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.
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.
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)
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.
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 |
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Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Kongsvegen 6 N, glacier ELA area Core data: Yes |
Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Kongsvegen 6S, glacier ELA area Core data: Yes |
Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Holmstrømbreen, glacier, ELA area Core data: Yes |
Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Orsabreen, glacier, ELA area Core data: Yes |
Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Sidevegen glacier, ELA area, SW009 Core data: Yes |
Snow stations network | |
Gallet JC
gallet@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 11217 Site info: Isachsenfonna East, glacier, ELA, SW010 Core data: Yes |
Soil temperature and Water content below Saxifraga oppositifolia 2-5 cm depth (site SO18_H3_4_21) | |
Pernille Bronken Eidesen
pernilb@uio.no University of Oslo |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 11070 Site info: Dry, sloping terrain. Screeslope, tallus slope - relatively coarse material, vegetation cover low. 5% vascular plants, such as Saxifraga oppositifolia, Salix polaris, Luzula confuse, and some moss between the boulders, like Racomitrium sp, Sanionia uncinata, Hylocomium splendens Core data: No |
Soot photometer | |
Birgitta Noone
bibbi@itm.su.se Stockholm University |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 3615 Core data: No |
Spectral radiometer | |
Rosamaria Salvatori, Roberto Salzano
rosamaria.salvatroi@cnr.it, roberto.salzano@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3471 Core data: No |
Spice_Fugle_01 - autonomous snow depth station | |
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Partly operational RIS ids: 12089 Site info: CRIOS – Cryosphere Integrated Observation Network on Svalbard Project financed from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 operated by the National Science Centre in Poland Agreement no. UMO-2022/43/7/ST10/00001 to a predefined project no. 2022/43/7/ST10/00001 Project period: 08.09.2022 - 30.04.2024 (2029) Core data: Yes |
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