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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Arctic Ocean Inflow Observational Node |
Observed Variable: OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY |
Arild Sundfjord arild.sundfjord@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Status: Operational Type: underwater platform (fixed) Part of SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor |
Arctic Ocean inflow time series |
Observed Variable: CLIMATE INDICATORS>ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS>TEMPERATURE INDICATORS>TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY |
Randi Ingvaldsen randi@hi.no Institute of Marine Research |
Status: Operational Type: sea platform (fixed) Part of SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor |
Atmospheric O2 and CO2 measurement system |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY>CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS>CARBON DIOXIDE Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY>OXYGEN COMPOUNDS>MOLECULAR OXYGEN |
Daisuke Goto goto.daisuke@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |
Automatic Weather Station Holtedahlfonna 2 |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Observed Variable: CLIMATE INDICATORS>CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS>SNOW DEPTH Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>LONGWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>SHORTWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE |
Jack Kohler jack.kohler@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |
Automatic Weather Station Holtedahlfonna 4.5 |
Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND SPEED Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>SURFACE WINDS>WIND DIRECTION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY Observed Variable: CLIMATE INDICATORS>CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS>SNOW DEPTH Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>LONGWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>SHORTWAVE RADIATION Observed Variable: CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE |
Jack Kohler jack.kohler@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Status: Operational Type: land platform (fixed) |