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NERC Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) Rivers, Atmosphere and Coasts (RACS) data set - estuarine data (1993-1997)

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General  
Data holding centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time periodData collected from June 1993 until August 1997
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Humber/Trent/Ouse system (June 1993 until December 1996). Tweed estuary (September 1996 until August 1997).

Observations 
Parameters

Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere; Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies; Air pressure; Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material; Air temperature; Atmospheric humidity; Concentration of inorganic halogens in sediment pore waters; Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column; Precipitation and evaporation; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Wind strength and direction; Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column; Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters; Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column; Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column; Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Metal fluxes between the bed and the water column; Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column; Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output; Urea concentration parameters in the water column; Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column; Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column; Concentration of inorganic halogens in water bodies; Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere; Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column; Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material; Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters; Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in sediment pore waters; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column

Instruments

Meteorological packages; fluorometers; current meters; nutrient analysers; discrete water samplers; continuous water samplers; salinity sensor; autoanalysers; inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometers; spectrophotometers; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors; pH sensors; sediment settling tubes

Description 
Summary

The dataset includes physical and biogeochemical measurements of water properties, meteorological data and biogeochemical measurements of sediment parameters. Temperature, salinity, turbidity, oxygen, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon/total dissolved nitrogen (DOC/TDN), particulate organic carbon/particulate organic nitrogen (POC/PON), contaminants and pH were measured at most of the data collection sites, with additional biogeochemical measurements collected at various locations. Temperature, salinity and nutrients are available for virtually all data collection campaigns. The data were collected in a number of estuaries around the UK between 1993 and 1997. The Humber estuarine data set was collected during a series of 33 campaigns on the EA vessels Sea Vigil and Water Guardian in the Humber, Trent and Ouse systems at approximately monthly intervals between June 1993 and December 1996. The measurements were taken over two or three one-day cruises that covered the estuary from the tidal limits of both Trent and Ouse to Spurn Point. Instrumental and sample data are available from a series of fixed stations that were sampled during every campaign. The Tweed estuarine data set was collected during a series of 13 campaigns using RV Tamaris and a rigid inflatable vessel at approximately monthly intervals between July 1996 and July 1997. Data were collected throughout the tidal reaches of the River Tweed. The dataset forms part of the NERC Land Ocean Interaction Study project. Key investigators for this LOIS sub-project included Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The data are held in the British Oceanographic Data Centre project database.

OriginatorsPlymouth Marine Laboratory
University of Birmingham School of Earth Sciences
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Physics
University of Southampton Department of Oceanography
Data web sitehttps://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/products/data/bodc_products/lois_racs/
Availability 
OrganisationBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
AvailabilityLicence
ContactPolly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team)
Address

British Oceanographic Data Centre
Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5DA
United Kingdom

Telephone+44 (0)782 512 0946
Emailenquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1048086
Global identifier201
Last revised2021-04-21