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The data set comprises hydrographic, biogeochemical and biological data, including measurements of temperature, salinity and attenuance, plus concentrations of parameters such as nutrients, pigments, urea, hydrocarbons, sedimentation flux, sulphur and dissolved carbon. Analyses of bacterial, zooplankton and phytoplankton communities were also undertaken. The oceanographic data were supplemented by measurements of surface meteorological parameters. Data were collected across three repeated sections: one along the Gulf of Oman; a section at 67deg East from 8 to 14.5deg North; and a major section from 8deg North, 67 deg East to the coast of Oman. Other one-off sections were also traversed in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman areas. Measurements were collected during two cruises: one between 27 August and the 4 October 1994 and the other between the 16 November and the 19 December 1994. Sections were covered by underway surface ocean measurements (one minute sampling of multiple parameters providing some 5 million measurements) complemented by a total of 21 CTD/water-bottle stations, 14 of which were repeated. ARABESQUE was organised by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory of NERC's Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences and involved the University of Wales, Bangor; Queen's University of Belfast; University of East Anglia; University of Edinburgh; University of Newcastle; the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada; the Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Germany and the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Data management support for the project was provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre. All data collected as part of the project were lodged with BODC who had responsibility for assembling, calibrating, quality controlling and fully documenting the data. BODC checked for instrument spikes or malfunction, values beyond the calibration range, unreasonable ratios of chemical constituents and unreasonable deviations from climatological means. Data were assembled into a relational database, complete with supporting documentation and a user manual. The full data set has been published by BODC on CD-ROM complete with user interface.
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8328 |
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. | ARABESQUE Project Data Set - upper ocean biogeochemistry data collected in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in 1994 |
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 1048079 |
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. | 43b6ea42e0d25557a12674627a3c7617 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED192 |
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 | 1994 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1994 |
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. | The data set comprises hydrographic, biogeochemical and biological data, including measurements of temperature, salinity and attenuance, plus concentrations of parameters such as nutrients, pigments, urea, hydrocarbons, sedimentation flux, sulphur and dissolved carbon. Analyses of bacterial, zooplankton and phytoplankton communities were also undertaken. The oceanographic data were supplemented by measurements of surface meteorological parameters. Data were collected across three repeated sections: one along the Gulf of Oman; a section at 67deg East from 8 to 14.5deg North; and a major section from 8deg North, 67 deg East to the coast of Oman. Other one-off sections were also traversed in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman areas. Measurements were collected during two cruises: one between 27 August and the 4 October 1994 and the other between the 16 November and the 19 December 1994. Sections were covered by underway surface ocean measurements (one minute sampling of multiple parameters providing some 5 million measurements) complemented by a total of 21 CTD/water-bottle stations, 14 of which were repeated. ARABESQUE was organised by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory of NERC's Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences and involved the University of Wales, Bangor; Queen's University of Belfast; University of East Anglia; University of Edinburgh; University of Newcastle; the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada; the Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Germany and the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Data management support for the project was provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre. All data collected as part of the project were lodged with BODC who had responsibility for assembling, calibrating, quality controlling and fully documenting the data. BODC checked for instrument spikes or malfunction, values beyond the calibration range, unreasonable ratios of chemical constituents and unreasonable deviations from climatological means. Data were assembled into a relational database, complete with supporting documentation and a user manual. The full data set has been published by BODC on CD-ROM complete with user interface. |
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 ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves. Instrument(s) used to collect data: radiometers; discrete water samplers; particulates samplers; gas chromatographs; autoanalysers; high performance liquid chromatographs; titrators; bench particle sizers; CTD undulators; CTD; current profilers; shipboard incubators; in-situ incubators. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Publication year: 1998-12-31 Publication title: The scientific findings of this project were published in 1998 in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research Publication editors: Deep Sea Research - Special Issue |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Molecular biology parameters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Primary production in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in sediment pore waters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton grazing | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phycobolin pigment concentrations in 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 | Urea concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in 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 | Bacterial production in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere | |
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 | Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Silicate concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in the water column | |
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 | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column | |
