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The oceanographic dataset collected during the Land Ocean CArbon TransfEr (LOCATE) project (2016-2021)

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Data holding centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
ProjectLand Ocean CArbon TransfEr: LOCATE(LOCATE)
Time periodFrom 2016 to 2021
OngoingYes
Geographical area

United Kingdom Rivers and Esturies

Observations 
Parameters

Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material

Description 
Summary

The LOCATE (Land Ocean CArbon TransfEr) project in the UK consists of measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), nutrients, temperature, salinity, alkalinity and sediment in rivers and estuaries combined with a terrestrial model to predict the future evolution of the land ocean carbon flux. LOCATE samples identify the amount of organic carbon, washed from soils, enters the oceans, with emphasis on estuaries and coastal waters. The LOCATE project integrates knowledge and skills across NERC terrestrial, freshwater and marine research centres to transform the UK’s ability to measure, model and predict land-ocean fluxes in a changing environment. LOCATE is a collaboration between the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). LOCATE is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) from 2016 until 2021. The estuarine and oceanographic data are held by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), the river data are held by the Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC).

OriginatorsNational Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Data web sitehttps://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/d111d44e-0794-28dc-e053-6c86abc0fc99/
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

Emailenquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1048LOCATE2017
Global identifier6724
Last revised2022-06-09