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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.
British Oceanographic Data Centre
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8913 |
| 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. | Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory Datasets |
| 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 1048PAP_OBS |
| 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. | e6e4a6bd81825dadb51accf6ec3d3e85 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED5912 |
| 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 | 2002-10-07 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-03-02 |
| 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 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. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | 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. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | Meteorological geographical features | |
| 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 | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements 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 | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air pressure | |
| 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 | Wind strength and direction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Skin temperature of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in 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 | Wave height and period statistics | |
| 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 | Salinity of the water column | |
| 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 | Air temperature | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric humidity | |
| 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 | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column | |
| 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 | 49.5 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 48.5 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -17 |
| 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 owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way | |
| Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
| City | Southampton | |
| Administrative area | Hampshire | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| 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 (Southampton) | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way | |
| Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
| City | Southampton | |
| Administrative area | Hampshire | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://projects.noc.ac.uk/pap/data |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Data management webpages |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | offlineAccess |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7563-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7563-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7562-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7562-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21e9ef8a-7561-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/21e9ef8a-7561-4b9e-e053-6c86abc0ccb8 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/13d58735-4251-109d-e053-6c86abc0bae4/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/13d58735-4251-109d-e053-6c86abc0bae4 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/5912/ |
| 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 |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/7fa8421c-3c5e-2eed-e053-6c86abc0f4ae/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/7fa8421c-3c5e-2eed-e053-6c86abc0f4ae |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/8a2c7501-d781-48a6-e053-6c86abc09c7e/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/8a2c7501-d781-48a6-e053-6c86abc09c7e |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/9de9ab74-4b03-094e-e053-6c86abc05a78/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Published dataset - doi:10.5285/9de9ab74-4b03-094e-e053-6c86abc05a78 |
| 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | No conditions apply | |
| 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. | 2018-05-18 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2017-06-08 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2013-01-28 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2022-03-02 |
| 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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