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Physical oceanographic measurements in Orkney, UK in 2005 and 2017
This dataset contains physical oceanographic data, comprising acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) and waverider measurements. The ADCP data were collected using a Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel-600 ADCP mounted on a seabed frame at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) full scale tidal test site at Fall of Warness, Orkney - UK. No structures were present around the instrument at the time of the deployment. Data were collected over a two week period between February and March 2005, with a sampling resolution of 20 minutes. Data were processed by the originator using the company’s in-house Integrated Metocean Processing, Analysis and Quality Control Tool (IMPAQCT) software. Data comprise current speed profile (with on average 40-50 bins), current direction profile (vertical bins), echo amplitude (four beams), percentage good pressure and beam solution, pitch, roll, heading, and water temperature. The waverider data were collected using a Datawell Waverider buoy moored at the southern part of the full-scale wave test site at Billia Croo, Orkney. Data were collected over a one year period in 2017, with a sampling resolution of 30 minutes. Data were processed using the Datawell W@ves21 software. Data comprise wave spectral parameters, including significant wave height, spectra peak period, wave direction at the peak frequency, directional spread at the peak frequency, zero-upcrossing period (from spectra), and mean period (T01). Data were collected by the EMEC as part of research focusing on wave and tidal power development.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_EMEC_Orkney_2005_2017
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-02-11
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-01-24
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-03-11
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7280
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role The European Marine Energy Centre Limited
Unknown
Owner The European Marine Energy Centre Limited
Unknown
Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre
Distributor
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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MEDIN metadata record availability
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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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
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- Other restrictions
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No conditions apply
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- Geographic identifier
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North Atlantic Ocean
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
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North Sea
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
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Atlantic Ocean
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
- Begin date
- 2005-02-17
- End date
- 2017-12-31
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Codespace
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OGP
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Name Version Delimited Network Common Data Form
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/7280/ BODC online data delivery service
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- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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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 scientists and engineers at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) as part of research focusing on wave and tidal power development at a test site. Data were processed by the originator using the company’s in-house Integrated Metocean Processing, Analysis and Quality Control Tool (IMPAQCT) software. The data were initially provided to the SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) to obtain a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and subsequently passed to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), via the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), to be ingested into the National Oceanographic Database (NODB).Instrument(s) used to collect data: wave recorders; current profilers.
Metadata
- File identifier
- aacbd2239e225d74b25213ca1ac1df06 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-03-11T14:43:43
- 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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