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Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 477338


Metadata Summary

Data Description

Data Category Hydrography time series at depth
Instrument Type
NameCategories
Vemco Minilog12 temperature recorder  water temperature sensor
Instrument Mounting subsurface mooring
Originating Country United Kingdom
Originator -
Originating Organization Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Processing Status banked
Online delivery of data Download available - Ocean Data View (ODV) format
Project(s) Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS)
LOIS Shelf Edge Study (LOIS - SES)
 

Data Identifiers

Originator's Identifier as2413.780
BODC Series Reference 477338
 

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) 1996-07-11 20:44
End Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) 1996-07-28 15:28
Nominal Cycle Interval 120.0 seconds
 

Spatial Co-ordinates

Latitude 56.45530 N ( 56° 27.3' N )
Longitude 9.06480 W ( 9° 3.9' W )
Positional Uncertainty 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Depth 282.5 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Depth 282.5 m
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Height 20.5 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height 20.5 m
Sea Floor Depth 303.0 m
Sea Floor Depth Source -
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 Sea floor reference - Depth measured as a height above sea floor but converted into a depth relative to the sea surface according to the same datum as used for sea floor depth (applicable to instrument depths not bathymetric depths)
Sea Floor Depth Datum Instantaneous - Depth measured below water line or instantaneous water body surface
 

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)
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


Data Access Policy

Open Data

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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

VEMCO Minilog12-TR temperature logger

Description

The VEMCO Minilog12-TR is a miniature data logger that records temperature at a user programmed time interval. It is housed in a waterproof cylinder and the temperature sensor is mounted on a protruding stainless steel probe.

Specifications

Memory 16k, 32k or 64k. Temperature readings stored in Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM). Logging duration is between 3 hours and 5 years depending on the logging interval.
Data Retention 20 years.
Temperature Range -5 to 40°C; 0.015°C resolution; ±0.1°C accuracy with factory calibration.
Maximum Depth 1000m
Communication Link Downloaded via PC interface box. Connects to computer via DB9 connector. No external connections are required. Full memory downloads in 6 minutes for 16k.
Battery Internal lithium battery with life of up to 5 years or up to 1200 full deployments.

For more information please see the Manufacturer's information sheet.

BODC Moored Meter Temperature Screening Procedures

BODC screen both the series header qualifying information and the parameter values in the data cycles themselves.

Header information is inspected for:

  • Irregularities such as unfeasible values.

  • Inconsistencies between related information, for example:

    • Depths of meter and sea bed
    • Times for mooring deployment and for start/end of data series
    • Length of record or number of data cycles, the cycle interval, the clock error and the period over which accrued
  • Originator's comments on meter/mooring performance, data quality and parameters measured and the parameters actually present in the data cycles.

Documents are written by BODC highlighting irregularities which cannot be resolved.

Data cycles are inspected via time series plot presentations of parameters. These presentations undergo intrinsic and extrinsic screening to detect infeasible values within the data cycles themselves and inconsistencies as seen when comparing characteristics of adjacent data sets displaced with respect to depth, position or time.

Values suspected of being of non oceanographic origin may be tagged with the BODC flag denoting suspect value.

The following types of irregularity, each relying on visual detection in the time series plot, are amongst those which may be flagged as suspect:

  • Spurious data at the start or end of the record.

  • Obvious spikes of non oceanographic origin.

If a large percentage of the data are affected by irregularities, deemed abnormal, then instead of flagging the individual suspect values, a caution may be documented.

Inconsistencies between the characteristics of the data set and those of its neighbours, as for example between the maximum and minimum values of the parameters (spikes excluded) are, where necessary, documented.

This intrinsic and extrinsic screening of the parameter values seeks to confirm the qualifying information and the source laboratory's comments on the series. In screening and collating information, every care is taken to ensure that errors of BODC making are not introduced.


Project Information

Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS)

Introduction

The Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) was a Community Research Project of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The broad aim of LOIS was to gain an understanding of, and an ability to predict, the nature of environmental change in the coastal zone around the UK through an integrated study from the river catchments through to the shelf break.

LOIS was a collaborative, multidisciplinary study undertaken by scientists from NERC research laboratories and Higher Education institutions. The LOIS project was managed from NERC's Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

The project ran for six years from April 1992 until April 1998 with a further modelling and synthesis phase beginning in April 1998 and ending in April 2000.

