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Benthic Processes in the Arabian Sea Programme Data Set (2003)

The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological oceanographic, surface meteorological and benthic measurements. Hydrographic profiles including temperature, salinity, fluorescence, transmissance and suspended sediment concentration were collected at numerous stations, while surface hydrographic (fluorescence, transmissance, sea surface temperature, salinity) and meteorological (irradiance, air temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction) data were collected across the survey areas. Sediment, pore water and water column samples were also collected for biogeochemical analysis, as were biological samples for the purposes of species classification and abundance analyses. The data were collected across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Pakistan margin areas between March and October 2003. Data collection was undertaken by the RRS Charles Darwin during four cruises: CD145 (12 March 2003 to 9 April 2003), CD146 (12 April 2003 to 30 May 2003), CD150 (22 August 2003 to 15 September 2003) and CD151 (17 September 2003 to 20 October 2003). Conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers with auxiliary sensors, benthic samplers and nets were deployed from the ship, while underway sensors provided continuous surface ocean, meteorological and bathymetric data. The study was designed to investigate an oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ) in the northern Arabian Sea. Chief Investigators include Gregory L Cowie (University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences) and Brian J Bett (Southampton Oceanography Centre), while other institutions including the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool and Netherlands Institute of Ecology were also involved in the research. Data management is being undertaken by BODC. Some of the data are still undergoing processing at BODC and further data are expected from originators in the future.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048099
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-23
Date (Revision)
2021-04-21
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED214
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/
Owner
  Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology - Unknown ( Unknown )
Korringaweg 7 , Yerseke , 4401 NT , Netherlands
+31 113 577300
http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/node/69
Originator
  Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology - Unknown ( Unknown )
Korringaweg 7 , Yerseke , 4401 NT , Netherlands
+31 113 577300
http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/node/69
Owner
  University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brownlow Hill , Liverpool , Merseyside , United Kingdom
Originator
  University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brownlow Hill , Liverpool , Merseyside , United Kingdom
Owner
  University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brownlow Hill , Liverpool , Merseyside , United Kingdom
Originator
  University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brownlow Hill , Liverpool , Merseyside , United Kingdom
Owner
  Southampton Oceanography Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton , Waterfront Campus , European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
Originator
  Southampton Oceanography Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton , Waterfront Campus , European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
Owner
  Scottish Association for Marine Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
Argyll , Oban , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
http://www.sams.ac.uk
Originator
  Scottish Association for Marine Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
Argyll , Oban , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
http://www.sams.ac.uk
Owner
  University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
The King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , EH9 3JW , United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 650 4842
https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/
Originator
  University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
The King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , EH9 3JW , United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 650 4842
https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
INSPIRE themes
  • Atmospheric conditions
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Elevation
  • Hydrography
  • Soil
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Species distribution
  • Geology
  • Geographical grid systems
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
  • Wind strength and direction
  • Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
  • Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment
  • Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment pore water
  • Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
  • Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Air temperature
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
  • Optical backscatter
  • Variable fluorescence parameters
  • Stable isotopes in sediment
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Atmospheric humidity
  • Sediment lipid concentrations
  • Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
  • Fish abundance in water bodies
  • Stable isotopes in sediment pore waters
  • Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
  • Amino acids in sediment
  • Zoobenthos non taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
  • Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
  • Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
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
  • Location
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Geoscientific information
  • Biota
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Geographic identifier
Indian Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Geographic identifier
Arabian Sea

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
2003
End date
2003
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

  • Network Common Data Form ()

  • Ocean Data View ()

OnLine resource
BODC online data delivery service

National Oceanographic Database data delivery service; pre-filtered for the data collection.

Hierarchy level
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 ingestion 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 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: anemometers; meteorological packages; fluorometers; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; pelagic trawl nets; benthos samplers; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors.

File identifier
4530e4c0cfa651e185e4b29dc9b3164b XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-12-20T06:31:16
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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