Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1374429

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

Data Description

Data Category

Currents -subsurface Eulerian

Instrument Type

Name	Categories
Aanderaa Seaguard Recording Current Meter	current meters; data loggers

Instrument Mounting

subsurface mooring

Originating Country

United Kingdom

Originator

Ms Sarah Hughes

Originating Organization

Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory

Processing Status

banked

Online delivery of data

Download available - Ocean Data View (ODV) format

Project(s)

Data Identifiers

Originator's Identifier	856/1
BODC Series Reference	1374429

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm)	2013-10-08 10:40
End Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm)	2013-12-11 08:50
Nominal Cycle Interval	600.0 seconds

Spatial Co-ordinates

Latitude	59.75517 N ( 59° 45.3' N )
Longitude	2.82850 W ( 2° 49.7' W )
Positional Uncertainty	0.05 to 0.1 n.miles
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Depth	31.0 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Depth	31.0 m
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Height	43.0 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height	43.0 m
Sea Floor Depth	74.0 m
Sea Floor Depth Source	DATAHEAD
Sensor or Sampling Distribution	Fixed common depth - All sensors are grouped effectively at the same depth which is effectively fixed for the duration of the series
Sensor or Sampling Depth Datum	Instantaneous - Depth measured below water line or instantaneous water body surface
Sea Floor Depth Datum	Instantaneous - Depth measured below water line or instantaneous water body surface

Parameters

BODC CODE	Rank	Units	Title
AADYAA01	1	Days	Date (time from 00:00 01/01/1760 to 00:00 UT on day)
AAFDZZ01	1	Days	Time (time between 00:00 UT and timestamp)
LCDAEL01	1	Degrees True	Direction (towards) of water current (Eulerian measurement) in the water body by in-situ current meter and correction to true North
LCSAEL01	1	Centimetres per second	Speed of water current (Eulerian measurement) in the water body by in-situ current meter
TEMPPR01	1	Degrees Celsius	Temperature of the water body

Definition of Rank
Rank 1 is a one-dimensional parameter Rank 2 is a two-dimensional parameter Rank 0 is a one-dimensional parameter describing the second dimension of a two-dimensional parameter (e.g. bin depths for moored ADCP data)

Problem Reports

No Problem Report Found in the Database

Data Access Policy

Public domain data

These data have no specific confidentiality restrictions for users. However, users must acknowledge data sources as it is not ethical to publish data without proper attribution. Any publication or other output resulting from usage of the data should include an acknowledgment.

The recommended acknowledgment is

"This study uses data from the data source/organisation/programme, provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre and funded by the funding body."

Narrative Documents

Aanderaa SEAGUARD Recording Current Meter

A multi-frequency Doppler current sensor for measuring horizontal current speed and direction. The shallow water (SW), intermediate water (IW) and deep water (DW) models can be deployed to 300 m, 2000 m and 6000 m, respectively. The instrument has a maximum sampling rate of 0.5 Hz, a velocity range of 0 - 300 cm/s, and incorporates an electronic compass and a tilt sensor. A number of additional oceanographic sensors may also be attached.

Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.

BODC Processing

Data were received in ASCII format files. The series were transferred to BODC's in-house format. The following table shows how the variables within the file were mapped to the appropriate BODC parameter codes.

Original parameter name	Original Units	BODC Parameter Code	BODC Units	Comments
Eastward and Northward current velocity	cm.s^-1	LCDAEL01 and LCSAEL01 (direction and speed)	cm.s^-1 and °	Converted by transfer to current direction (Eulerian) in the water column by in-situ current meter and correction to true North, and current speed (Eulerian) in the water column by in-situ current meter
Temperature	°C	TEMPPR01	°C
Salinity	PSU	PSALPR01	Dimensionless	Not recorded at all moorings

Following transfer to QXF, the data were visually screened using in house BODC software. Any data considered as suspect were flagged accordingly. The originator's quality control flags were retained during transfer.

Originator's Data Processing

Marine Scotland applied the standard manufacturers' calibrations to all current, temperature and salinity data and produced ASCII files for submission to BODC. Data files (.hmo) were named according to the mooring code and the instrument number. Each current meter file contained eastward and northward velocities and temperature. In cases where the temperature data ran for longer than the current data, the temperature records were saved as separate files appended 't'. Salinity data for each instrument were contained in files appended 's'. Header metadata were collated in additional files (.frm). Speed/Direction distributions (.csd) and harmonic analyses files (.lpr) for the current meter data were also generated.

Project Information

No Project Information held for the Series

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	2013-10-08
End Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	2013-12-11
Organization Undertaking Activity	Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Country of Organization	United Kingdom
Originator's Data Activity Identifier	856
Platform Category	subsurface mooring

Marine Scotland Current meter mooring (856)

The Aanderaa Seaguard Recording Current Meter was located at 59° 45.31' N, 02° 49.71' W in a nominal water depth of 74 m.

The RCM IW was deployed on 8th October 2013 by Marine Scotland from FRV Scotia cruise 1313S and recovered on 11th December 2013. Instrumentation details are included in the following table.

Instrument type	Serial Number	Deployment start	Deployment end	Instrument depth (m)	Comments
RCM IW	1131	08-10-2013	11-12-2013	31	Depths are quoted as below the surface at half tide.

Cruise

Cruise Name	1313S
Departure Date	2013-10-02
Arrival Date	2013-10-16
Principal Scientist(s)	George Slesser (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Ship	FRV Scotia

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here

Fixed Station Information

Station Name	Fair Isle 2
Category	Offshore location
Latitude	59° 45.31' N
Longitude	2° 49.73' W
Water depth below MSL	73.0 m

Fair Isle 2 Fixed Station Document

This site is located 72km NW of Fair Isle and falls within the operational area of the Brahan Project's Long Range SeaSonde HF radar system which covers the Fair Isle Gap.

The nominal position of the site is 59.75517° N; 2.82883° W with a water depth of 73 metres.

Related Fixed Station activities are detailed in Appendix 1

BODC Quality Control Flags

The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:

Flag	Description
Blank	Unqualified
<	Below detection limit
>	In excess of quoted value
A	Taxonomic flag for affinis (aff.)
B	Beginning of CTD Down/Up Cast
C	Taxonomic flag for confer (cf.)
D	Thermometric depth
E	End of CTD Down/Up Cast
G	Non-taxonomic biological characteristic uncertainty
H	Extrapolated value
I	Taxonomic flag for single species (sp.)
K	Improbable value - unknown quality control source
L	Improbable value - originator's quality control
M	Improbable value - BODC quality control
N	Null value
O	Improbable value - user quality control
P	Trace/calm
Q	Indeterminate
R	Replacement value
S	Estimated value
T	Interpolated value
U	Uncalibrated
W	Control value
X	Excessive difference

SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags