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Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1881327


Metadata Summary

Data Description

Data Category Hydrography time series at depth
Instrument Type
NameCategories
Sea-Bird SBE 37 MicroCat SMP-CT with optional pressure (submersible) CTD sensor series  water temperature sensor; salinity sensor
Instrument Mounting subsurface mooring
Originating Country United Kingdom
Originator Mr Povl Abrahamsen
Originating Organization British Antarctic Survey
Processing Status banked
Online delivery of data Download available - Ocean Data View (ODV) format
Project(s) -
 

Data Identifiers

Originator's Identifier OP7_1517_16_SBE37_7304_2436M
BODC Series Reference 1881327
 

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) 2015-04-09 14:00
End Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) 2017-04-15 17:00
Nominal Cycle Interval 1200.0 seconds
 

Spatial Co-ordinates

Latitude 60.65482 S ( 60° 39.3' S )
Longitude 42.15413 W ( 42° 9.2' W )
Positional Uncertainty 0.0 to 0.01 n.miles
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Depth 2436.0 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Depth 2436.0 m
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Height 424.25 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height 424.25 m
Sea Floor Depth 2860.25 m
Sea Floor Depth Source GEBCO1401
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 Approximate - Depth is only approximate
Sea Floor Depth Datum Chart reference - Depth extracted from available chart
 

Parameters

BODC CODERankUnitsTitle
AADYAA011DaysDate (time from 00:00 01/01/1760 to 00:00 UT on day)
AAFDZZ011DaysTime (time between 00:00 UT and timestamp)
ACYCAA011DimensionlessSequence number
CNDCPR011Siemens per metreElectrical conductivity of the water body by in-situ conductivity cell
PREXPR011DecibarsPressure (measured variable) exerted by the water body by semi-fixed in-situ pressure sensor and corrected to read zero at sea level
TEMPPR011Degrees CelsiusTemperature 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

Orkney Passage Moorings 2015 - 2017 Data Quality Report

For several series during the 2015 - 2017 deployment the mooring fluctuacted in the water column by 40 - 200 metres. This includes SBE37, SBE39 and Aquadopp instruments.

The affected SBE39 series include: series reference number 1891555, 1891567, 1891579 and 1891611.

The affected SBE37 series include: 1880871, 1880883, 1880895, 1880902, 1880914, 1880926, 1880938, 1880951, 1880963, 1880975, 1880987, 1880999, 1881002, 1881026, 1881038, 1881051, 1881063, 1881075, 1881087, 1881099, 1881106, 1881118, 1881131, 1881179, 1881211, 1881223, 1881235, 1881247, 1881259, 1881260, 1881296, 1881303, 1881315, 1881327, 1881339, 1881340, 1881352, 1881364, 1881376 and 1881388.

The affected Aquadopp series include: 40600, 40800, 40900, 41000, 41100, 41200, 41300, 41400, 41500, 41600, 41700, 41800, 41900, 42300, 42400, 42500, 42600, 42700, 42800, 42900, 43000, 43100, 43600, 43700, 43800, 43900, 44000, 44100, 44600, 44700, 44800, 44900, 45000, 45100, 45200, 45300 and 45400.

These fluctuations do not appear to have affected the temperature data and therefore no flags have been added.


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Narrative Documents

Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT

The SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT is a high accuracy conductivity and temperature recorder (pressure optional) with Serial interface, internal battery, non-volatile FLASH Memory and integral Pump. The Integral Pump runs for 1 second each time the MicroCAT samples, improving the conductivity response and giving improved anti-foul protection.

Designed for moorings and other long-duration, fixed-site deployments, MicroCATs have non-corroding titanium housings rated for operation to 7000 meters or pressure sensor full scale-range. Communication with the MicroCAT is over an internal, 3-wire, RS-232C link. The MicroCAT's aged and pressure-protected thermistor has a long history of exceptional accuracy and stability (typical drift is less than 0.002°C per year). Electrical isolation of the conductivity electronics eliminates any possibility of ground-loop noise.