Project Structure

LOIS consisted of the following components:

  • River-Atmosphere-Coast Study (RACS)
    • RACS(A) - Atmospheric sub-component
    • RACS(C) - Coasts sub-component
    • RACS(R) - Rivers sub-component
    • BIOTA - Terrestrial salt marsh study
  • Land Ocean Evolution Perspective Study (LOEPS)
  • Shelf-Edge Study (SES)
  • North Sea Modelling Study (NORMS)
  • Data Management (DATA)

Marine Fieldwork

Marine field data were collected between September 1993 and September 1997 as part of RACS(C) and SES. The RACS data were collected throughout this period from the estuaries and coastal waters of the UK North Sea coast from Great Yarmouth to the Tweed. The SES data were collected between March 1995 and September 1996 from the Hebridean slope. Both the RACS and SES data sets incorporate a broad spectrum of measurements collected using moored instruments and research vessel surveys.


LOIS Shelf Edge Study (LOIS - SES)

Introduction

SES was a component of the NERC Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) Community Research Programme that made intensive measurements from the shelf break in the region known as the Hebridean Slope from March 1995 to September 1996.

Scientific Rationale

SES was devoted to the study of interactions between the shelf seas and the open ocean. The specific objectives of the project were:

  • To identify the time and space scales of ocean-shelf momentum transmission and to quantify the contributions to ocean-shelf water exchange by physical processes.

  • To estimate fluxes of water, heat and certain dissolved and suspended constituents across a section of the shelf edge with special emphasis on net carbon export from, and nutrient import to, the shelf.

  • To incorporate process understanding into models and test these models by comparison with observations and provide a basis for estimation of fluxes integrated over time and the length of the shelf.

Fieldwork

The SES fieldwork was focussed on a box enclosing two sections across the shelf break at 56.4-56.5 °N and 56.6-56.7 °N. Moored instrument arrays were maintained throughout the experiment at stations with water depths ranging from 140 m to 1500 m, although there were heavy losses due to the intensive fishing activity in the area. The moorings included meteorological buoys, current meters, transmissometers, fluorometers, nutrient analysers (but these never returned any usable data), thermistor chains, colour sensors and sediment traps.

The moorings were serviced by research cruises at approximately three-monthly intervals. In addition to the mooring work this cruises undertook intensive CTD, water bottle and benthic surveys with cruise durations of up to 6 weeks (3 legs of approximately 2 weeks each).

Moored instrument activities associated with SES comprised current measurements in the North Channel in 1993 and the Tiree Passage from 1995-1996. These provided boundary conditions for SES modelling activities.

Additional data were provided through cruises undertaken by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in a co-operative programme known as SESAME.


Data Activity or Cruise Information

Data Activity

Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 1996-07-11
End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 1996-07-28
Organization Undertaking ActivityProudman Oceanographic Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Country of OrganizationUnited Kingdom
Originator's Data Activity IdentifierPOLRIG#780
Platform Categorysubsurface mooring

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Moored Instrument Rig #780

This rig was deployed as part of the LOIS Shelf-Edge Study at site S300.

Rig position: 56° 27.32'N 09° 03.89'W
Deployed: 11 Jul 1996 20:34
from RRS Challenger (cruise CH128A)
Recovered: 28 Jul 1996 16:29
onto RRS Challenger (cruise CH128B)

The instruments were anchored by 1000kg of chain and kept erect by a 48" diameter buoy attached 25m below the sea surface.

Instruments deployed on the rig

Height above
Sea Bed
Instrument
270m Aanderaa current meter (#8240)
269m to 219m 50m thermistor chain (#2336)
202m Aanderaa current meter (#6749)
201m to 151m 50m thermistor chain (#2337)
145m Aanderaa current meter (#11049)
144m to 44m 100m thermistor chain (#2339)
39m Aanderaa current meter (#11219)
38m to 13m 10 MINLOG Temperature Probes (#2406-#2415) 2.5m apart
7m Aanderaa current meter (#11817)
fitted with SeaTech transmissometer (#80D)

Related Data Activity activities are detailed in Appendix 1

Cruise

Cruise Name CH128A
Departure Date 1996-07-10
Arrival Date 1996-07-26
Principal Scientist(s)John H Simpson (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)
Ship RRS Challenger

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here


Fixed Station Information

Fixed Station Information

Station NameLOIS(SES) S300
CategoryOffshore location
Latitude56° 27.14' N
Longitude9° 4.00' W
Water depth below MSL300.0 m

LOIS (SES) Mooring and CTD Site S300

Site S300 was a fixed station where moorings were deployed during the Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) Shelf Edge Study (SES). It was also one of fourteen CTD sites on repeat section S, across the Hebridean Slope, occupied by cruises between March 1995 and September 1996.

