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CARBON-OPS: air-sea carbon flux observation

The CARBON-OPS data set comprises partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and ancilliary parameters, measured aboard selected UK research vessels between 2007 and 2008. The parameter suite includes geographical position; partial pressure and fugacity of CO2; sea surface temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen concentration; air pressure, temperature and humidity; occasionally the parameter suite also includes fluorescence, transmittance, wind speed and direction. CARBON-OPS, led by Nick Hardman-Mountford at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council under the Knowledge Transfer initiative (2007-2009). The aim of the project was to develop an automated supply chain of ocean surface and atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements from research ships to operational end-users. The data were first provided in near real-time following an initial level of automated quality control and processing. Following a secondary level of manual quality control and processing (delayed mode) the data are integrated into the BODC National Oceanographic Database. Measurements were taken aboard five UK research vessels: RRS Discovery, RRS James Clark Ross; RRS James Cook; RV Plymouth Quest; and RV Prince Madog.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048CARBONOPS
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2011-05-17
Date (Revision)
2011-01-25
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED4288
Originator
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
+44 (0)1752 633101
http://www.pml.ac.uk
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Raw oxygen sensor output
  • Variable fluorescence parameters
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Air pressure
  • Raw fluorometer output
  • Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
  • Air temperature
  • Atmospheric humidity
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Wind strength and direction
  • Metadata parameters
  • Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Date and time
  • Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
  • Other meteorological measurements
  • Ozone and oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
INSPIRE themes
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Geographical grid systems
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Atmospheric conditions
Use limitation
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Access constraints
restricted Restricted
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are only available on the basis of case-by-case negotiation for usage
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Location
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Begin date
2007-01-01
End date
2010-12-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
OnLine resource
CARBON-OPS website

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Statement

The CARBON-OPS dataset is created by an automated supply chain of ocean surface and atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements from selected UK research ships. The measurements and supporting data are sent in near real-time via Iridium satellite communications to Plymouth Marine Laboratory. They are then forwarded daily to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) to undergo an initial level of automated quality control and processing, prior to being loaded in the BODC CARBON-OPS database. A complete list of the automated quality control and processing procedures applied to CARBON-OPS data is available at http://www.bodc.ac.uk/carbon-ops/data/processing/.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: anemometers; meteorological packages; fluorometers; thermosalinographs; continuous water samplers; salinity sensor; dissolved gas sensors; geothermometers; continuous air samplers; Differential Global Positioning System receivers; transmissometers; water body temperature sensor; water temperature sensor.

File identifier
00802535eaae574191486113d8ecbf9c XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-02-06T15:16:39
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdic ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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