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UK - Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme (UK-OSNAP) 2013-2024

This dataset comprises hydrographic sections, together with measurements collected by ocean gliders and moored instrumentation deployed during the UK Overturning In the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme (UK-OSNAP). UK-OSNAP is the UK contribution to the International OSNAP Programme. The dataset also includes modelling output informed by the observations. OSNAP observations are focused on two lines: i) OSNAP West, extending from south Labrador to southwest Greenland and ii) OSNAP East from southeast Greenland to Scotland. Data collection commenced June 2014 and is ongoing. UK-OSNAP consists of cruises JR302, PE399, DY053, DY054, two alternating glider deployments, current meter moorings (five at Cape Farewell and three in the Rockall trough) and ADCPs in the Rockall Trough Shelf Edge Current. The model data addresses the Subpolar Gyre circulation and fluxes using data assimilation and theoretical analysis. The datasets assembled as part of UK-OSNAP provide a continuous record of full-depth, trans-basin mass, heat, and freshwater fluxes in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. These, coupled with the associated modelling exercises help improve the understanding of the circulation and fluxes of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. UK-OSNAP, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). UK-OSNAP is a partnership between NOC, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), University of Oxford and the University of Liverpool. It is part of international OSNAP that is led by USA and includes 10 further partner groups in Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands and China. Investigators: National Oceanography Centre (NOC): Dr Penny Holliday, Dr Sheldon Bacon, Dr Chris Wilson, Neill Mackay. Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS): Dr Stuart Cunningham, Prof Mark Inall, Loic Houpert. University of Oxford: Prof David Marshall, Dr Helen Johnson. University of Liverpool: Prof Ric Williams, Dr Vassil Roussenov. The full dataset is still being assembled and currently consists of near real time glider measurements, mooring data and cruise data. NERC have added an extension to UK-OSNAP, until October 2024. This will result in the UK-OSNAP-Decade: 10 years of observing and understanding the overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic (2014-2024).

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048UKOSNAP2013-2018
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2021-01-06
Date (Revision)
2021-01-06
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6550
Owner
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Originator
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.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
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Density of the water column
  • Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Transport in the water column
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are only available on the basis of case-by-case negotiation for usage
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
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
North Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Geographic identifier
Labrador Sea

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Geographic identifier
Greenland Sea

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Geographic identifier
Iceland Sea

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Geographic identifier
Irminger Sea

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Begin date
2013-10-02
End date
2024-10-30
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Binary ()

  • Delimited ()

  • Network Common Data Form ()

  • Ocean Data View ()

  • Text or Plaintext ()

OnLine resource
BODC online data delivery service

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

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/6371e0e7-8197-2959-e053-6c86abc0630d

Mackay N.; Zika J.D. (2018). Model output from NEMO ORCA1-N403 model run used to validate the Regional Thermohaline Inverse Method (RTHIM). British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/cjw9.

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/630bd9f3-2aec-2135-e053-6c86abc01eed

Houpert L.; Inall M.; Dumont E.; Cunningham S.A. (2018). UK OSNAP near real-time glider dataset. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/ckbr

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/6cb6dc0c-7bec-3ca4-e053-6c86abc0b9f0

Cunningham S.A., Houpert L., Dumont E., Inall M.E. (2018). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough) as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/cwf3

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/6cb6dc0c-7bed-3ca4-e053-6c86abc0b9f0

Holliday N.P., Rayner D., Bacon S., Houpert L. (2018). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Deep Western Boundary Current array (Irminger Sea) as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/cwf4

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/8c232969-11cb-3e52-e053-6c86abc07963

Cunningham S.A., Houpert L.A., Dumont E., Inall M.E. (2019). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c7qv

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/8c232969-11cd-3e52-e053-6c86abc07963

Holliday N.P., Rayner D., Bacon S., Houpert L.A. (2019). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Deep Western Boundary Current array (Irminger Sea) as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c7qw

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/79fdab65-0ce9-56ef-e053-6c86abc08912

Houpert L.A., Inall M.E., Dumont E., Cunningham S.A. (2019). UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) Delayed Mode Glider Dataset (2014-2018). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c76x

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b61c1031-2196-229d-e053-6c86abc04911

Holliday N.P., Rayner D., Bacon S., Houpert L.A. (2020). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Deep Western Boundary Current array (Irminger Sea) as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from 2014-2018. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fndk

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b8b40f85-8d3d-10c4-e053-6c86abc09e84

Cunningham S.A., Jones S., Houpert L.A., Dumont E., Inall M.E. (2021). Microcat and current meter data from moorings of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) (2017-2018). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fqgt