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 | unknown | |
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 | Geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 27 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 67 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 8 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56 |
Regional sea | Gulf of Oman | |
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 | |
URL | https://www.bodc.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 | |
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 | |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Fisheries Science and Technology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 34 | |
Postal code | 123 | |
City | Al Khawd | |
Administrative area | Masqat | |
Country | Oman | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Fisheries Science and Technology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 34 | |
Postal code | 123 | |
City | Al Khawd | |
Administrative area | Masqat | |
Country | Oman | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Max Planck Institute for Limnology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | August-Thienemann-Str. 2 | |
Postal code | 24306 | |
City | Plön | |
Administrative area | Schleswig-Holstein | |
Country | Germany | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Max Planck Institute for Limnology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | August-Thienemann-Str. 2 | |
Postal code | 24306 | |
City | Plön | |
Administrative area | Schleswig-Holstein | |
Country | Germany | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Newcastle University Department of Marine Science and Coastal Management | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Armstrong Building | |
Postal code | NE1 7RU | |
City | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
Administrative area | Tyne and Wear | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Newcastle University Department of Marine Science and Coastal Management | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Armstrong Building | |
Postal code | NE1 7RU | |
City | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
Administrative area | Tyne and Wear | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | The King's Buildings,, West Mains Road | |
Postal code | EH9 3JW | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | The King's Buildings,, West Mains Road | |
Postal code | EH9 3JW | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Bedford Institute of Oceanography | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +1 902 426 2065 | |
Delivery point | 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 | |
Postal code | B2Y 4A2 | |
City | Dartmouth | |
Administrative area | Nova Scotia | |
Country | Canada | |
URL | http://www.bio.gc.ca | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Bedford Institute of Oceanography | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +1 902 426 2065 | |
Delivery point | 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 | |
Postal code | B2Y 4A2 | |
City | Dartmouth | |
Administrative area | Nova Scotia | |
Country | Canada | |
URL | http://www.bio.gc.ca | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +49 40 42838 3131 | |
Delivery point | Martin-Luther-King Platz 6 | |
Postal code | 20146 | |
City | Hamburg | |
Administrative area | Hamburg | |
Country | Germany | |
URL | http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +49 40 42838 3131 | |
Delivery point | Martin-Luther-King Platz 6 | |
Postal code | 20146 | |
City | Hamburg | |
Administrative area | Hamburg | |
Country | Germany | |
URL | http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)1752 633 100 | |
Delivery point | Prospect Place, The Hoe | |
Postal code | PL1 3DH | |
City | Plymouth | |
Administrative area | England | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)1752 633 100 | |
Delivery point | Prospect Place, The Hoe | |
Postal code | PL1 3DH | |
City | Plymouth | |
Administrative area | England | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)28 9097 5787 | |
Delivery point | Medical Biology Centre | |
Postal code | BT9 7BL | |
City | Belfast | |
Administrative area | County Antrim | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofBiologicalSciences/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)28 9097 5787 | |
Delivery point | Medical Biology Centre | |
Postal code | BT9 7BL | |
City | Belfast | |
Administrative area | County Antrim | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofBiologicalSciences/ | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Napier University School of Life Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | 10 Colinton Road | |
Postal code | EH10 5DT | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Administrative area | Midlothian | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Napier University School of Life Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | 10 Colinton Road | |
Postal code | EH10 5DT | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Administrative area | Midlothian | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
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 | |
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 | |
URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/ | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Wales, School of Ocean Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | School of Ocean Sciences,, University of Wales Bangor,, Menai Bridge,, Anglesey, | |
Postal code | LL59 5AB | |
City | Menai Bridge | |
Administrative area | Anglesey | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Wales, School of Ocean Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | School of Ocean Sciences,, University of Wales Bangor,, Menai Bridge,, Anglesey, | |
Postal code | LL59 5AB | |
City | Menai Bridge | |
Administrative area | Anglesey | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/ | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/products/data/bodc_products/arabesque/ |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC data product |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/192/ |
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 | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/NoLimitations | |
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 | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence | |
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. | 2017-10-03 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2017-02-01 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2010-09-30 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-12-20 |
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 | 3.1.1 |
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