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Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array at 26°N from 2004 to 2023
The RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS dataset comprises measurements of current velocity, temperature, salinity and pressure. Oceanic volume and heat transports are calculated from these variables, in both depth and density space, resulting in continuous measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Data collection is obtained from a mooring array across 26.5N in the Atlantic Ocean and cable measurements across the Florida Straits. The measurement array extends from the Bahamas to the African coast. The data have been measured continuously between April 2004 and February 2023. The data are collected periodically (currently every 30 months) from various UK and USA research cruises. Measurements between the Bahamas and Africa were made using a variety of MicroCat CTD sensors, various current meters and ADCP. An undersea cable makes current velocity measurements across the Florida Straits. The RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS programme aims to deliver a multi-decadal time series of observations of AMOC. The observations will be used with data from other sources to determine and interpret recent changes in the AMOC, to assess the risk of rapid climate change due to changes in the MOC, and to investigate the potential for predicting the MOC and its impacts on climate. The RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS programme is a joint effort between NERC in the UK (the UK Principal Investigator (PI) is Ben Moat), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) with support from NOAA (PIs Ryan Smith and Denis Volkov) and RSMAS (PIs Prof. Bill Johns and Prof. Shane Elipot) in the USA. The Atlantic MOC transport (and its components), calculated from the above data, and gridded files of temperature and salinity are held by BODC in NetCDF format.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048RAPIDMOCHA_AMOC
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-10-03
- Date (Creation)
- 2025-04-24
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-04-25
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6178
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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
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- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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MEDIN metadata record availability
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
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- No limitations apply
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Data are freely available
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No conditions apply
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
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- Elevation
- Location
- Oceans
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North Atlantic Ocean
SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision
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Atlantic Ocean
SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision
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Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision
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Northwest Atlantic Ocean (40W)
SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision
- Begin date
- 2004-04-01
- End date
- 2025-06-06 After
- Supplemental Information
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Publication year: 2015-01-01
Publication title: Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N
Publication authors: McCarthy, G.D.; Smeed, D.A.; Johns, W.E.; Frajka-Williams, E.; Moat, B.I.; Rayner, D.; Baringer, M.O.; Meinen, C.S.; Collins, J.; Bryden, H.L.
Publication editors: Progress in Oceanography
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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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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- Statement
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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 profilers; submarine cables; CTD; current meters.
Metadata
- File identifier
- a118be306d285b489ea7a03311213925 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-06-06T08:28:02
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN
- Metadata standard version
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3.1.1
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
Polly Hadžiabdić
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