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Metadata: Data from the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT-UK) project.
Abstract:
Satellite-derived data and data used for satellite data validation from the SWOT-UK project. Validation sea level elevation data are from tide gauges re-referenced to ETRS89 (WGS84) This data covers the Bristol Channel, Severn estuary and river Severn. The bulk of the data spans the period from the beginning of 2022 to the end of July 2023, but the data used for the validation of the Cryosat2 satellite goes back to 2012. These data came from the Environment Agency and National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes (Channel Coastal Observatory) APIs, with three addition Global Navigation Satellite Systems Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) systems installed by the project team. The data were transformed to ETRS89 (WGS84) Ellipsoid using a software utility provided by the Ordnance Survey, for comparison to satellite altimetry data. Stations measuring relative to chart or stage datum were corrected to ordnance datum before transformation to ETRS89 (WGS84). The data are supplied as water surface elevation (altitude) in metres, relative to ETRS89 (WGS84) Ellipsoid. These real-time in situ data have not been corrected for atmospheric pressure, to match the total water level measurements of the satellite.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8390 |
| 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. | Data from the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT-UK) project. |
| 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 10481032257 |
| 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. | e1f6bfd052375bbb826a2a06e12d59a7 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED7366 |
| 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 | 2012-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2023-07-10 |
| 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. | Satellite-derived data and data used for satellite data validation from the SWOT-UK project. Validation sea level elevation data are from tide gauges re-referenced to ETRS89 (WGS84) This data covers the Bristol Channel, Severn estuary and river Severn. The bulk of the data spans the period from the beginning of 2022 to the end of July 2023, but the data used for the validation of the Cryosat2 satellite goes back to 2012. These data came from the Environment Agency and National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes (Channel Coastal Observatory) APIs, with three addition Global Navigation Satellite Systems Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) systems installed by the project team. The data were transformed to ETRS89 (WGS84) Ellipsoid using a software utility provided by the Ordnance Survey, for comparison to satellite altimetry data. Stations measuring relative to chart or stage datum were corrected to ordnance datum before transformation to ETRS89 (WGS84). The data are supplied as water surface elevation (altitude) in metres, relative to ETRS89 (WGS84) Ellipsoid. These real-time in situ data have not been corrected for atmospheric pressure, to match the total water level measurements of the satellite. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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 long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data LibraryInstrument(s) used to collect data: sea level recorders. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geographical grid systems |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea level | |
| 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 | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
| 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 | unknown | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.85 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.2 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.1 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.3 |
| 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 HadÅžiabdic | |
| Position name | Head of Requests | |
| 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 | National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)151 795 4800 | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@noc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://noc.ac.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)151 795 4800 | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@noc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://noc.ac.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/ | |
| 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 | Delimited |
| 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. | 2024-11-28 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2024-11-28 |
| 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. | 2025-02-11 |
| 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 |