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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COSMOS - black carbon | |
Makoto Koike
koike@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5460 Core data: No |
Mast for Temperature Gradient | |
Julia Boike, Niko Bornemann
Julia.Boike@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 2950 Site info: Bayelva Core data: No |
Medusa | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3274 Core data: No |
NIVA's Adventelva River Monitoring Infrastructure | |
Uta Brandt
uta.brandt@niva.no Norwegian Institute for Water Research |
Type: lake/river platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10726 Site info: From 2020 the sensors are mounted on a kayak that is anchored in the river a bit upstream the flight wreck (heritage site) near the "Old Aurora station" of UNIS. From the beginning in July 2017 until end of September 2019 the station was located at 78 12.233N 015 49.703E. During that period all sensors had been mounted in one fixture that was pushed down into a pipe that was mounted with a descent down into the water on a rigid construction in the river. Core data: No |
Nephlometer | |
Birgitta Noone
bibbi@itm.su.se Stockholm University |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3615 Core data: No |
10-line Global Sampler | |
Yutaka Tobo
tobo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10176 Core data: No |
10-line Global Sampler (Zeppelin) | |
Yutaka Tobo
tobo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10176 Core data: No |
AWIPEV Underwater Observatory | |
Philipp Fischer
philipp.fischer@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5742 Core data: Yes |
AWIPEV-COSYNA Mooring | |
Philipp Fischer
Philipp.Fischer@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: underwater platform (mobile)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5742 Site info: Kongsfjorden Core data: Yes |
AWS Zeppelin | |
Are Backlund
Are.Backlund@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10137 Core data: No |
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