The Observation Facility Catalogue has been developed to provide an overview of the observation facilities which collect SIOS data. An observation facility can be one instrument or a collection of instruments, e.g. a weather station, and is a term used by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The annotation is standardised following the WMO standards as far as possible, in order to make entries unambiguous and interoperable internationally.
About OFC
The purpose of the catalogue is to make better use of the existing research infrastructure by facilitating the search for given parameters and their location. In this way, duplication can be avoided and new measurements can be co-located with existing ones. The catalogue may also be used to gain a simple overview of collected parameters and how to access the data. The search interface allows users to search for GCMD keywords or to filter by status, type or observatory. The map interface may be used to search in a particular area.
The catalogue was developed by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, with input from a task force consisting of representatives from the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Alfred Wegener Institute. NySMAC members and RICC gave valuable input on the test version.
How to add observation facilities
To enter data in the Observation Facility Catalogue, you must be logged in and have assigned the role "RI responsible" by the administrator. Please contact the Observing Network Infrastructure Officer to have this role assigned to your account.
In addition to the SIOS records, this catalogue has the option to display research infrastructures from the Greenland Integrated Observing System (GIOS). The default view displays only SIOS research infrastructures. To see GIOS research infrastructures, use the menu to the right to filter. Records are fetched from the Isaaffik website.
How to use the REST Export endpoint
The REST endpoint (see the right panel below the filters), can be used to query the catalogue in a machine-readable way. See an example on how to query the json endpoint in this notebook:
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
Ragnheid Skogseth
Ragnheid.Skogseth@unis.no
The University Centre in Svalbard
no specific maintenance, annual battery replacement and data recovery
Deployed at 100 m, one upward and one downward facing. 20 min ensemble interval, 1 min ping interval, 20 pings / ensemble, 30 depth cells, 4 m depth cell size
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OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY
Various SeaBird SBE16/19p and SBE37
Instrument turnaround once a year. In most years, instruments will be sent to SeaBird for calibration. Often intercalibration with shipboard CTD.
Sampling interval between 2-4 hours year round. Derived variable from conductivity, temperature and depth.
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OCEANS>OCEAN ACOUSTICS>AMBIENT NOISE
Multi-Electronique AURAL M2/M3 various s/n
No specific maintenance
Hydrophone recording varied over the years. Mostly 10 min recording / hour but several years with power issues and incomplete recordings
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OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>TURBIDITY
Seapoint turbidity sensor
Occasional calibration
Sampling interval 4 hours. Only deployed a few years.
Daniel Vogedes
daniel.vogedes@uit.no
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Landing Page:https://www.mare-incognitum.no/krop/ Type: sea platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor
RIS ids: 11107, 11106
Site info: Observatory moored with anchor weight. Bottom depth around 220 m. About 200 m of mooring line. Subsurface buoyancy at about 20 m water depth (hence the -20 m above sea level which refers to the start of the mooring line, not an actual instrument depth). Top 20 m left empty due to risk of ice scouring. Main "photo" is an example of a mooring diagram. Mooring setup is similar for other years, but does have changes in the details. Additional photos to illustrate some of the instrumentation.
Data is available at https://archive.sigma2.no/ split up according to years and sensor types.
Core data: Yes
Various instruments since 2006. Mostly SeaBird SBE16/19p, SBE56, SBE37. During the first years Vemco microloggers were used instead of SBE56.
Instrument turnaround once a year. In most years, instruments will be sent to SeaBird for calibration. Often intercalibration with shipboard CTD.
Sampling intervals vary between 12 minutes (SBE56) and 4 hours (SBE16/19p).
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OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>CONDUCTIVITY
Various SeaBird SBE16/19p and SBE37
Instrument turnaround once a year. In most years, instruments will be sent to SeaBird for calibration. Often intercalibration with shipboard CTD.
Sampling interval between 2-4 hours year round
,
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY
Various SeaBird SBE16/19p and SBE37
Instrument turnaround once a year. In most years, instruments will be sent to SeaBird for calibration. Often intercalibration with shipboard CTD.
Sampling interval between 2-4 hours year round. Derived variable from conductivity, temperature and depth.
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OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>FLUORESCENCE
Various fluorescence sensors (Wetlabs and Seapoint)
Annual check with fluorescence stick, occasional factory service.
Sampling interval 4 hours. Data published as raw voltage readings, as proper chlorophyll a fluorescence values would require regular water sampling for chl a calibration. Main point is to detect phytoplankton bloom timing, not absolute chl a values.
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OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>TURBIDITY
Seapoint turbidity sensor
Occasional calibration
Sampling interval 4 hours. Only deployed a few years.
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OCEANS>OCEAN ACOUSTICS>AMBIENT NOISE
Multi-Electronique AURAL M2/M3 various s/n
No specific maintenance
Hydrophone recording varied over the years. Mostly 10 min recording / hour but several years with power issues and incomplete recordings
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OCEANS>OCEAN ACOUSTICS>ACOUSTIC SCATTERING
RDI Workhorse 300 kHz ADCP various s/n
no specific maintenance, annual battery replacement and data recovery
Deployed at 100 m, one upward and one downward facing. 20 min ensemble interval, 1 min ping interval, 20 pings / ensemble, 30 depth cells, 4 m depth cell size
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OCEANS>MARINE SEDIMENTS>SEDIMENTATION
McLane Mark 78H-21 Sediment trap 21-way on non-regular schedule (higher rate during peak sedimentation time).
No specific maintenance, annual recovery, service and redeployment.
Daniel Vogedes
daniel.vogedes@uit.no
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Landing Page:https://www.mare-incognitum.no/krop/ Type: sea platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 11106, 11107
Site info: Observatory moored with anchor weight. Bottom depth around 220 m. About 200 m of mooring line. Subsurface buoyancy at about 20 m water depth (hence the -20 m above sea level which refers to the start of the mooring line, not an actual instrument depth). Top 20 m left empty due to risk of ice scouring. Main "photo" is an example of a mooring diagram from 2021. Mooring setup is similar for other years, but does have changes in the details. Additional photos to illustrate some of the instrumentation.
Data is available at https://archive.sigma2.no/ split up according to years and sensor types.
Core data: Yes
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Kjetil Melvold
kjme@nve.no
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Type: lake/river platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor
RIS ids: 1668, 11353
Site info: The catchment area is 27 km² of which 6.3% is glacier covered. The monitoring station will be placed in the river just downstream of the lake in stable sediment and rock profile.
Core data: No
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