UK National Databank of Moored Current Meter Data (1967-)

The data set comprises more than 7000 time series of ocean currents from moored instruments. The records contain horizontal current speed and direction and often concurrent temperature data. They may also contain vertical velocities, pressure and conductivity data. The majority of data originate from the continental shelf seas around the British Isles (for example, the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea) and the North Atlantic. Measurements are also available for the South Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Data collection commenced in 1967 and is currently ongoing. Sampling intervals normally vary between 5 and 60 minutes. Current meter deployments are typically 2-8 weeks duration in shelf areas but up to 6-12 months in the open ocean. About 25 per cent of the data come from water depths of greater than 200m. The data are processed and stored by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and a computerised inventory is available online. Data are quality controlled prior to loading to the databank. Data cycles are visually inspected by means of a sophisticated screening software package. Data from current meters on the same mooring or adjacent moorings can be overplotted and the data can also be displayed as time series or scatter plots. Series header information accompanying the data is checked and documentation compiled detailing data collection and processing methods.

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048013
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-16
Date (Revision)
2017-01-30
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED157
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Unknown

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Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre

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Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

MEDIN metadata record availability

Vertical Coverages

SeaDataNet PDV

INSPIRE themes
Use limitation

Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
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Other restrictions
Other constraints

Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
Laptev Sea

SeaVoX water bodies 2018-02-21 revision

Begin date
1967
End date
2018-05-31 After
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name
    https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/currents/search/

    BODC online data delivery service
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Statement

    This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves .

    Instrument(s) used to collect data: current meters; salinity sensor; water body temperature sensor; current profilers.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    407aea49182c547db653dd46df6e0f41 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2018-05-31T10:41:03
    Metadata standard name

    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
    Metadata standard version

    Version 2.3.8
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    Polly Hadžiabdic

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

    		Point of contact
     
     

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