Observation Facility Catalogue
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
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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
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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.
SUBMIT DATA TO THE OBSERVATION FACILITY CATALOGUE
More information: How to enter data into the Observation Facility Catalogue (pdf)
- Integration of GIOS infrastructures
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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
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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:
| Observation Facility | Variables | Contact | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian scanning photometer Sverdrup | |
Via contact person
- University of Oslo |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational Core data: No |
| Methane gas chromatograph | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 3274 Core data: No |
| Micro Rain Radar | |
Dr. Nuncio Murukesh
nuncio@ncpor.res.in National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10171 Core data: No |
| Micro-pulse lidar | |
Masataka Shiobara
shio@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 6443 Core data: No |
| Microwave profiler | |
Dr. Nuncio Murukesh
nuncio@ncpor.res.in National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10171 Core data: No |
| Microwave profiler HATPRO | |
Christoph Ritter
Christoph.Ritter@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 6525 Site info: Ny-Ålesund (AWIPEV observatory) Core data: No |
| Mooring Dirigibile Italia (MDI) | |
Federico Giglio, Stefano Miserocchi
Federico.Giglio@cnr.it, Stefano.Miserocchi@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 4375 Site info: Sensor depth below surface: Temperature: 25m, 54m, 62m, 85m, 92m Current: 36m, 91m Conductivity: 25m, 85m Particle flux: 83m Turbidity: 85m Oxygen: 85m Core data: No |
| Mooring IndARC | |
Divya David T
divya@ncpor.res.in National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10309, 10319 Site info: Longitude: 12.01481667 E; Latitude: 78.94648333 N. Depth of the mooring from the surface: Sensors maintained below 24m from the surface from July 2014 till July 2019 and below 15m from the surface from July 2019 till date. CO2 data was collected at a nominal depth of 35 m below the surface through the IndARC-3 mooring in Kongsfjorden from July 2016 to July 2017 as a collaboration between NCPOR and Norwegian Polar Institute and Institute for Marine Research. The sensor has been deployed again at a nominal depth of 25 m in July 2019, which is underwater till date in IndARC-5. The contact person for this sensor is Agneta Fransson, NPI (Agneta.Fransson@npolar.no). All the other data listed are collected by NCPOR, India Core data: Yes |
| Multifilter radiometer | |
Tove Svendby
tove.svendby@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 1207 Core data: No |
| Multifilter radiometer UV-RAD | |
Boyan Petkov, Vito Vitale
b.petkov@isac.cnr.it; vito.vitale@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3305 Core data: No |
