Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1359967

• Metadata Summary

• Problem Reports

• Data Access Policy

• Narrative Documents

• Project Information

• Data Activity or Cruise Information

• Fixed Station Information

• BODC Quality Flags

• SeaDataNet Quality Flags

Metadata Summary

Problem Reports

No Problem Report Found in the Database

Data Access Policy

Open Data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: "Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council."

Narrative Documents

Non-toxic (underway) sea water supply

A source of uncontaminated near-surface (commonly 3 to 7 m) seawater pumped continuously to shipboard laboratories on research vessels. There is typically a temperature sensor near the intake (known as the hull temperature) to provide measurements that are as close as possible to the ambient water temperature. The flow from the supply is typically directed through continuously logged sensors such as a thermosalinograph and a fluorometer. Water samples are often collected from the non-toxic supply. The system is also referred to as the underway supply.

Project Information

UK WOCE

The UK made a substantial contribution to the international World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project by focusing on two important regions:

1. Southern Ocean - links all the worlds oceans, controlling global climate.
2. North Atlantic - directly affects the climate of Europe.

A major part of the UK effort was in the Southern Ocean and work included:

• Two surveys, in the South Atlantic as part of the WOCE Hydrographic Programme.
• SWINDEX, a year long study of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) where it crosses major topography south of Africa.
• ADOX, a study of deep water flow from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
• ACCLAIM, a study of the ACC by altimetry and island measurements.

In the North Atlantic the UK undertook:

• NATRE, a purposeful tracer experiment to look at cross isopycnic processes.
• CONVEX, a study of the deep ocean circulation and its changes.
• VIVALDI, a seven year programme of seasonally repeated surveys to study the upper ocean.
• Long-term observations of ocean climate in the North West Approaches.

Satellite ocean surface topography, temperature and wind data were merged with in situ observations and models to create a complete description of ocean circulation, eddy motion and the way the ocean is driven by the atmosphere.

The surveys were forerunners to the international Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). GOOS was later established to monitor annual to decadal changes in ocean circulation and heat storage which are vital in the prediction of climate change.

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Cruise

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Fixed Station Information

No Fixed Station Information held for the Series

BODC Quality Control Flags

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SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags

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