Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 2207229

• 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

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

Narrative Documents

Originator's Processing of PAP1 fluorometer Wetlabs ECO FLNTUSB, JC062

Sampling Strategy

During the RRS James Cook cruise JC062, a Sea-Bird WETLabs ECO FLNTUSB fluorometer (S/N: 269) and SBE 37 MicroCat IMP sensor (S/N: 6904) were deployed at the Porcupine Abyssal plain Observatory,PAP1 mooring site, at a nominal position of 49.0042°N -16.3919°W, on the 30th July 2011, at 30 metres deep and recovered on the RRS James Cook cruise JC071 on 2nd May 2012. The fluorometer was configured to sample every 6 hours and the Microcat every 15 minutes producing Near Real Time data.

Data Acquisition and Processing

The raw data were downloaded and the Microcat data were combined to the associated fluorometer data timestamps and supplied to BODC for banking.

JC062 Cruise report

Further information can be found in the JC062 Cruise report.

Processing by BODC of PAP1 fluorometer Wetlabs ECO FLNTUSB, JC062

BODC Data Processing Procedures

The data were supplied to BODC as a csv file representing the data collected from Sea-Bird WETLabs ECO FLNTUSB fluorometer deployed at the Porcupine Abyssal plain Observatory, PAP1 mooring, and matched with the associated timestap data from SBE 37 MicroCat IMP sensor. During transfer to BODC internal format (QXF) the originator's variables were mapped to unique BODC parameter codes. The following table shows the parameter mapping:

Following transfer the data were screened using BODC in-house visualisation software. Suspect data values were assigned the appropriate BODC data quality flag.

Project Information

Oceans 2025 - The NERC Marine Centres' Strategic Research Programme 2007-2012

Who funds the programme?

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funds the Oceans 2025 programme, which was originally planned in the context of NERC's 2002-2007 strategy and later realigned to NERC's subsequent strategy (Next Generation Science for Planet Earth; NERC 2007).

Who is involved in the programme?

The Oceans 2025 programme was designed by and is to be implemented through seven leading UK marine centres. The marine centres work together in coordination and are also supported by cooperation and input from government bodies, universities and other partners. The seven marine centres are:

• National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
• Marine Biological Association (MBA)
• Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Marine Science (SAHFOS)
• Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL)
• Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
• Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU)

Oceans2025 provides funding to three national marine facilities, which provide services to the wider UK marine community, in addition to the Oceans 2025 community. These facilities are:

• British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), hosted at POL
• Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), hosted at POL
• Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), hosted at SAMS

The NERC-run Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative (SOFI) provides additional support to the programme by funding additional research projects and studentships that closely complement the Oceans 2025 programme, primarily through universities.

What is the programme about?

Oceans 2025 sets out to address some key challenges that face the UK as a result of a changing marine environment. The research funded through the programme sets out to increase understanding of the size, nature and impacts of these changes, with the aim to:

• improve knowledge of how the seas behave, not just now but in the future;
• help assess what that might mean for the Earth system and for society;
• assist in developing sustainable solutions for the management of marine resources for future generations;
• enhance the research capabilities and facilities available for UK marine science.

In order to address these aims there are nine science themes supported by the Oceans 2025 programme:

• Climate, circulation and sea level (Theme 1)
• Marine biogeochemical cycles (Theme 2)
• Shelf and coastal processes (Theme 3)
• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (Theme 4)
• Continental margins and deep ocean (Theme 5)
• Sustainable marine resources (Theme 6)
• Technology development (Theme 8)
• Next generation ocean prediction (Theme 9)
• Integration of sustained observations in the marine environment (Theme 10)

In the original programme proposal there was a theme on health and human impacts (Theme 7). The elements of this Theme have subsequently been included in Themes 3 and 9.

When is the programme active?

The programme started in April 2007 with funding for 5 years.

Brief summary of the programme fieldwork/data

Programme fieldwork and data collection are to be achieved through:

• physical, biological and chemical parameters sampling throughout the North and South Atlantic during collaborative research cruises aboard NERC's research vessels RRS Discovery, RRS James Cook and RRS James Clark Ross;
• the Continuous Plankton Recorder being deployed by SAHFOS in the North Atlantic and North Pacific on 'ships of opportunity';
• physical parameters measured and relayed in near real-time by fixed moorings and ARGO floats;
• coastal and shelf sea observatory data (Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory (LBCO) and Western Channel Observatory (WCO)) using the RV Prince Madog and RV Quest.

The data is to be fed into models for validation and future projections. Greater detail can be found in the Theme documents.

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

Moored Instrument Rig PAP1_072011

This rig was deployed as part of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) observatory project. 'PAP1_072011' refers to the deployment of mooring number 1 in July 2011 ('072011') located at the PAP Observatory. This was the tenth deployment of this mooring configuration at the PAP site, under this project.

Data summary

Instrumentation

The mooring design is an 'S' tether configuration allowing the mooring to better withstand the extremes of the environment it is in. The main surface buoy is an ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System) buoy, and below this buoy are 30 meters of chain with a conducting cable running along side. The chain is there to take the loads that the mooring will experience and the cable is a vehicle for the data. Attached to the bottom of the chain is the instrument frame, and coming out of the bottom of the frame is a cable attached to a subsurface buoy, an acoustic release and then finally a 3 tonne sinker weight. Further details on pages 16-24 of the deployment cruise report.

Instruments on the subsurface frame are listed below:

Related Data Activity activities are detailed in Appendix 1

Cruise

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here

Fixed Station Information

Fixed Station Information

Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) Observatory

The Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) observatory is a site at which moorings were deployed in the Northeastern Atlantic, as part of the ANIMATE (Atlantic Network of Interdisciplinary Moorings and Time-series for Europe), MERSEA (Marine Environment and Security for the European Area), EuroSITES, Oceans2025, Fix03 and CLASS projects. The PAP site is centred at latitude 49° N and longitude 16.5° W. Moorings have occupied this region since 2002 and are typically deployed for 12 months.

Please note: Near Real Time data is only stored at BODC where delayed mode data were not recovered. All near real time data can be found at the OceanSites GDA and through IFREMER.

Data summary

Status Indicators

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:

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: PAP1_072011

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.

Appendix 2: Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP)

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.