Use limitation: Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence

Metadata language: English English

Topic category

Oceans

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

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Distributor

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom

Website: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/

OnLine resource: BODC online data delivery service
National Oceanographic Database data delivery service; pre-filtered for the data collection.

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Statement

Hydrodynamic data were collected in September 2005 aboard an FS Poseidon cruise in the Faroe-Shetland channel, as part of a NERC funded project looking at slope mixing and its effects on waters in the overturning circulation. Moorings were deployed from the FS Poseidon, measuring salinity and temperature. CTD profiles were also taken, along with lowered ADCP data.

The originators supplied the hydrographic data in processed form to BODC for ingestion, along with details on their processing methodologies and quality control procedures.

BODC will ingest the data (seismic data excepted) into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion, BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For a full 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: CTD; water temperature sensor.