CEFAS0886cd68-ac0d-450f-b924-3d71498d7346 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2025-09-18T12:11:15 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - 02 - Cefas Fishing Survey System FSS 2016-06-27 publication 2025-09-18 revision 2015-01-08 creation CEFAS3233 https://data.cefas.co.uk This dataset has been extracted as part of an exercise to assemble "all" Cefas Temperature Data and publish it in a Data paper. It is one of 17 Cefas data sources assembled. The Fishing Survey System (FSS) is a purpose–built database used to hold and maintain Cefas fish survey data, primarily from government mandated surveys. This SQL database holds the main research and charter vessel fishing surveys data from 1901 to present. It includes station, catch, length, and biological data. Easy to access user front end for storing and editing most forms of survey vessel data. Individual surveys grouped by their parent cruise series. Three current sections are shellfish, Fisheries Science Partnership and standard fisheries surveys. Fish stock monitoring survey stations, provide the main source of temperature data. This dataset also stretches the UK Shelf Waters designation, including a single coastal Greenland survey in 1959 and Arctic surveys in 1930 and 1949–1959. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner notPlanned Temperature of the water column SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Analysis Monitoring Aquatic environment Climate Season Weather GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Water column SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions `Open Government Licence`_ .. _`open government licence`: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English oceans -30.00 45.00 45.00 80.00 1901-06-20 2014-10-17 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/3233 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Oceanographic geographical features – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification Various quality control checks ensure high quality storage of data and allow users to edit and extract data as required. Allows uploading from Electronic Data Capture System or X-Files. Temperature data were extracted from the FSS database using: SELECT fldCruiseName AS Cruise, fldcruiseStationNumber as StationNumber, fldShotEorW AS EorW, fldShotLonMinutes AS LonMin, fldShotLonDegrees AS LonDeg, fldShotLatMinutes AS LatMin, fldShotLatDegrees AS LatDeg, fldDateTimeShot AS DateTime, fldBottomSalinity AS BottomSalinity, fldSurfaceSalinity AS SurfaceSalinity, fldSurfaceTemp AS SurfaceTemp, fldBottomTemp AS BottomTemp, fldShotDepth AS WaterDepth, fldShotLonDecimalDegrees AS ShotLonDecimal, fldShotNorS AS NorS,fldShotLatDecimalDegrees AS ShotLatDecimal FROM FSS.dbo.tblDataStationLogs where fldBottomTemp is not null or fldSurfaceTemp is not null with values entered as ~36 C removed as suspect; nulls removed. The multiple sources are described in 17 separate metadata entries under the same Title, e.g. Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - 15 - RV Cefas Endeavour FerryBox Monitoring System. These data have been described in detail via the following publication. Morris, D. J., Pinnegar, J. K., Maxwell, D. L., Dye, S. R., Fernand, L. J., Flatman, S., Williams, O. J., and Rogers, S. I.: Over 10 million seawater temperature records for the United Kingdom Continental Shelf between 1880 and 2014 from 17 Cefas (United Kingdom government) marine data systems, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 27–51, `https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018`_, 2018. .. _`https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018`: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018 MEDIN 3.1.1