The SIOS Data Management Service (SDMS) integrates information from SIOS partner data repositories into a unified virtual data centre, the SIOS Data Access Portal, allowing users to search for and access data regardless of where they are archived. Providers and users have to commit to the SIOS data policy.
The current focus is on dataset discovery through standardised metadata, and retrieval, visualisation & transformation of data. Ultimately, the Data Management Service works towards integration of datasets which requires a high level of interoperability at the data level.
SDMS currently harvests information on SIOS relevant datasets from a number of data centres (see below), some hosted by SIOS partners and some not. Data centres hosted by SIOS partners work to harmonise access to the data allowing integrated visualisation etc for the relevant datasets.
Data centres SDMS is harvesting information from.
SIOS partner data centres
Other
AWI (DE)
British Antarctic Survey
CNR (IT) - temporarily disabled due to server issues
National Snow and Ice Data Center
IGPAS (PL)
IMR (NO)
IOPAN (PL)
MET (NO) - weather stations have not been updated for a while, update in progress
NERSC (NO)
NILU (NO)
NIPR (JP)
NPI (NO)
UiS (PL)
Citation of data and service
If you use data retrieved through this portal, please acknowledge our funding source: Research Council of Norway, project number 291644, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System – Knowledge Centre, operational phase.
Always remember to cite data when used!
Citation information for individual datasets is often provided in the metadata. However, not all datasets have this information embedded in the discovery metadata. On a general basis a citation of a dataset include the same components as any other citation:
author,
title,
year of publication,
publisher (for data this is often the archive where it is housed),
edition or version,
access information (a URL or persistent identifier, e.g. DOI if provided)
SIOS recommends all partner data repositories to mint Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) on all datasets. The information required to properly cite a dataset is normally provided in the discovery metadata the datasets.
SIOS Core Data
In order to find SIOS Core Data please use the searchable item marked "Collection" on the right hand side of the map and select "SIOSCD". Quick access to SIOS Core Data is provided here.
Nansen Legacy Data
The Nansen Legacy project is using the SIOS Data Management system as the data portal. Quick access to all Nansen Legacy related datasets is available here.
Brief user guide
The Data Access Portal has information in 3 columns. An outline of the content in these columns is provided above. When first entering the search interface, all potential datasets are listed. Datasets are indicated in the map and results tabulation elements which are located in the middle column. The order of results can be modified using the "Sort by" option in the left column. On top of this column is normally relevant guidance information to user presented as collapsible elements.
If the user want to refine the search, this can be done by constraining the bounding box search. This is done in the map - the listing of datasets is automatically updated. Date constraints can be added in the left column. For these to take effect, the user has to push the button marked search. In the left column it is also possible to specific text elements to search for in the datasets. Again pushing the button marked "Search" is necessary for these to take action. Complex search patterns can be constructed using logical operators from the drop down above the text field and prefixing words with '+' to require their presence and '-' to require their non presence.
Other elements indicated in the left and right columns are facet searches, i.e. these are keywords that are found in the datasets and all datasets that contain these specific keywords in the appropriate metadata elements are listed together. Further refinement can be done using full text, date or bounding box constraints. Individuals, organisations and data centres involved in generating or curating the datasets are listed in the facets in the right column.
This repository includes datasets for the ice nucleating particle samples collected in Svalbard. The data on the ice nucleation active site densities per unit mass (n_m) for glacial outwash sediments (before and after H2O2 treatment) were obtained from the samples collected at two points near the glacier Broggerbreen in Svalbard. The data on the number concentrations of atmospheric ice nucleating particles (N_INP) were obtained from the samples collected at the Zeppelin Observatory in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, during the intensive measurements campaigns in July 2016 (6 samples) and March 2017 (7 samples). The 95% confidence intervals for these data are also presented.