Instrument Deployment History

The following tables summarise the instruments deployed at this site for which data may be available.

1995

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
CM a   b b b b c   d d
TChn     a a a a b      
Tr                    
NA                    

1996

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
CM d     e e     f
TChn       c c c c d
Tr       a a a a b
NA       a a a a  

Each different letter in the tables above corresponds to an individual instrument record.

Glossary

  • CM = Current meter (Aanderaa or S4)
  • TChn = Thermistor chain
  • Tr = Transmissometer
  • NA = Nutrient analyser

Note

  1. Transmissometers may have been fitted to some of the current meters.
  2. Other instruments (colour sensors) may have been deployed.
  3. Only periods for which useful data were returned are shown.

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: POLRIG#780

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
439030Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 20:37:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
439460Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 20:37:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477295Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:40:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477258Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477314Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477363Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477271Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477326Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477351Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477302Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:46:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477283Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442615Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442627Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438886Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:02:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442603Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 21:10:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438898Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:32:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438954Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:32:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A

Appendix 2: LOIS(SES) S300

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
436136Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-03-28 15:35:0056.4742 N, 9.0618 WRRS Charles Darwin CD91B
506074PAR radiance and irradiance1995-05-08 12:11:0056.4547 N, 9.0652 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439656Hydrography time series at depth1995-05-08 12:30:0056.4547 N, 9.0652 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439804Hydrography time series at depth1995-05-09 16:15:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439700Hydrography time series at depth1995-05-09 16:30:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439724Hydrography time series at depth1995-05-09 16:30:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
426074Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:32:3056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
431316Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:45:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
431341Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:45:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
431408Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:45:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439306Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:45:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439331Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-05-09 16:45:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
439761Hydrography time series at depth1995-05-09 17:00:0056.4587 N, 9.0627 WRRS Charles Darwin CD93A
390260CTD or STD cast1995-07-27 22:28:0056.4582 N, 9.0683 WRRS Challenger CH120
439712Hydrography time series at depth1995-08-14 14:05:0056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
431353Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:07:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
439318Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:07:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
439343Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:07:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
431328Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:10:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
431421Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:10:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
426086Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-08-14 14:12:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
439736Hydrography time series at depth1995-08-14 14:25:0056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
439773Hydrography time series at depth1995-08-14 14:25:0056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
439816Hydrography time series at depth1995-08-14 14:59:3056.458 N, 9.0632 WRRS Challenger CH121A
431365Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-09-03 11:15:0056.4588 N, 9.0622 WRRS Challenger CH121C
431433Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-09-03 11:15:0056.4588 N, 9.0622 WRRS Challenger CH121C
439540Hydrography time series at depth1995-09-03 11:30:0056.4587 N, 9.0622 WRRS Challenger CH121C
439748Hydrography time series at depth1995-09-03 11:30:0056.4587 N, 9.0622 WRRS Challenger CH121C
438905Currents -subsurface Eulerian1995-11-27 07:45:0056.4622 N, 9.0612 WRRS Challenger CH123A
442467Hydrography time series at depth1996-04-19 12:30:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
436241Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-04-19 12:45:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
436289Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-04-19 12:45:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
439005Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-04-19 12:45:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
442418Hydrography time series at depth1996-04-19 13:00:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
442455Hydrography time series at depth1996-04-19 13:00:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
439423Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-04-19 13:30:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
436216Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-04-19 14:15:0056.455 N, 9.0643 WRRS Challenger CH126A
496188Transmittance/attenuance, turbidity, or SPM conc.1996-04-19 14:42:0056.4615 N, 9.0602 WRRS Challenger CH126A
442572Hydrography time series at depth1996-04-19 15:00:0056.4615 N, 9.0602 WRRS Challenger CH126A
439030Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 20:37:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
439460Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 20:37:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477295Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:40:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477258Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477314Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477363Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:42:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477271Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477326Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477351Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:44:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477302Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:46:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
477283Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442615Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442627Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 20:50:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438886Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:02:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
442603Hydrography time series at depth1996-07-11 21:10:0356.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438898Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:32:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A
438954Currents -subsurface Eulerian1996-07-11 21:32:3056.4553 N, 9.0648 WRRS Challenger CH128A