POLCOMS model hindcast of temperature, salinity and sea surface height from the Atlantic Margin for 1964 to 2004

The dataset consists of temperature, salinity and sea surface height data generated from a 40 year run of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System (POLCOMS) numerical model. The dataset consists of 41 data files in Climate and Forecast (CF) compliant NetCDF format. The data are supplied as a gridded dataset covering the entire northwest European continental shelf and extending out into the Atlantic Ocean. The grid resolution varies from 7.8 km to 14.2 km along the longitudinal axis and is at 12.3 km on the latitudinal axis. The model contains 40 depth layers. The model run was from 01 January 1964 to 31 December 2004 and the generated data were averaged over a 25 hour tidal cycle to create daily mean values. The data were generated from the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System (POLCOMS) numerical model. The model simulations were run on the HECTOR supercomputer managed by the University of Edinburgh. The dataset was generated to look at multi-decadal variability and trends in temperature of the northwest European continental shelf. The data were generated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Liverpool as part of Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) National Capability (NC) funding.

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048POLCOMS40yr_TSz
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2013-11-22
Date (Revision)
2017-01-30
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6020
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
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
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No limitations apply
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Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
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Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
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Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Elevation
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Geographic identifier
Skagerrak

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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North Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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Irish Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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Bristol Channel

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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Celtic Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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English Channel

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

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Bay of Biscay

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Western Scheldt

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Wadden Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Begin date
1964-01-01
End date
2004-12-31
Supplemental Information

Publication year: 2012-01-01

Publication title: Multi-decadal variability and trends in the temperature of the northwest European continental shelf: a model-data synthesis.

Publication authors: Holt, J., S. Hughes, J. Hopkins, S. L. Wakelin, et. al

Publication editors: Progress in Oceanography, 106, 96-117, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.08.001.
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
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OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/053f88a9-011b-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5

Wakelin S., Holt J. (2023). POLCOMS model run in the Atlantic margin of the Northwest European continental shelf generating potential temperature, salinity, and sea surface height for 41 years from 1964. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/053f88a9-011b-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5

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dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
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Yes
Statement

Hydrodynamic modelling of potential temperature, salinity and sea surface height was undertaken throughout the Atlantic margin of the north-west European shelf by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Liverpool (formerly the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL)). The model simulations were part of NERC National Capability research looking at multi-decadal trends and variability in temperature over the north-west European continental shelf, for 40 years from 1964 to 2004. Detailed information about the model simulations is available at https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/316641/. The data were provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for archive. No quality control or assessments of the data have been undertaken by BODC; data have been stored as supplied by the data originator.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: Ocean models.
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10fa7386d6395bf4a6a23749aba79ee0 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-08-13T07:56:12
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
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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