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The dataset contains a diverse range of environmental data ranging from estuary properties including geomorphology, water depth and habitat characterisation to detailed time series of parameters such as salinity and chemical and nutrient concentrations. The data are stored in a database containing a directory of existing data sources for estuaries; data for the broad properties of 79 UK estuaries; and detailed hydrodynamic, bathymetric, and sedimentary information for six estuaries: Blackwater, Humber, Mersey, Ribble, Southampton Water and Tamar. The data range from 1965 to 2002 and include both historic datasets and those collected during a recent effort (1997-2002) to enhance our knowledge of estuaries. Data collection employed a variety of instrumentation and techniques, including water, biota and sediment sample collection and analysis and the deployment of hydrographic instruments such as sea level, temperature, salinity and optical backscatter recorders. The Estuaries Research Programme (ERP) began in 1997 with the EMPHASYS project, which aimed to improve our understanding of processes operating in estuaries and use this knowledge to enhance broad scale modelling techniques that can be applied to estuarine processes. This work was funded by the Environment Agency/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Flood and Coastal Defence Research and Development Programme. The data are managed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and are available on CD-ROM.
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Data are freely available for use in teaching and research, providing due acknowledgment in any publication produced, following agreement to the terms and conditions of the British Oceanographic Data Centre Data Licence. The licence terms and conditions are available via https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/267795/
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1684 |
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. | Estuaries Research Programme Phase 1 (ERP1) Estuaries database 2003 |
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 1048097 |
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. | a4418585ed325c4890a6088e878c6bcf |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED212 |
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 | 1965 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2002 |
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 dataset contains a diverse range of environmental data ranging from estuary properties including geomorphology, water depth and habitat characterisation to detailed time series of parameters such as salinity and chemical and nutrient concentrations. The data are stored in a database containing a directory of existing data sources for estuaries; data for the broad properties of 79 UK estuaries; and detailed hydrodynamic, bathymetric, and sedimentary information for six estuaries: Blackwater, Humber, Mersey, Ribble, Southampton Water and Tamar. The data range from 1965 to 2002 and include both historic datasets and those collected during a recent effort (1997-2002) to enhance our knowledge of estuaries. Data collection employed a variety of instrumentation and techniques, including water, biota and sediment sample collection and analysis and the deployment of hydrographic instruments such as sea level, temperature, salinity and optical backscatter recorders. The Estuaries Research Programme (ERP) began in 1997 with the EMPHASYS project, which aimed to improve our understanding of processes operating in estuaries and use this knowledge to enhance broad scale modelling techniques that can be applied to estuarine processes. This work was funded by the Environment Agency/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Flood and Coastal Defence Research and Development Programme. The data are managed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and are available on CD-ROM. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Instrument(s) used to collect data: sea level recorders; current meters; optical backscatter sensors; single-beam echosounders; nutrient analysers; benthos samplers; discrete water samplers; laser altimeters; salinity sensor; sediment grabs; manual biota samplers. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Optical backscatter | |
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 | Sediment water content, porosity and surface area | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Terrestrial mapping | |
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 | Metal concentrations in biota | |
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 | Coastal geomorphology | |
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 | Sea level | |
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 | Habitat extent | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Turbulence in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geological sample radioactivity | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Radioactivity in biota | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Radioactivity in water bodies | |
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 | River flow and discharge | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 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 | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column | |
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 | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
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 | Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks | |
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 | 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
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 | Human health and safety | |
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 | Atmospheric conditions | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Orthoimagery | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Soil | |
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 | Hydrography | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5 |
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 | http://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 | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Environment Agency Head Office | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Rio House, Waterside Drive, Aztec West | |
Postal code | BS32 4UD | |
City | Almondsbury | |
Administrative area | Bristol | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Nobel House, 17 Smith Square | |
Postal code | SW1P 3JR | |
City | London | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)151 653 8633 | |
Fax | +44 (0)151 653 6269 | |
Delivery point | Bidston Observatory, Bidston Hill | |
Postal code | CH43 7RA | |
City | Prenton | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.pol.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Southampton Oceanography Centre | |
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 | |
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 | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Associated British Ports | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0) 20 7430 1177 | |
Fax | +44 (0) 20 7430 1384 | |
Delivery point | 150 Holborn | |
Postal code | EC1N 2LR | |
City | London | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.abports.co.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | HR Wallingford Group Ltd. | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0) 1491 835381 | |
Fax | +44 (0) 1491 832233 | |
Delivery point | HR Wallingford Ltd., Howbery Park | |
Postal code | OX10 8BA | |
City | Oxon | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.hrwallingford.co.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 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1752 633101 | |
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 | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)1502 562244 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1502 513865 | |
Delivery point | Pakefield Road | |
Postal code | NR33 OHT | |
City | Lowestoft | |
Administrative area | Suffolk | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.cefas.co.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Royal Holloway, University of London, School of Biological Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Postal code | TW20 0EX | |
City | Egham | |
Administrative area | Surrey | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www1.rhbnc.ac.uk/biological-sciences/ | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/products/data/external_products/estuaries/ |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Data product web site |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | restricted |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Data are freely available for use in teaching and research, providing due acknowledgment in any publication produced, following agreement to the terms and conditions of the British Oceanographic Data Centre Data Licence. The licence terms and conditions are available via https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/267795/ |
21 Conditions for access and use – Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource. | 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. | 2018-05-18 |
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. | 2010-10-01 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2018-05-18 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.8 |
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