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Objectively mapped Argo profiling float data and RAPID moored microcat data from the North Atlantic Ocean, 2004-2022
This is a gridded version of Argo profiling float data from the North Atlantic Ocean and moored MicroCAT CTD data from the RAPID 26N moorings. Data have been reduced to a 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude grid using objective mapping. Vertical resolution is 20 decibars; time resolution is 10 days; The data span the years 2004 to 2022. Mapped parameters are in-situ temperature (ITS90) and practical salinity (PSS-78) along with mapping uncertainties in both temperature and salinity. Real-time and delayed mode data with Argo quality flag 1 or 2, and quality controlled RAPID mooring data, were mapped on sigma-1 density surfaces with decorrelation length scale 500 km. Data quality procedures were carried out by the programs that provided the source data. No further data quality control was undertaken prior to mapping. The dataset was created on behalf of the NERC projects ACSIS and CLASS by Brian King of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). Source datasets for this mapping were: 1) Argo (2023). Argo float data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (Argo GDAC) - Snapshot of Argo GDAC of 10 January 2023. SEANOE. http://doi.org/10.17882/42182#98916. 2) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2020 (v2020.2), British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10.5285/e91b10af-6f0a-7fa7-e053-6c86abc05a09. The data are held as a CF-compliant netCDF file.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record argo_rapid_na
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-02-11
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-06-20
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-11-12
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7306
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
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Owner National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
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Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre
Distributor
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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MEDIN metadata record availability
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SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations apply
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Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
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- Other restrictions
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Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Elevation
- Location
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- Geographic identifier
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North Atlantic Ocean
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
- Begin date
- 2004-01-07
- End date
- 2022-12-28
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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OGP
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Name Version Network Common Data Form
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/fe8e524d-7f04-41f3-e053-6c86abc04d51/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/fe8e524d-7f04-41f3-e053-6c86abc04d51
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- Dataset
Conformance result
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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
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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.
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- Yes
- Statement
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This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record. Data quality procedures were carried out by the programs that provided the source data. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data Library.Instrument(s) used to collect data: salinity sensor; water pressure sensors; CTD; water temperature sensor.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 55f06b54779d5d0c9756aa5f0ddebbc0 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-03-11T15:49:16
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN
- Metadata standard version
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3.1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
Polly Hadžiabdić
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