BGS Hosted Metadata
Biologically relevant spectroradiometer data, Rothera Station, from 1997
Biologically relevant radiation has been recorded since February 1997 using a Bentham spectroradiometer at Rothera. The Bentham spectroradiometer is sited on the roof of the Bonner Laboratory at Rothera. It measures spectral global irradiance between 280 and 600 nm (wavelengths from below UV-B to the middle of the visible range) with a step size of 0.5 nm and a resolution of 1 nm. Scans are recorded at various time intervals depending on the time of day and season peaking at every 30 minutes while the sun is above the horizon from the beginning of September until the end of April.
These scans can be used to measure the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth's surface at Rothera. It provides particularly useful background data for studies on the effects of increased UV-B, due to the ozone hole, on the plants and microbes in regions around Rothera.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2004-10-14
- Date (Revision)
- 2004-10-14
- Date (Publication)
- 2004-10-14
- Date (released)
- 2004-10-14
- Edition
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1
- Unique resource identifier
- 9f0d12df-263d-4da2-be7a-922bbea7c0c7
- Codespace
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uuid
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00018
- Codespace
- Other citation details
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Please cite this item as: None
- Credit
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Peat, Helen
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Completed
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Solar Irradiance
- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Ultraviolet Radiation
- EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Ultraviolet Wavelengths > Ultraviolet Radiance
- EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance
- EARTH SCIENCE > Sun-earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Solar Irradiance
- Theme
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Atmospheric conditions
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spectroradiometer
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ultraviolet radiation
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- Place
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Adelaide Island>Rothera Research Station Antarctica
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Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
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British Antarctic Territory Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS.
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1997-02-01
- End date
- 1997-02-01
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
- Title
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
- Units of distribution
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bytes
- Transfer size
- 1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
The spectroradiometer measures spectral global irradiance between 280 and 600 nm (wavelengths from below UV-B to the middle of the visible range) with a step size of 0.5 nm and a resolution of 1 nm. Scans are recorded at various time intervals depending on the time of day and season peaking at every 30 minutes while the sun is above the horizon from the beginning of September until the end of April.
Data are stored in four pairs of Oracle tables. One member of each pair holds the spectral data while the other member holds all the metadata concerned with each scan. The four pairs hold reference data (calibration lamp irradiance values, action spectra, spectral response functions etc.), wavelength calibration data, irradiance calibration data and measurements of spectral irradiance. The tables are owned by u_hp and are called: spec_ref_data, spec_ref_info, spec_wlcal_data,spec_wlcal_info, spec_ircal_data, spec_ircal_info, spec_measurements, spec_measurements_info.
In August 2001 the spectroradiometer was destroyed by a laboratory fire. A new instrument was installed in February 2003. These data are stored in the oracle tables new_spec_wlcal_data, new_spec_wlcal_info, new_spec_ircal_data, new_spec_ircal_info, new_spec_measurements, new_spec_measurements_info. As the exact day of the data collection was not provided, and the metadata standard requires a YYYY-MM-DD format, this dataset has been dated as 1st February.
Data collection:
The manufacturer of the instrument used is:
Bentham Instruments Ltd
2 Boulton Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG2 0NH
England
Tel: 0118 975 1355
Fax: 0118 931 2971
Email: info@bentham.co.uk
Data quality:
Calibrated
Data having undergone full calibration procedures.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9f0d12df-263d-4da2-be7a-922bbea7c0c7 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2004-10-14
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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