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Metadata: Physical oceanographic measurements in Orkney, UK in 2005 and 2017
Abstract:
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.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8159 |
| 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. | Physical oceanographic measurements in Orkney, UK in 2005 and 2017 |
| 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 1048_EMEC_Orkney_2005_2017 |
| 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. | aacbd2239e225d74b25213ca1ac1df06 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED7280 |
| 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 | 2005-02-17 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2017-12-31 |
| 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 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. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
| 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 | Wave direction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave height and period statistics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Spectral wave data parameters | |
| 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 | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Metadata parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave height estimates | |
| 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 | data.gov.uk | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| 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 | unknown | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 59.2 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.7 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.9 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.47 |
| Regional sea | North Atlantic Ocean | |
| North Sea | ||
| 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 | The European Marine Energy Centre Limited | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | Old Academy,, Back Road, | |
| Postal code | KW16 3AW | |
| City | Stromness | |
| Administrative area | Orkney | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@emec.org.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.emec.org.uk/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | The European Marine Energy Centre Limited | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | Old Academy,, Back Road, | |
| Postal code | KW16 3AW | |
| City | Stromness | |
| Administrative area | Orkney | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@emec.org.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.emec.org.uk/ | |
| 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/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/7280/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC online data delivery service |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
| 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 | |
| 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. | No conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | 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. | 2025-02-11 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2026-03-11 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2023-01-24 |
| 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. | 2026-03-11 |
| 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 |