Specifications

  Temperature
(°C)
Conductivity (S/m) Optional Pressure
Measurement Range -5 to +35 0 to 7 (0 to 70 mS/cm) 0 to full scale range: 20 / 100 / 350 / 600 / 1000 / 2000 / 3500 / 7000 metres
Initial accuracy 0.002 0.0003 0.1% of full scale range
Typical Stability 0.0002 per month 0.0003 per month 0.05% of full scale range per year
Resolution 0.0001 0.00001 0.002% of full scale range
Data Storage Temperature and conductivity: 6 bytes per sample
Time: 4 bytes per sample
Pressure (optional): 5 bytes per sample
Clock stability 5 seconds per month
Standard Internal Batteries Nominal 10.6 Ampere-hour pack consisting of twelve AA lithium batteries. Provides sufficient capacity for more than 100,000 samples for a typical sampling scheme
Housing Titanium pressure case rated at 7000 metres
Weight (without pressure) In water: 3kg
In air: 5kg

Further information can be found via the following link: Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT Datasheet

BODC Data Processing

Data Processing

The data arrived at BODC as individual .mat files containing data collected on moorings OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, OP5, OP6, OP7, CI1 and CI2. They were submitted as part of an accession which includes data from several mooring instruments e.g. Aquadopp, RCM8, RCM11, RBR, SBE37 and SBE39.

Reformatting

Parameters in the originator's files were reformatted into an internal file format using BODC standard procedures.

The following table lists all the parameters included in the internal format files, showing how the originator's variables as named in the matlab files were mapped to appropriate BODC parameter codes.

Originator's Variable Originator's Units BODC Parameter Code BODC Units Comments
temp °C TEMPPR01 °C

 

cond mS cm-1 CNDCPR01 S m-1 Conversion by multiplying by 0.1
    2007 - 2015 only    
press dbar PREXMCAT dbar Used for SBE37 data
press dbar PRESPS01 dbar Used for SBE39 data
    2015 - 2017 only    
press dbar PREXPR01 dbar Used for both SBE39 and SBE37 data
press_inferred dbar PREXSINT dbar Used for both SBE39 and SBE37 data where pressure was inferred from a neighbouring instrument
    2017 - 2019 only    
press dbar PREXPR01 dbar Used for both SBE39 and SBE37 data where a pressure sensor was available on the intrument

No derived parameters were calculated by BODC. Please note that not all parameters are present in all files.

Screening

Quality control flags were automatically added to data outside the expected parameter specific range during the reformatting process. All parameters were then visualised and screened using in house software, and any improbable or missing data point was assigned a quality control flag.

Originator's Data processing

Sampling strategy

Sampling was carried out as part of the BAS LTMS (British Antarctic Survey Long Term Monitoring and Survey) until 2016. From 2016 onwards the moorings are split between 'The Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)' project and 'Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow (DynOPO)' project.

The projects involve the deployment of moorings CI1, CI2, OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, OP5, OP6 and OP7 in the Southern Ocean, situated north of Coronation Island and the Orkney Passage in the Weddell and Scotia Sea.

Moorings CI1 and CI2 were deployed from 2005 to 2007 and moorings OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, OP5 and OP6 have been continuously maintained since 2007 with the addition of OP7 in 2015.

SBE 37 and SBE39 instruments were deployed on the moorings. Data have been collected at variable intervals: 5 minutes interval on the Coronation Island moorings, 7.5 minute interval on the instruments deployed on OP2 and OP3 in 2007 and 15 minute intervals since then. Gaps in the series may be caused by either instruments not being recovered, or data not being collected due to instrument malfunction.

Data processing

Little information is known with regards to the exact details of the calibrations carried out on the mooring data. Data processing, visualisation and calibration were carried out through the use of scripts for Matlab version R2014b produced and ran by the originator.

