SIOS observation facility catalogue
SIOS has developed a catalogue which provides 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.
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Observation Facility | Variables | Contact | Additional Info |
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10-line Global Sampler |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>PARTICULATE MATTER Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>DUST/ASH/SMOKE Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS>CLOUD MICROPHYSICS |
Yutaka Tobo tobo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |
10-line Global Sampler (Zeppelin) |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>PARTICULATE MATTER Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>DUST/ASH/SMOKE Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS>CLOUD MICROPHYSICS |
Yutaka Tobo tobo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) |
Observed Variable: OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>OCEAN CURRENTS Observed Variable: OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>TURBULENCE |
Philipp Fischer Philipp.Fischer@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Status: Operational Type: underwater platform (fixed) |
Adventdalen Field Station |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS>MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED)>POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>WIND DYNAMICS>TURBULENCE Landing Page: Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>WIND DYNAMICS>HORIZONTAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED Landing Page: Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ALTITUDE>TROPOPAUSE Landing Page: Observed Variable: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>RADAR>RADAR BACKSCATTER Landing Page: |
Chris Hall chris.hall@uit.no UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) Part of SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor |
Air sampler |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>STABLE ISOTOPES |
Daisuke Goto goto.daisuke@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |