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Continental Slope Experiment (CONSLEX) Data Set (1982-1983)

The data set comprises current velocity, hydrographic pressure and sea temperature measurements from the Scottish continental slope between August 1982 and June 1983. The instrument deployments, mainly current meter moorings, were made along a set of lines defined A-G across the Scottish continental slope (51 N - 63 N, 0 - 15 W). Current meters recorded horizontal currents, temperature and pressure, while six bottom-mounted pressure gauges were deployed at either end of each line. Four temporary tide gauges were also installed from Sligo (Ireland) to Shetland. The Continental Slope Experiment (CONSLEX) was designed to study water movements across the Scottish continental slope. CONSLEX was a collaborative exercise between the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory (IOSW) and the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Bidston Laboratory (IOSB) now collectively known as the National Oceanography Centre (NOC); the Scottish Marine Biological Association (SMBA), now known as the Scottish Marine Institute based at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory (DML); the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department (SOAFD), now known as Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory; and the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Laboratory (MAFF), now known as the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS). The data are held at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC).

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048020
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2012-08-16
Date (Revision)
2017-03-30
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED164
Owner
  Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
PO Box 101 , 375 Victoria Road , Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire , AB11 9DB , United Kingdom
Originator
  Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
PO Box 101 , 375 Victoria Road , Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire , AB11 9DB , United Kingdom
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
  Scottish Marine Biological Association - Unknown ( Unknown )
Dunbeg , Oban , Argyll , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
Originator
  Scottish Marine Biological Association - Unknown ( Unknown )
Dunbeg , Oban , Argyll , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
Owner
  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Pakefield Road , Lowestoft , Suffolk , NR33 0HT , United Kingdom
Originator
  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Pakefield Road , Lowestoft , Suffolk , NR33 0HT , United Kingdom
Owner
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brook Road , Wormley , Godalming , Surrey , GU8 5UB , United Kingdom
Originator
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brook Road , Wormley , Godalming , Surrey , GU8 5UB , United Kingdom
Owner
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Bidston Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Bidston Observatory , Bidston Hill , Prenton , Merseyside , L43 7RA , United Kingdom
Originator
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Bidston Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Bidston Observatory , Bidston Hill , Prenton , Merseyside , L43 7RA , United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
INSPIRE themes
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Elevation
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Sea level
  • Temperature of the water column
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
  • Elevation
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
North Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
1982-01-01
End date
1983-12-31
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • 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: sea level recorders; current meters; water body temperature sensor; thermistor chains.

File identifier
5e6e82bc53d75e25b8771a05402a0597 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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