Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1633833

• 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

SIMORC data access conditions

The data collated and held at BODC on behalf of the SIMORC project are restricted. However, the data will be available to download from the Official SIMORC Website, as part of the project protocol. The data set will initially include data from the oil companies TOTAL, Shell and BP.

Narrative Documents

RPS Metocean CM04 acoustic current meter

An acoustic current meter for measuring horizontal current speed and direction, this instrument is specifically designed to measure solitons and other high frequency current phenomena. Recording intervals between 0.5 seconds and 10 minutes can be chosen. More information from the manufacturer can be found here

BODC Processing

Data were received by BODC in MS Excel spreadsheets. They were stabilised into a text format and then reformatted to QXF format using BODC transfer function 518. The following table shows how the variables within the files were mapped to the appropriate BODC parameter codes:

Following transfer to QXF, the data were screened using BODC's in-house visualisation software, EDSERPLO.

Project Information

System of Industry Metocean data for the Offshore and Research Communities (SIMORC)

The EU-funded SIMORC project is a collaborative effort between MARIS (Netherlands), BODC (UK), the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) and IOC-IODE to provide a harmonised and quality controlled metocean data set from data collected by oil and gas producers, accessible through the SIMORC protocol.

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

SIMORC Total Ichthys - Champagny Island 10M Current Meter mooring.

The survey at this site was made up of a single mooring.

This mooring was deployed in a water depth (defined as the Lowest Astronomical Tide) of 14 metres. (Nominal position of 15° 17.017'S, 124° 14.989'E):

Cruise

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here

Fixed Station Information

Fixed Station Information

TOTAL, Australia Ichthys field to Champagny Island (alternative) pipeline route)

Map of pipeline route

ADCPs, current meters, CTDs, met buoys, directional wave recorders and water level recorders were deployed at this site as part of surveys along a proposed pipeline route. These survey were conducted in 2006-2007, 2008-2010 and in 2011 and formed part of the development of the Ichthys field, situated northwest of Broome on the Kimberley coast of Western Australia.

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:

SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags

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

Appendix 1: Ichthys-Champagny pipeline

Related series for this Fixed Station are presented in the table below. Further information can be found by following the appropriate links.

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