Benthic Processes in the Arabian Sea Programme Data Set (2003)

The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological oceanographic, surface meteorological and benthic measurements. Hydrographic profiles including temperature, salinity, fluorescence, transmissance and suspended sediment concentration were collected at numerous stations, while surface hydrographic (fluorescence, transmissance, sea surface temperature, salinity) and meteorological (irradiance, air temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction) data were collected across the survey areas. Sediment, pore water and water column samples were also collected for biogeochemical analysis, as were biological samples for the purposes of species classification and abundance analyses. The data were collected across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Pakistan margin areas between March and October 2003. Data collection was undertaken by the RRS Charles Darwin during four cruises: CD145 (12 March 2003 to 9 April 2003), CD146 (12 April 2003 to 30 May 2003), CD150 (22 August 2003 to 15 September 2003) and CD151 (17 September 2003 to 20 October 2003). Conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers with auxiliary sensors, benthic samplers and nets were deployed from the ship, while underway sensors provided continuous surface ocean, meteorological and bathymetric data. The study was designed to investigate an oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ) in the northern Arabian Sea. Chief Investigators include Gregory L Cowie (University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences) and Brian J Bett (Southampton Oceanography Centre), while other institutions including the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool and Netherlands Institute of Ecology were also involved in the research. Data management is being undertaken by BODC. Some of the data are still undergoing processing at BODC and further data are expected from originators in the future.

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Alternate title

British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048099
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-23
Date (Revision)
2021-04-21
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED214
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Custodian

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Distributor

Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology

Unknown

k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl

Owner

Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology

Unknown

k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl

Originator

University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Owner

University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Owner

University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Southampton Oceanography Centre

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Owner

Southampton Oceanography Centre

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Unknown

laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk

Owner

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Unknown

laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk

Originator

University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Unknown

info@geos.ed.ac.uk

Owner

University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Unknown

info@geos.ed.ac.uk

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

INSPIRE themes

SeaDataNet PDV

Vertical Coverages

MEDIN metadata record availability
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints

Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Topic category
  • Location
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Geoscientific information
  • Biota
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Geographic identifier
Indian Ocean

SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision

Geographic identifier
Arabian Sea

SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision

Begin date
2003
End date
2003
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace

OGP
Distribution format
Name Version
Delimited
Network Common Data Form
Ocean Data View
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/214/

BODC online data delivery service
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.

Pass
Yes
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: anemometers; meteorological packages; fluorometers; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; pelagic trawl nets; benthos samplers; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors.

Metadata

File identifier
4530e4c0cfa651e185e4b29dc9b3164b XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-12-20T06:31:16
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version

3.1.1
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Polly Hadžiabdić

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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