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Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory Datasets
The Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) Observatory is a sustained, multidisciplinary observatory. Key time-series datasets include measurements of sea temperature, air temperature, air pressure, waves, wind, CO2, salinity, Megafauna (Species diversity, abundance and biomass), geochemistry, humidity, chlorophyll, nitrate, PAR and currents. The PAP observatory is situated in the Northeast Atlantic away from the continental slope and mid Atlantic ridge (49N,16.5W, depth 4800m). Since 1989, this environmental study site in the Northeast Atlantic has become a major focus for international and interdisciplinary scientific research and monitoring including water column biogeochemistry, physics and benthic biology. Since 2002, a mooring has been in place with sensors taking a diverse set of biogeochemical and physical measurements of the upper 1000m of the water column. Some of these data are transmitted in near real-time via satellite. A diverse range of Essential Climate variables are measured and sampled at the PAP site from the atmosphere and surface ocean to the seafloor. The instruments used include CTD + Backscatter; ADCP (2 way, re-programmable for water profiling as well as burst sampling), Seismometer (2 way, retrieval of selected time period - 1 Minute - in the past e.g. seismic event), Bottom Pressure Sensor, Sediment trap (2 way, re-programmable for change sampling interval), Boxcores, Mega- and Multicores, Optode, Digital Camera and Stand-alone hydrophone. Seafloor sampling includes trawling, coring, towed camera systems from a research ship and time-lapse photography. Since 2002 many of the upper ocean measurements (0-1000m) have been transmitted in near real-time. There is a growing need for ever more accurate climatic models to predict future climate change and the impact this will have on human settlement, the insurance industry, fisheries, agriculture and nature at large. Long term observations at fixed points in the open oceans are essential to provide high quality and high resolution data to increase our knowledge of how our oceans function, how they are changing and how this may impact on the climate. The observatory is coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre. In 2010, a collaboration between NERC and UK Met Office has led to the first atmospheric measurements at the site.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048PAP_OBS
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-05-18
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-01-28
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-11-21
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED5912
- 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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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Wind strength and direction
- Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
- Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column
- Air temperature
- Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in the water column
- Air pressure
- Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
- Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
- Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
- Salinity of the water column
- Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
- Wave height and period statistics
- Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
- Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
- Temperature of the water column
- Atmospheric humidity
- Skin temperature of the water column
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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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- No limitations apply
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Data are freely available
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No conditions apply
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Biota
- Oceans
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- Geographic identifier
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Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision
- Begin date
- 2002-10-07
- End date
- 2025-03-14 After
- Supplemental Information
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Publication year: 2010-07-01
Publication title: Deep-sea demersal fish species richness in the Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic Ocean: global and regional patterns.
Publication authors: Priede, I.G., Godbold, J.A., King, N.J., et al.
Publication year: 2010-07-01
Publication title: The near-bottom plankton community at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE-Atlantic: Structure and vertical distribution.
Publication authors: Christiansen, B., Buhring, S.I., Pfannkuche, O., et al.
Publication year: 2010-07-01
Publication title: Reproductive patterns of the abyssal asteroid Styracaster elongatus from the NE Atlantic Ocean.01/07/2010
Publication authors: Benitez-Villalobos, F., Diaz-Martinez, J.P.
Publication year: 2010-07-01
Publication title: Estimating mixed layer nitrate in the North Atlantic Ocean01/0
Publication authors: Steinhoff, T., Friedrich, T., Hartman, S.E., Oschlies, A., Wallace, D.W.R., Koertzinger, A.
Publication year: 2010-07-01
Publication title: Estimating mixed layer nitrate in the North Atlantic Ocean
Publication authors: Steinhoff, T., Friedrich, T., Hartman, S.E., Oschlies, A., Wallace, D.W.R., and Körtzinger, A.
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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OGP
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Name Version Delimited Image Network Common Data Form Ocean Data View
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Protocol Linkage Name http://projects.noc.ac.uk/pap/data Data management webpages
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7563-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7563-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7562-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7562-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7561-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7561-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/13d58735-4251-109d-e053-6c86abc0bae4/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/13d58735-4251-109d-e053-6c86abc0bae4
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/5912/ BODC online data delivery service
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/7fa8421c-3c5e-2eed-e053-6c86abc0f4ae/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/7fa8421c-3c5e-2eed-e053-6c86abc0f4ae
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/8a2c7501-d781-48a6-e053-6c86abc09c7e/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/8a2c7501-d781-48a6-e053-6c86abc09c7e
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/9de9ab74-4b03-094e-e053-6c86abc05a78/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/9de9ab74-4b03-094e-e053-6c86abc05a78
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/f7e05069-093d-5bd3-e053-6c86abc056c2/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f7e05069-093d-5bd3-e053-6c86abc056c2
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/06bd25d5-fcd3-0f63-e063-6c86abc0481e/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/06bd25d5-fcd3-0f63-e063-6c86abc0481e
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/07e9cff4-a0b7-37da-e063-6c86abc00f7b/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/07e9cff4-a0b7-37da-e063-6c86abc00f7b
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/0f275498-29fb-78af-e063-6c86abc0fbe1/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0f275498-29fb-78af-e063-6c86abc0fbe1
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/10f309b9-6179-4fe4-e063-6c86abc0a694/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/10f309b9-6179-4fe4-e063-6c86abc0a694
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/10f38334-66af-3216-e063-6c86abc06cbe/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/10f38334-66af-3216-e063-6c86abc06cbe
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/180466dc-ebde-7d3b-e063-7086abc076f6/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/180466dc-ebde-7d3b-e063-7086abc076f6
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21c419bf-1222-0f45-e063-7086abc00bcf/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21c419bf-1222-0f45-e063-7086abc00bcf
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2743a1e5-44f9-3dd9-e063-7086abc09120/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2743a1e5-44f9-3dd9-e063-7086abc09120
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2b4221ba-69e6-474e-e063-7086abc08568/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2b4221ba-69e6-474e-e063-7086abc08568
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/15e5cd9a-58ab-2925-e063-6c86abc02192/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/15e5cd9a-58ab-2925-e063-6c86abc02192
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2f81ae9b-f5e9-c6b0-e063-7086abc01672/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2f81ae9b-f5e9-c6b0-e063-7086abc01672
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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
- Explanation
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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 and provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre for long term archive and management.Instrument(s) used to collect data: radiometers; sediment traps; salinity sensor; platform attitude sensors; electromagnetic sensors; nutrient analysers; current meters; water temperature sensor; dissolved gas sensors.
Metadata
- File identifier
- e6e4a6bd81825dadb51accf6ec3d3e85 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-14T15:07:22
- 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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