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FRidge project oceanographic data collected along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

This dataset consists of measurements of underway meteorology, navigation and sea-surface hydrography collected aboard RRS James Cook cruise JC156, which ran between Southampton and Guadeloupe from 20 December 2017 to 01 February 2018. Navigation data were collected using an Applanix POSMV system and meteorology and sea-surface hydrography were collected using the NMF Surfmet system. Both systems were run through the duration of the cruise, excepting times for cleaning, entering and leaving port, and while alongside. This cruise formed the field component of NERC Discovery Science project 'FRidge: The impact of mid-Ocean Ridges on the Ocean's Iron Cycle'. The main objectives of the project were to: 1. Document the changes in iron supply, cycling and speciation along the diverse hydrothermal systems of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 2. Link observational science with state-of-the-art ocean modelling to assess the global influence of mid-ocean ridges on the ocean iron cycle and the sustenance of surface productivity. To deliver on these objectives, a research expedition to the Atlantic Ocean was carried out to measure trace metals, nutrients and ocean physics over and around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Ultimately, this will be able to address the broader question of how the amount of iron from mid-ocean ridges can influence phytoplankton growth in the open ocean. The Discovery Science project was composed of Standard Grant reference NE/N010396/1 as the lead grant with child grant NE/N009525/1. The lead grant ran from 04 September 2017 to 03 March 2020, and was led by Professor Maeve Lohan of University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences. The child grant ran from 01 August 2017 to 31 August 2020, and was led by Dr Alessandro Tagliabue. The data from this project will be a part of the UK contribution to the international GEOTRACES programme. Research takes place along the GEOTRACES International Section GA13. The underway discrete salinity samples data and the underway navigation, meteorology and sea-surface hydrography data have been received by BODC as raw files from the RRS James Cook, processed and quality controlled using in-house BODC procedures and are available online.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_FRidge_project_data
Date (Publication)
2018-07-23
Date (Creation)
2023-12-06
Date (Revision)
2023-12-08
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6808
Owner
  University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
National Oceanography Centre, European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)23 8059 2011
http://www.soes.soton.ac.uk/
Originator
  University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
National Oceanography Centre, European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)23 8059 2011
http://www.soes.soton.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
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Horizontal platform movement
  • Raw light meter output
  • Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Electrical conductivity of the water column
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
  • Air pressure
  • Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
  • Platform or instrument orientation
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Dissolved noble gas concentration parameters in the water column
  • Air temperature
  • Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Wind strength and direction
  • Atmospheric humidity
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Solar Radiation
  • Date and time
  • Raw fluorometer output
  • Metadata parameters
  • Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment
  • Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Total metal concentrations in water bodies
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geographical grid systems
  • Hydrography
  • Geology
  • Energy resources
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Elevation
  • Atmospheric conditions
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
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
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Biota
  • Location
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Geographic identifier
Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Begin date
2017-01-20
End date
2018-02-01
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

  • Network Common Data Form ()

  • Ocean Data View ()

OnLine resource
Dataset Web Site

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

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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 scientists for the 'FRidge: The impact of mid-Ocean Ridges on the Ocean’s Iron Cycle' project, which ran from 2017 to 2020, 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.
File identifier
8ba648f2759d57fbb2246671f8065939 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-06T14:24:37
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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