North Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea and East Irish Sea, near wind farms in the seas around the UK.

Wave direction; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Sediment grain size parameters; Wind stress and shear; Wave height and period statistics; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Acoustic backscatter in the water column; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Sound velocity and travel time in the water column; Wave height estimates; Concentration of organic matter in water bodies; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Seabed geomorphology; Bird counts; Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface

Fluorometers; cameras; observers; salinometers; acoustic velocity systems; Ocean models; Physical oceanographic models; water temperature sensor; dissolved gas sensors

The Ecological Consequences of Offshore Wind (ECOWind) research programme comprises of 4 grants: Ecological Implications of Accelerated Seabed Mobility around Windfarms (NE/X008886/1: ECOWind-ACCELERATE), Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Windfarms (NE/X008835/1: PELAgIO), Benthic-Offshore Wind Interactions (NE/X008991/1: BOWIE) and Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds (NE/X009068/1: ECOWINGS). These projects are expected to run until 2027, interacting with eachother to collect multidisciplinary data that investigates the physical, biogeochemical and ecosystem impact windfarms have around the UK, using multi-scale observational data, laboratory experiments and model outputs. The data collected spans from flume data, wave model outputs and glider measurements through to the response of seabirds. The programme was funded by NERC and aims to provide new evidence in support of marine policy and the sustainable management of offshore wind development.

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