The Japanese Ny-Alesund Observatory, which is cal1ed "Rabben" was established in April 1991 there. It is located at about 1.5 km north west from the center of Ny-Alesund. The latitude, longitude and altitude of the observatory are 78o55'N, 11o56'E and about 40 m, respectively. We developed an automatic system for meteorological data acquisition, because no permanent stuff stayed at the observatory throughout the year to maintain instruments. Their sensors were installed nearby Rabben. Ground based measurements of meteorological elements have been made continuously since August 16, 1992 at the observatory. This data report shows the data from January 1994 to October 1995. We have no data from November to December 1995.
In situ measurement of cloud particle number concentration was made using a fog-monitor instrument (DMT FM120) at Mt. Zeppelin, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard Island (78.93N, 11.88E, 478m a.s.l.). This dataset contains ten-minute average of number concentrations for cloud particles with radii between 1.5 and 23.5 um. Each data set contains one-month data. No data is available between August and October 2014.
Green Network of Excellence Program - Arctic Climate Change Research Project
Last metadata update: 2015-05-14T00:00:00Z
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This data set contains SF6 concentrations observed at Ny-Aalesund, Svalbard. Air samples were collected at Ny-Aalesund and their SF6 concentrations were analyzed in NIPR and Tohoku University. These data are freely available for use in education and research. If the data are used for scientific publication and/or presentation, it is necessary to get approval of the data provider in advance. Judging from the nature of the data usage, the data provider may require fair acknowledgement including co-authorship to the data user. For technical reasons, the data may be revised without any notice. This data file must be obtained from the original data site and not be re-distributed.
The Japanese Ny-Alesund Observatory, which is cal1ed "Rabben" was established in April 1991 there. It is located at about 1.5 km north west from the center of Ny-Alesund. The latitude, longitude and altitude of the observatory are 78o55'N,11o56'E and about 40m, respectively. We developed an automatic system for meteorological data acquisition, because no permanent stuff stayed at the observatory throughout the year to maintain instruments. Their sensors were installed nearby Rabben. Ground based measurements of meteorological elements have been made continuously since August 16, 1992 at the observatory. This data report shows the data from January 2003 to December 2006.
The series of sequential photographs along coast of Svalbard Islands taken from the ship sailing around the islands in the summer 1993 (1561 photos), 2004 (1025 photos) and 2005 (219 photos). Time in Exif (Geotag) data is time of East 15degree (UTC+1). Time written on the top or bottom of the picture is UTC."No exif time data" in 1993 photos are displayed as "00:00" on some software.
The Japanese Ny-Alesund Observatory, which is cal1ed "Rabben" was established in April 1991 there. It is located at about 1.5 km north west from the center of Ny-Alesund. The latitude, longitude and altitude of the observatory are 78o55'N, 11o56'E and about 40 m, respectively. We developed an automatic system for meteorological data acquisition, because no permanent stuff stayed at the observatory throughout the year to maintain instruments. Their sensors were installed nearby Rabben. Ground based measurements of meteorological elements have been made continuously since August 16, 1992 at the observatory. This data report shows the data from January 1999 to December 2000.
The Japanese Ny-Alesund Observatory, which is cal1ed "Rabben" was established in April 1991 there. It is located at about 1.5 km north west from the center of Ny-Alesund. The latitude, longitude and altitude of the observatory are 78o55'N, 11o56'E and about 40 m, respectively. We developed an automatic system for meteorological data acquisition, because no permanent stuff stayed at the observatory throughout the year to maintain instruments. Their sensors were installed nearby Rabben. Ground based measurements of meteorological elements have been made continuously since August 16, 1992 at the observatory. This data report shows the data from August 1992 to December 1993.
The series of sequential photographs along coast of Svalbard Islands taken from the ship sailing around the islands in the summer 1993 (1561 photos), 2004 (1025 photos) and 2005 (219 photos). Time in Exif (Geotag) data is time of East 15degree (UTC+1). Time written on the top or bottom of the picture is UTC."No exif time data" in 1993 photos are displayed as "00:00" on some software.