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Metadata: Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS) Indian and Southern Ocean Drifting Buoy Data (1979-1981)
Abstract:
The data set comprises temperature, pressure, position and occasionally wave data from nine drifting buoys that were deployed across the Southern Hemisphere. Data were collected from 1979 to 1981. Each buoy carried surface pressure and sea temperature sensors, and seven of the buoys were equipped with drogues in order to aid the study of large scale, near surface ocean currents, and to complement concurrent oceanographic observations made in the area by the research ship RRS Discovery. Two of the buoys were designed with good wave following characteristics and contained accelerometers and simple processors so as to yield good wave information. The buoys were equipped with UHF telemetry transmitters to relay data to the ARGOS system on board the polar orbiting meteorological satellites Tiros-9 and NOAA-6. The buoys were were deployed by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory UK as part of the First Garp Global Experiment (FGGE) Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoy Network.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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Use constraints:
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1702 |
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. | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS) Indian and Southern Ocean Drifting Buoy Data (1979-1981) |
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 1048036 |
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. | d699f52f698f5cc8bb5a72bc4ac1c932 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED177 |
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 | 1979 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1981 |
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 temperature, pressure, position and occasionally wave data from nine drifting buoys that were deployed across the Southern Hemisphere. Data were collected from 1979 to 1981. Each buoy carried surface pressure and sea temperature sensors, and seven of the buoys were equipped with drogues in order to aid the study of large scale, near surface ocean currents, and to complement concurrent oceanographic observations made in the area by the research ship RRS Discovery. Two of the buoys were designed with good wave following characteristics and contained accelerometers and simple processors so as to yield good wave information. The buoys were equipped with UHF telemetry transmitters to relay data to the ARGOS system on board the polar orbiting meteorological satellites Tiros-9 and NOAA-6. The buoys were were deployed by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory UK as part of the First Garp Global Experiment (FGGE) Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoy Network. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Instrument(s) used to collect data: wave recorders; sea level recorders; satellite tracking system; salinity sensor. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Publication year: 1982-05-01 Publication title: Drifting buoy observations using satellite telemetry. The Radio and Electronic Engineer, Vol 52 (5), pp239-245. Publication authors: Collar, P.G., Clayson, C.H., Gwilliam, T.J.P. and Hunter, C.A. Publication editors: IOS |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave direction | |
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 | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates | |
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 | unknown | |
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 | Geographical grid systems | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
Geographical coverage | ||
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 179 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -80 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -180 |
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 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 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Brook Road, Wormley | |
Postal code | GU8 5UB | |
City | Godalming | |
Administrative area | Surrey | |
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/ | |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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 |
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. | 2010-09-30 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2010-09-30 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-21 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2018-02-06 |
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 |