AUTOSUB Science Missions Thematic Programme - interdisciplinary data-set demonstrating the usefulness of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

This data set comprises hydrographic measurements including temperature, salinity, fluorescence, attenuance, dissolved oxygen concentrations and current velocities. Water samples were also collected for salinity and geochemical analysis, and the data set also includes bathymetric, sediment and upper ocean turbulence measurements. The data were collected over six Science Missions at the Strait of Sicily, West Coast of Scotland (Loch Etive and Loch Fyne), North-East Scotland and Shetland Islands, North Weddell Sea, Isles of Scilly, Southern North Sea (Norfolk Bank) over the period 19 April 1999 – 25 May 2001. The data were collected by both shipboard sensors and those attached to the Autosub (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) package. Shipboard data collection included deployment of a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) package with attached auxiliary sensors. Lowered acoustic Dopper current profilers (LADCPs) were also attached to the CTD frame, while discrete water samples were collected from the CTD stations. Oceanographic, bathymetric and sediment data were collected along the ship’s track. Autosub measurements included standard environmental parameters and acoustic instruments were used to measure ocean bottom relief at high resolution. A camera was also attached to the vehicle, permitting the collection of detailed photographs of the seabed. The broad aims of the Autosub Programme are the collection of interdisciplinary data sets that cannot be obtained by research ships, and demonstration to the scientific and wider user community of the usefulness of an AUV. Investigators: David A Smeed, Kate Stansfield, Julian Overnell, Kenny D Black, Peter Statham, Chris German, Andrew S. Brierley, Paul G. Fernandes, Mark A. Brandon, Alex Cunningham, Peter Burkill, Glen Tarran, Prof. Mike Collins, Dr George Voulgaris, Dr John Trowbridge, Dr Eugene Terray, Steve A Thorpe and Thomas Osborn. The British Oceanographic Data Centre holds the Autosub navigation files, CTD and ADCP data for each of the missions listed above. The data are contained as high resolution time series. The data are presently being processed and have not been fully quality controlled. The Autosub science missions brought together researchers and engineers from a number of UK institutions, with the project being coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048089
Date (Publication)
2018-05-18
Date (Creation)
2010-09-21
Date (Revision)
2017-02-01
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED204
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Custodian

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Unknown

kgaines@jhu.edu

Originator

University of South Carolina, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Coastal Processes & Sediment Dynamics Laboratory

Unknown

gvoulgaris@geol.sc.edu

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department

Unknown

information@whoi.edu

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University of Strathclyde, Department of Physics

Unknown

cath.cheshire@strath.ac.uk

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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forinfo@pml.ac.uk

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Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory

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inapplicable

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British Antarctic Survey

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polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk

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Southampton Oceanography Centre

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inapplicable

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University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science

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soes@noc.soton.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science

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laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk

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National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

Unknown

enquiries@noc.ac.uk

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As needed

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Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
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Geographic identifier
Laptev Sea

SeaVoX water bodies 2018-02-21 revision

Begin date
1999
End date
2001
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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    OnLine resource
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    https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/products/data/bodc_products/autosub/

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    Instrument(s) used to collect data: fluorometers; current meters; radiometers; single-beam echosounders; underwater cameras; benthos samplers; salinity sensor; dissolved gas sensors; metal analysers; bench particle sizers; microstructure sensors; transmissometers; CTD; current profilers; sidescan sonars.

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    6a31c76fe51a54f99ff1b652946881ef XML
    Metadata language
    English
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    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2018-05-18T15:37:44
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    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 Hadžiabdić

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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