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UK classical hydrographic station data set (1893-)

The data set includes the classical oceanographic parameters of temperature, salinity, nutrients, oxygen, pH, alkalinity, and chlorophyll-a. This data set comprises more than 100,000 profiles collected by UK research and naval vessels in the shelf seas around the UK, the North Atlantic, the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the South Atlantic, the Southern Oceans, the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the East Indian Archipelago (Indonesia) and the Pacific Ocean since the beginning of the twentieth century. In recent years, conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data have been collected in a higher resolution form than water bottle data; these have been included in this data set in a reduced resolution/water bottle form and merged with any available chemical parameters. This data set is one of the most complete of its kind in the world; the majority of the data known to have been collected prior to 1970 have been 'rescued' and work will continue to rescue the remainder. All of the profiles in this data set have been quality checked, cross-checked against original documentation, and all duplications removed. This data set has been compiled by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Oceanographic Data Centre and is available from the ICES website.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048016
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-08-19
Date (Revision)
2023-02-02
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED160
Owner
  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Unknown ( Unknown )
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 , Copenhagen V , DK-1553 , Denmark
+45 3338 6700
http://www.ices.dk
Originator
  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Unknown ( Unknown )
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 , Copenhagen V , DK-1553 , Denmark
+45 3338 6700
http://www.ices.dk
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
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
  • Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
  • Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
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
  • Biota
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Geographic identifier
North Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Southern Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
North Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Irish Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Bristol Channel

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Celtic Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
English Channel

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Mediterranean Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
South Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Indian Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Gulf of Aden

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Arabian Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
South China Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
North Pacific Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
South Pacific Ocean

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Tasman Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Barents Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Norwegian Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Begin date
1893
End date
2024-08-13 After
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

OnLine resource
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) dataset collections
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
Instrument(s) used to collect data: nutrient analysers; discrete water samplers; salinity sensor; CTD; dissolved gas sensors; pH sensors.
File identifier
c10aafeba4405c04aa40deee337635a0 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-08-13T08:41:22
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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