An offset has been applied some of the channels. The values for each deployment/instrument/channel combination are shown in the table below:

Mooring Time period (UT) Depth (m) Serial Number Offset Applied Channel
2009 - 2011 Deployment
OP3 2009-03-02 - 2011-02-25 1516 2956 0.-0.0036 Conductivity
2011 - 2013 Deployment
OP1 2011-03-26 - 2013-04-01 2170 7386 0.0136 Conductivity
OP1 2011-03-26 - 2013-04-01 2944 7385 0.0157 Conductivity
OP1 2011-03-26 - 2013-04-01 3633 7387 0.0121 Conductivity
OP2 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-31 1450 2707 0.0036 Conductivity
OP2 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-31 1594 2956 0.0071 Conductivity
OP2 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-31 1733 7384 0.0107 Conductivity
OP2 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-31 3090 7380 0.0079 Conductivity
OP4 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-03 2201 7383 0.0036 Conductivity
OP4 2011-03-27 - 2013-03-03 2935 7382 0.0086 Conductivity
OP6 2012-04-01 - 2013-03-30 2290 8267 0.0093 Conductivity
2013 - 2015 Deployment
OP1 2013-04-02 - 2015-03-20 2144 7386

-6.0*10-4

-0.0018

Temperature

Conductivity

OP1 2013-04-02 - 2015-03-20 2917 7387

-4.0*10-4

0.0081

Temperature

Conductivity

OP1 2013-04-02 - 2015-03-20 3605 7385 0.0091 Conductivity
OP2 2013-04-01 - 2015-03-20 1510 2956

-0.0019

-0.0051

Temperature

Conductivity

OP2 2013-04-01 - 2015-03-20 2269 7381

4.0*10-4

0.0018

Temperature

Conductivity

OP2 2013-04-01 - 2015-03-20 3002 7380

9.0*10-4

0.0032

Temperature

Conductivity

OP3 2013-04-01 - 2015-03-20 1450 2707

9.0*10-4

1.4*10-4

Temperature

Conductivity

OP4 2013-04-03 - 2015-03-21 2196 7382

-0.50

0.0011

0.0041

Pressure

Temperature

Conductivity

OP4 2013-04-03 - 2015-03-21 2930 7383

9.0*10-4

0.0024

Temperature

Conductivity

OP6 2013-03-30 - 2015-03-21 2321 8267

0.0011

0.0154

Temperature

Conductivity

2015 - 2017 Deployment
OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3590 7316

0.8

0.0017

0.0003

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3510 7297

-1

0.0035

0.0004

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 4310 7314

0.3

-0.0028

0.0009

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3310 7299

-0.0003

0.0004

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3210 7294

0.1

0.0005

0.0004

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3110 7311

-0.7

-0.005

0.0004

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 3010 8076

0.4

-0.0045

0.0016

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2910 7310

-0.0035

0.0002

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2810 7302

-0.3

-0.0017

0.0014

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2610 9379

-0.2

0.001

0.0061

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2509 7307

-0.4

-0.0015

-0.0003

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2260 7313

-3.8

-0.0033

0.0006

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 2110 9394

-1.5

-0.0031

0.0005

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 1960 7309

0.0007

-0.0002

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-05 1810 7308

-0.2

0.0013

-0.0009

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2991 7288

-0.5

-0.0058

0.0002

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2808 7290

-0.0017

0.0002

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2708 7291

-0.5

-0.0025

0.0002

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2608 7289

-0.5

-0.0005

0.0002

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2408 7292

0.5

-0.0036

-0.0001

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2258 7293

-0.0038

0.0001

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 2108 7295

0.5

-0.0006

0.0006

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 1958 8075

-0.0045

0.0006

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 1808 7303

0.1

0.015

0.0001

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 1658 7382

0.003

0.0016

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2015-04-04 - 2017-04-14 1508 7387

0.004

0.0002

Conductivity

Temperature

OP3 2015-04-03 - 2017-04-15 1230 4897 15.2261 Pressure
OP3 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-03 1722 7386

-0.003

0.0001

Conductivity

Temperature

OP3 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-03 1439 7383

0.0026

0.0015

Conductivity

Temperature

OP4 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-07 2931 2956

9

-0.0056

-0.0012

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP4 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-07 1838 2707

-1

-0.0018

-0.0003

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 3377 12458

-1.6

0.0005

0.001

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 3297 12456

-1.2

0.0005

0.0015

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 3197 12455

-0.4

0.0005

0.0006

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 3097 12464

-0.7

0.0005

0.0011

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 2947 12469

-1.4

0.0005

0.0009

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 2797 12476

-1.5

0.0005

0.0007

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 2647 12475

-0.9

0.0005

0.0015

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 2497 12473

-0.9

0.0005

0.0015

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP6 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-06 2319 8267

