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NERC Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (BOFS) data in the Southern Ocean (1992)

The dataset contains physical, biological and chemical oceanographic measurements, and meteorological data. Hydrographic measurements include temperature, salinity, attenuance and backscatter, pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations, while water samples were analysed for concentrations of carbon, nitrogen, hydrocarbons, nutrients and pigments. Samples were also collected for phytoplankton and zooplankton analyses, while results from production experiments are also included in the data set. These oceanographic data are supplemented by surface meteorological measurements. Measurements were taken at sites in the Bellinghausen Sea as part of a 2-ship Eulerian experiment between the 28th of October and the 17th of December 1992. The data were collected via (i) underway sampling (SeaSoar Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (UOR), lightfish, hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), meteorology and surface ocean parameters) of which there are 121179 records and (ii) discrete sampling (conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts, bottle stations, net hauls, productivity incubations) of which there are over 1000 deployments and experiments. The study aimed to measure the magnitude and variability of carbon and nitrogen fluxes during early summer in the Southern Ocean, with particular emphasis on rates and processes in the marginal ice zone. The data were collected and supplied by UK participants in the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) are responsible for calibrating, processing, quality controlling and documenting the data and assembling the final data set. Underway data are stored as 1 minute interval time series for each cruise with all parameters merged on date/time. The data are fully quality controlled; checks were made for instrument malfunction, fouling, constancy, spikes, spurious values, calibration errors, baseline and salt-water corrections. The discrete data are stored in a relational database (Oracle RDBMS), chiefly as vertical profiles and are uniquely identified by a combination of deployment number and depth.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048006
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-30
Date (Revision)
2021-04-21
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED151
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
  Western Washington University, Department of Biology - Unknown ( Unknown )
Biology Building BI 315, Mail Stop 9160 , Bellingham , Washington , 98225-9160 , United States
+1 360-650-3627
http://www.biol.wwu.edu/biology/
Originator
  Western Washington University, Department of Biology - Unknown ( Unknown )
Biology Building BI 315, Mail Stop 9160 , Bellingham , Washington , 98225-9160 , United States
+1 360-650-3627
http://www.biol.wwu.edu/biology/
Owner
  Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
104 COAS Administration Building , Corvallis , Oregon , 97331-5503 , United States
+1 541 737 3504
http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/
Originator
  Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
104 COAS Administration Building , Corvallis , Oregon , 97331-5503 , United States
+1 541 737 3504
http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/
Owner
  University of Cape Town, Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
Private Bag X3, Rondebosch , Cape Town , Western Cape , 7701 , South Africa
+27 (0) 21 650 3277
http://www.sea.uct.ac.za
Originator
  University of Cape Town, Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
Private Bag X3, Rondebosch , Cape Town , Western Cape , 7701 , South Africa
+27 (0) 21 650 3277
http://www.sea.uct.ac.za
Owner
  University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology - Unknown ( Unknown )
The King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , EH9 3JW , United Kingdom
Originator
  University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology - Unknown ( Unknown )
The King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , EH9 3JW , United Kingdom
Owner
  University of Southampton Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
Originator
  University of Southampton Department of Oceanography - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
Owner
  Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Medical Biology Centre , Belfast , County Antrim , BT9 7BL , United Kingdom
+44 (0)28 9097 5787
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofBiologicalSciences/
Originator
  Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Medical Biology Centre , Belfast , County Antrim , BT9 7BL , United Kingdom
+44 (0)28 9097 5787
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofBiologicalSciences/
Owner
  University of Wales, School of Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
School of Ocean Sciences, , University of Wales Bangor, , Menai Bridge, , Anglesey, , Menai Bridge , Anglesey , LL59 5AB , United Kingdom
http://www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/
Originator
  University of Wales, School of Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
School of Ocean Sciences, , University of Wales Bangor, , Menai Bridge, , Anglesey, , Menai Bridge , Anglesey , LL59 5AB , United Kingdom
http://www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/
Owner
  University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
University Plain , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , United Kingdom
http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/
Originator
  University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
University Plain , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , United Kingdom
http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/
Owner
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brook Road , Wormley , Godalming , Surrey , GU8 5UB , United Kingdom
Originator
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brook Road , Wormley , Godalming , Surrey , GU8 5UB , United Kingdom
Owner
  British Antarctic Survey - Unknown ( Unknown )
High Cross , Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 OET , United Kingdom
https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/uk-pdc/
Originator
  British Antarctic Survey - Unknown ( Unknown )
High Cross , Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 OET , United Kingdom
https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/uk-pdc/
Owner
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk
Originator
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk
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
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Solar Radiation
  • Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Air pressure
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Air temperature
  • Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column
  • Primary production in the water column
  • Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
  • Regenerated production in water bodies
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Zooplankton feeding
  • Uptake of other nutrients in the water column
  • Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
INSPIRE themes
  • Atmospheric conditions
  • Species distribution
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Energy resources
  • Elevation
  • Hydrography
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
Vertical 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
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Oceans
  • Biota
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Geographic identifier
Southern Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Geographic identifier
South Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Geographic identifier
South Pacific Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
1992
End date
1992
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: meteorological packages; fluorometers; radiometers; bathythermographs; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; particulates samplers; redox potential sensors; gas chromatographs; optical microscopes; CTD undulators; transmissometers; CTD; current profilers; pH sensors.

File identifier
ac198da145d55dde9cf62f3d8951b068 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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