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

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.

SUBMIT DATA TO THE OBSERVATION FACILITY CATALOGUE

More information: How to enter data into the Observation Facility Catalogue (pdf)

Integration of GIOS infrastructures

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:

https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/sios-ofc-notebook/

Observation Facility	Variables	Contact	Additional Information
Weather station Svalbard Airport	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE>SURFACE PRESSURE Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>ACCUMULATIVE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION Start Date 1975-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures Network every hour.	- - Avinor	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational Core data: No
Weather station Sveagruva	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE>SURFACE PRESSURE Start Date 1978-05-01T12:00:00Z End Date 2022-01-08T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures SMS every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Start Date 1978-01-05T12:00:00Z End Date 2022-01-08T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures SMS every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Start Date 1978-01-05T12:00:00Z End Date 2022-01-08T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures SMS every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Start Date 1978-01-05T12:00:00Z End Date 2022-01-08T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures SMS every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Start Date 1978-01-05T12:00:00Z End Date 2022-01-08T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Met.no airport collaboration. Sampling procedures SMS every hour.	- - Avinor	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed Core data: No
Weather station Sveagruva II	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Start Date 2016-11-27T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>ACCUMULATIVE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>PRECIPITATION RATE Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Minutes per hour. Network every hour. , Observed Variable CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE Start Date 2016-11-21T12:00:00Z End Date 2019-07-02T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number ScanMatic logger Sampling procedures Network every hour.	- - Norwegian Meteorological Institute	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed Core data: No
Weather station Sørkappøya	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Start Date 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received on iridium sat every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Start Date 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received on iridium sat every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Start Date 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received on iridium sat every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Start Date 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received on iridium sat every hour. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Start Date 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received on iridium sat every hour.	- - Norwegian Meteorological Institute	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational Core data: No
Weather station Verlegenhuken	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE>SURFACE PRESSURE Start Date 1997-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received every hour with iridium sat. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Start Date 1997-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received every hour with iridium sat. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Start Date 1997-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received every hour with iridium sat. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Start Date 1997-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received every hour with iridium sat. , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Start Date 1997-01-01T12:00:00Z Instrument model and serial number Campbell logger Sampling procedures Data received every hour with iridium sat.	- - Norwegian Meteorological Institute	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor Core data: Yes
Web camera	Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>SOLID PRECIPITATION>SNOW Start Date 2011-05-11T12:00:00Z , Observed Variable ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS>CLOUD DYNAMICS Start Date 2011-05-11T12:00:00Z	Hiroshi Miyaoka miyaoka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational Core data: No
Werenskioldbreen mass balance stake network	Observed Variable CRYOSPHERE>GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS>GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE Start Date 1999-01-01T12:00:00Z Landing Page http://ppdb.us.edu.pl/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5465a634-1c65-456e-b190-c11d75fa094d Instrument routine maintenance Stake network is controlled every year in spring. Sampling procedures Ablation and accumulation measurements are carried out at least once a year. Where possible, measurements are taken twice during the spring and autumn. Snow cover density measurements are carried out in snow pits or with shallow drilling. The ablation and accumulation control is carried out using the SR50 sensor on AWS.	Dariusz Ignatiuk dariusz.ignatiuk@us.edu.pl University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences	Type: land platform (on ice) Status: Operational RIS ids: 3647, 3691, 4206, 6353, 10511, 10661 Site info: The monitoring of the mass balance of the Werenskioldbreen (Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard) in the years 1999-2002 and 2009-2018. It is calculated on the base of 4 to 9 ablation stakes (depend on year). The mass balance is determined by conducting field surveys on floating calendar dates (floating-date system). Data have also been submitted to the World Glacier Monitoring Sevice (WGMS, https://wgms.ch) Core data: Yes
Wildlife camera	Observed Variable SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS>VISIBLE IMAGERY Start Date 2013-06-20T12:00:00Z Sampling procedures Seasonal; 20 June-10 Aug	Maarten Loonen m.j.j.e.loonen@rug.nl Arctic Centre, University of Groningen	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational RIS ids: 10340 Site info: new bridge over Bayelva Core data: No
Wildlife camera	Observed Variable SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS>VISIBLE IMAGERY Start Date 2013-07-01T12:00:00Z Sampling procedures Seasonal; 20 June-10 Aug	Maarten Loonen m.j.j.e.loonen@rug.nl Arctic Centre, University of Groningen	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational RIS ids: 10340 Site info: road Knudsenheia Core data: No
Wildlife camera	Observed Variable SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS>VISIBLE IMAGERY Start Date 2013-07-01T12:00:00Z Sampling procedures Seasonal; 20 June-10 Aug	Maarten Loonen m.j.j.e.loonen@rug.nl Arctic Centre, University of Groningen	Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational RIS ids: 10340 Site info: old bridge Core data: No

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