0.012

0.001

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 3016 7298

0.2

0.0024

0.0002

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2836 12462

-1.7

-0.0008

0.0012

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2736 7385

0.0025

0.0004

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2636 7312

-0.2

0.0008

0.0008

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2436 7304

-0.4

-0.0005

0.0008

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2286 7381

0.003

0.0009

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 2136 7305

-0.3

0.0032

0.0009

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 1986 7306

0.0053

0.0008

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 1836 7315

0.5928

0.0045

0.0012

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 1686 7380

0.0045

0.0013

Conductivity

Temperature

OP7 2015-04-02 - 2017-04-09 1536 12463

-1

-0.0015

0.0012

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

2017 - 2019 Deployment
OP1 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-29 3674 7382

0

0.0033

0.0011

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-29 2984 7381

0

1.0*10-3

4.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-29 2630 4413 - -
OP1 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-29 2211 7380

0

0.0028

8.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP1 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-29 1877 4409 - -
OP2 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-27 3037 7386

0

-0.0058

-3.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-27 2333 7385

0

-7.0*10-4

0

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP2 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-27 1937 0083 - -
OP2 2017-04-18 - 2019-01-27 1538 7383

0

0.0030

0.0012

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP3 2017-04-19 - 2019-01-29 1718 8541

1

0.0022

4.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP3 2017-04-19 - 2019-01-29 1718 8540

1

7.0*10-4

4.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP4 2017-04-21 - 2019-01-29 2930 2678

-1.5

5.0*10-4

4.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP4 2017-04-21 - 2019-01-29 2200 4713 - -
OP4 2017-04-21 - 2019-01-29 1842 4418 - -
OP5 2017-04-19 - 2019-01-29 3369 7387

0

0.0022

-3.0*10-4

Pressure

Conductivity

Temperature

OP5 2017-04-19 - 2019-01-29 2988 4716 - -
OP6 2017-04-20 - 2019-01-30 2292 8267

-1.0*10-3

1.0*10-3

Conductivity

Temperature

Several instruments deployed in the 2013/15 period show evidence of knock-down but the data colleaction seems to be unnafected. According to the originator some of the moorings were deployed with insufficient buyoancy which caused the knockdowns. These instances are especially visible on moorings OP1 and OP2, Series Reference number 1840205, 1840229, 1840254, 1840266 and 1840278

Several instruments deployed in the 2015/17 period did not have a pressure sensor and used inferred pressure calculated from the closest neigbhouring pressure sensor. This includes five SBE39 instruments (s/n 4413, 4716, 4713, 4418 and 4409) and one SBE37 instrument (s/n 8267).

Several instruments deployed in the 2017/19 period did not have a pressure sensor, therefore no pressure channel was transferred with the data and only a nominal depth is used in the metadata. This includes all SBE39 instruments (s/n 4413, 4409, 0083, 4713, 4418 and 4716) and one SBE37 instrument (s/n 8267).


Project Information


No Project Information held for the Series

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2015-04-09
End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2017-04-15
Organization Undertaking ActivityBritish Antarctic Survey
Country of OrganizationUnited Kingdom
Originator's Data Activity IdentifierOP7
Platform Categorysubsurface mooring

Orkney Passage Mooring 7 (OP7)

The mooring was deployed at the following positions:

Organisation Undertaking Activity British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Country of Organisation United Kingdom
Originator's Data Activity Identifier OP7
Platform Category Subsurface mooring
Latitude (+ve N) -60.6548
Longitude (+ve E) -42.1541
Water Depth (m) 3060

The mooring was deployed on the Orkney Passage on cruise JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310) on 09 April 2015 and recovery was done on cruise JR16005 on 15 April 2017.

