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Metadata: Glider observations of mesoscale physical-biological interactions off the coast of Oman (2015-2016)
Abstract:
This dataset consists of observations from two autonomous underwater gliders deployed by the University of East Anglia, UK and Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. The two Seagliders, Humpback (serial number SG579) and Orca (serial number SG510), collected data to investigate physical-biological interactions in the water column. The gliders were deployed in the Gulf of Oman approximately 10 km from Muscat, at the 120 m isobath. Both gliders repeatedly surveyed a 76 km section across the shelf, continental slope and open ocean between 24°15' N, 59° E and 23°39.5' N, 58°39' E. Humpback, SG579, obtained 1,424 vertical profiles over a 91 day period (04 March 2015 to 03 June 2015), repeating the section 24 times. Orca, SG510, obtained 1,646 vertical profiles over a 109 day period (09 December 2015 to 27 March 2016), repeating the section 28 times. The glider data were processed using the UEA Seaglider Toolbox and standard techniques were used for calibration of the data. The data are held at BODC as a series of netCDF, .eng and .log files alongside a .mat file containing all processed data.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 7502 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Glider observations of mesoscale physical-biological interactions off the coast of Oman (2015-2016) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048Gliders_SG510_SG579 |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 131aa4291926563db2fbd1e23cefd6b3 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED6794 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2015-03-04 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2016-03-27 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This dataset consists of observations from two autonomous underwater gliders deployed by the University of East Anglia, UK and Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. The two Seagliders, Humpback (serial number SG579) and Orca (serial number SG510), collected data to investigate physical-biological interactions in the water column. The gliders were deployed in the Gulf of Oman approximately 10 km from Muscat, at the 120 m isobath. Both gliders repeatedly surveyed a 76 km section across the shelf, continental slope and open ocean between 24°15' N, 59° E and 23°39.5' N, 58°39' E. Humpback, SG579, obtained 1,424 vertical profiles over a 91 day period (04 March 2015 to 03 June 2015), repeating the section 24 times. Orca, SG510, obtained 1,646 vertical profiles over a 109 day period (09 December 2015 to 27 March 2016), repeating the section 28 times. The glider data were processed using the UEA Seaglider Toolbox and standard techniques were used for calibration of the data. The data are held at BODC as a series of netCDF, .eng and .log files alongside a .mat file containing all processed data. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was created by scientists from the University of East Anglia following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for archiving and publication in the BODC Published Data Library (PDL). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Temperature of the water column |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Light absorption in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Electrical conductivity of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Salinity of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Platform or instrument orientation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Density of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Optical backscatter | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric conditions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | unknown | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 24.25 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 59 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 23.6583 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.65 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Individual name | Polly Hadžiabdic | |
| Position name | Head of the BODC Requests Team | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University Plain | |
| Postal code | NR4 7TJ | |
| City | Norwich | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| env.enquiries@uea.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University Plain | |
| Postal code | NR4 7TJ | |
| City | Norwich | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| env.enquiries@uea.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/ | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/697eb954-f60c-603b-e053-6c86abc00062/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/697eb954-f60c-603b-e053-6c86abc00062 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | No limitations apply | |
| This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Binary |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Delimited | |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Network Common Data Form | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2018-05-17 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2023-12-08 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2023-12-06 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2025-06-09 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |