Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1879673

• 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 quality report for Marine Scotland temperature recorder moorings

During BODC quality control, data were screened using in house visualisation software. The data were screened and any obvious outliers and spikes were looked at in closer detail and flagged if necessary. There were no data quality comments provided by the originator.

The start and end of series 1879673 have been flagged in the TEMPPR01 channel as the periods are approximately 2°C higher than the rest of the series which is likely due to the deployment and recovery of the mooring. A 'M' flag was also added to a cycle in the PSALPR01 channel in series 1879685 where the value was low for this parameter, particularly when comparing to the rest of the series.

Data Access Policy

Open 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.

If the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, or if you are using Information from several Information Providers and multiple attributions are not practical in your product or application, you may consider using the following:

"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0."

Narrative Documents

RBR TR-1050 Submersible Temperature Recorder

The TR-1050 is a small (230mm x 38mm OD), self-contained, submersibleRBR (Ltd) temperature recorder with a calibration to + or - 0.002^oC. Typical calibration drift of 0.002^oC per year has been measured. It can be deployed for a period of up to three years and can collect more than 2,400,000 samples.

The TR-1050 has a measurement range of -5^oC to +35^oC in its standard calibration. It can, however, be configured to measure wider ranges. The logger can be fitted with different thermistors to operate to as low as -40^oC or up to +50^oC The TR-1050 may also be configured to measure a far higher range, if it is fitted with an external probe.

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.

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 data and produced ASCII files for submission to BODC. Data files (.hmo) were named according to the mooring code and the instrument number. The file contained pressure and/or temperature. Salinity data, where available, were contained in a file appended 's'. Header metadata were collated in an additional file (.frm).

Project Information

No Project Information held for the Series

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

Marine Scotland temperature logger mooring 869(T)

The RBR TR-1050 underwater temperature logger was moored at 60° 35.61'N, 4° 58.95'W in a water depth of 1,000 m.

The RBR TR-1050 was deployed on 28 April 2015 by Marine Scotland from FRV Scotia cruise 0515S and recovered on 02 May 2015. Instrumentation details are included in the following table.

Cruise

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here

Fixed Station Information

Fixed Station Information

Fair Isle-Munken section

Long term monitoring carried out by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen began in the early 1890's by the forerunner of the laboratory, the Fishery Board of Scotland (est. 1882). The first water bottle casts were carried out during 1893 and conducted by Dr H N Dickson on board HMS Jackal. Four of these stations were to become part of the now standard Nolso-Flugga Faroe-Shetland Channel section. In addition, at positions further south, he sampled at three stations and these were to become part of the standard Fair Isle-Munken section. A full set of stations (12) were first sampled along the Nolso-Flugga line in 1903, and since then have more or less been sampled annually or more except for the war years. Since then extra stations have been added to both sections.

Map of standard stations

Fair Isle-Munken stations (Amended for presence of Foinaven oil platform)

Listed below are details of the standard hydrographic stations that form the Fair Isle-Munken line.

* FIM-03 - Use 60 20.25'N 004 09.00'W if above position is occupied.

Standard depths of water bottles

5,50,100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900,1000 and bottom

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: Fair Isle - Munken Line

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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