The table below lists the instruments deployed on this mooring:

Instrument type Serial Number Data start (UT) Data end (UT) Instrument depth (m) Comments
Sea Bird SBE37 7298 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 3041 -
Aquadopp 6276 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 3040 -
RBRsoloT 72238 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:58 2961 -
Aquadopp 11990 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2960 -
RBRsoloT 72222 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:58 2910 -
Sea Bird SBE37 12462 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:50 2861 -
Aquadopp 12016 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2860 -
RBRsoloT 72239 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:58 2810 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7385 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2761 -
Aquadopp 6224 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2760 -
RBRsoloT 72236 - - 2710 No records in water, battery loose.
Sea Bird SBE37 7312 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2661 -
RDI Longranger ADCP 3301 - - 2645 Instrument leaked, no data recovered.
RBRsoloT 72271 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:59 2610 -
RBRsoloT 72230 09 April 2015 14:00 18 April 2016 07:00 2561 Logger set to 1 second interval instead of 10. Stopped when memory full.
Aquadopp 12047 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2560 -
RBRsoloT 72241 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:59 2510 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7304 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2461 -
Aquadopp 8080 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2460 -
RBRsoloT 72237 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:58 2385 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7381 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2311 -
Aquadopp 12010 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2310 -
RBRsoloT 72240 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:49 2235 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7305 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2161 -
Aquadopp 6225 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2160 -
RBRsoloT 72264 - - 2085 No records in water, battery loose.
Sea Bird SBE37 7306 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 2011 -
Aquadopp 6212 - - 2010 Instrument leaked.
Sea Bird SBE39 4409 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1935 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7315 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1861 -
Aquadopp 11992 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1860 -
Sea Bird SBE37 7380 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1711 -
Aquadopp 8556 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1710 -
Sea Bird SBE37 12463 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 16:50 1561 -
Aquadopp 8059 09 April 2015 14:00 15 April 2017 17:00 1560 -

Related Data Activity activities are detailed in Appendix 1

Cruise

Cruise Name JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
Departure Date 2015-03-09
Arrival Date 2015-04-14
Principal Scientist(s)Povl Abrahamsen (British Antarctic Survey)
Ship RRS James Clark Ross

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here


Fixed Station Information

Fixed Station Information

Station NameOrkney Passage OP7
CategoryOffshore location
Latitude60° 38.17' S
Longitude42° 10.72' W
Water depth below MSL3036.0 m

Orkney Passage OP7 site

Site OP7 is part of the Orkney Passage mooring array and its activity is covered by the 'Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow (DynOPO)' project.

This site has been occupied since 2015. The recovery/deployment history, including position details, is presented below:

Deployed Recovered -
Year Cruise Year Cruise Latitude (+veN) Longitude (+ve E) Water Depth (m)
2015 JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310) 2017 JR16005 -60.65482 -42.15413 3060

Detailed information for each deployment can be accessed from the OP7 data activity document.

Related Fixed Station activities are detailed in Appendix 2


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

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

Flag Description
0 no quality control
1 good value
2 probably good value
3 probably bad value
4 bad value
5 changed value
6 value below detection
7 value in excess
8 interpolated value
9 missing value
A value phenomenon uncertain
B nominal value
Q value below limit of quantification

Appendix 1: OP7

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

If you are interested in these series, please be aware we offer a multiple file download service. Should your credentials be insufficient for automatic download, the service also offers a referral to our Enquiries Officer who may be able to negotiate access.

Series IdentifierData CategoryStart date/timeStart positionCruise
1894786Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894798Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894805Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894817Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894829Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894830Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894842Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894854Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894866Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894878Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894891Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1891611Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929493Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929500Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929512Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929524Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929536Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929548Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929561Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929573Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881284Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881296Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881303Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881315Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881339Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881340Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881352Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881364Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881376Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881388Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)

Appendix 2: Orkney Passage OP7

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

If you are interested in these series, please be aware we offer a multiple file download service. Should your credentials be insufficient for automatic download, the service also offers a referral to our Enquiries Officer who may be able to negotiate access.

Series IdentifierData CategoryStart date/timeStart positionCruise
1894786Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894798Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894805Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894817Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894829Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894830Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894842Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894854Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894866Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894878Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1894891Currents -subsurface Eulerian2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1891611Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929493Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929500Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929512Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929524Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929536Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929548Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929561Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1929573Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0060.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881284Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881296Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881303Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881315Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881339Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881340Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881352Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881364Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881376Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)
1881388Hydrography time series at depth2015-04-09 14:00:0160.65482 S, 42.15413 WRRS James Clark Ross JR20150309 (JR272D, JR310)