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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Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) | |
Philipp Fischer
Philipp.Fischer@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5742 Site info: Ny-Ålesund, Old Pier observatory Core data: No |
Acoustic sensor | |
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3471 Core data: No |
Adventdalen Field Station | |
Chris Hall
chris.hall@uit.no UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 3729 Core data: Yes |
Adventfjord's Oceanographic Buoy | |
Sabine Marty
sabine.marty@niva.no Norwegian Institute for Water Research |
Type: sea platform (fixed)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor Core data: Yes |
Air sampler | |
Daisuke Goto
goto.daisuke@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3442 Core data: No |
Air samples | |
Molly Heller
ccggflask@noaa.gov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10047 Core data: No |
Air sampling instrument | |
Daisuke Goto
goto.daisuke@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10027 Core data: No |
All Sky Imager | |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5151 Core data: No |
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All Sky Imager | |
Bjørn Lybekk
bjorn.lybekk@fys.uio.no University of Oslo |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 5151 Core data: No |
Arctic Ocean Inflow Observational Node | |
Arild Sundfjord
arild.sundfjord@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor Site info: The Atlantic Water inflow from the Fram Strait to the Arctic Ocean generally follows the continental slope north of Svalbard; this mooring program captures seasonality, variability and trends in Atlantic Water temperature, salinity, currents and parameters like chl-a, radiation and sea ice cover. Core data: Yes |
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