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b9560042-71c6-2564-e053-6c86abc0a830

Cunningham S.A., Houpert L.A., Dumont E., Inall M.E. (2021). Microcat and current meter data from moorings of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) (2016-2017). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fsz9

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/cfce79e5-93df-2d7e-e053-6c86abc033d4

Holliday N.P., Rayner D., Bacon S., Houpert L.A. (2021). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the Deep Western Boundary Current array (Irminger Sea) as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from 2014-2018, with recalibrated 2016-2018 microcat data. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/g4rz

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/fbf54d23-f346-367f-e053-6c86abc02e93

Holliday N.P., Rayner D., Houpert L.A., Bacon S., Cunningham S.A., Drysdale L. (2023). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the eastern Iceland Basin array as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from 2018-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/fbf54d23-f346-367f-e053-6c86abc02e93

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/956ac13a-a99e-7107-e053-6c86abc0cfbc

Houpert L.A., Inall M.E., Dumont E., Cunningham S.A. (2019). UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) near real-time glider dataset (2014-2018). British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK doi: 10.5285/956ac13a-a99e-7107-e053-6c86abc0cfbc

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0814056c-7d07-248b-e063-6c86abc0dccf

Johnson C. (2023). Hydrographic section data (dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity) from AR30-04 from the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0814056c-7d07-248b-e063-6c86abc0dccf

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0c665dcd-0bc9-6b5f-e063-6c86abc07096

Johnson C. (2024). Hydrographic section data (dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity) from DY120, October 2020, from the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough) and Iceland Basin, as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0c665dcd-0bc9-6b5f-e063-6c86abc07096

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0c3f44e7-8db9-04d5-e063-6c86abc0bc23

Johnson C. (2024). Hydrographic section data (dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity) from DY078, May 2017, from the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0c3f44e7-8db9-04d5-e063-6c86abc0bc23

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/103ce019-0899-1f10-e063-6c86abc05a1d

Johnson C. (2024). Moored water sampler data (dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity) from mooring RTEB1 of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from May 2017 to June 2018. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/103ce019-0899-1f10-e063-6c86abc05a1d

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/14039a6f-cf47-3c3b-e063-6c86abc0c05d

Cunningham S.A., Johnson C., Inall M.E., Burmeister K., Drysdale L., Dumont E., Fraser N.J., Jones S. (2024). Microcat-ODO data (Temperature, Salinity, Pressure and Dissolved Oxygen) from mooring RTEB1 of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from May 2017 to July 2018. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/14039a6f-cf47-3c3b-e063-6c86abc0c05d

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/14053a01-9867-3865-e063-6c86abc0560a

Cunningham S.A., Johnson C., Inall M.E., Burmeister K., Drysdale L., Dumont E., Fraser N.J., Jones S. (2024). Microcat-ODO data (Temperature, Salinity, Pressure and Dissolved Oxygen) from mooring RTEB1 of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from July 2018 to October 2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/14053a01-9867-3865-e063-6c86abc0560a

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/252226b4-0592-1d78-e063-7086abc07f23

Cunningham S.A., Johnson C., Drysdale L., Inall M.E., Burmeister K., Dumont E., Fraser N.J., Jones S. (2024). MicroCAT, ODO, and DeepSeapHOx data (Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Dissolved Oxygen, and pH) from mooring RTEB1 of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from July 2018 to October 2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/252226b4-0592-1d78-e063-7086abc07f23

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/25122493-c9fb-e485-e063-7086abc0c27f

Cunningham S.A., Johnson C., Drysdale L., Inall M.E., Burmeister K., Dumont E., Fraser N.J., Jones S. (2024). MicroCAT, ODO, and DeepSeapHOx data (Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Dissolved Oxygen, and pH) from mooring RTEB1 of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from May 2017 to July 2018. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/25122493-c9fb-e485-e063-7086abc0c27f

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2c01606b-d80a-72a8-e063-7086abc06745

Dotto T.S., Firing Y.L., Drysdale L., Rayner D. (2025). Microcat, current meter and ADCP data from moorings of the eastern Iceland Basin array as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from 2020-2022 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/2c01606b-d80a-72a8-e063-7086abc06745

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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 UK-OSNAP scientists from 2014 onwards in the North Atlantic Ocean 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: fluorometers; current profilers; radiometers; thermosalinographs; altimeters; salinometers; water pressure sensors; CTD; current meters; water temperature sensor; single-beam echosounders.
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7b2d5442af6f59d68d67fa0f23534b08 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-03-14T17:13:57
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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