Observation Facility Catalogue

This 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.

How to add observation facilities

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.

How to enter data into the Observation Facility Catalogue (pdf)

SUBMIT DATA TO THE OBSERVATION FACILITY CATALOGUE

About OFC

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.

Integration of GIOS infrastructures

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.

How to use the REST Export endpoint

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:

https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/sios-ofc-notebook/

Observation Facility Variables Contact Additional Information
Spice_Fugle_02 - autonomous snow depth station
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-33-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Snow depth is measured with the ultrasonic sensor every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-33-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Air temperature is measured using the thermometer in the radiative cover, located at the top of the Spice stations. Measurements are taken every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card.
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational
Site info: CRIOS – Cryosphere Integrated Observation Network on Svalbard
Project financed from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 operated by the National Science Centre in Poland
Agreement no. UMO-2022/43/7/ST10/00001 to a predefined project no. 2022/43/7/ST10/00001
Project period: 08.09.2022 - 30.04.2024 (2029)
Core data: Yes
Spice_Fugle_03 - autonomous snow depth station
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-26-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Snow depth is measured with the ultrasonic sensor every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-26-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Air temperature is measured using the thermometer in the radiative cover, located at the top of the Spice stations. Measurements are taken every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card.
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational
RIS ids: 12089
Site info: CRIOS – Cryosphere Integrated Observation Network on Svalbard
Project financed from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 operated by the National Science Centre in Poland
Agreement no. UMO-2022/43/7/ST10/00001 to a predefined project no. 2022/43/7/ST10/00001
Project period: 08.09.2022 - 30.04.2024 (2029)
Core data: Yes
Spice_Fugle_04 - autonomous snow depth station
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-31-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Snow depth is measured with the ultrasonic sensor every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-31-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Air temperature is measured using the thermometer in the radiative cover, located at the top of the Spice stations. Measurements are taken every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card.
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational
RIS ids: 12089
Site info: CRIOS – Cryosphere Integrated Observation Network on Svalbard
Project financed from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 operated by the National Science Centre in Poland
Agreement no. UMO-2022/43/7/ST10/00001 to a predefined project no. 2022/43/7/ST10/00001
Project period: 08.09.2022 - 30.04.2024 (2029)
Core data: Yes
Spice_Fugle_05 - autonomous snow depth station
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-33-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Snow depth is measured with the ultrasonic sensor every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
,
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Spice Autonomous snow depth station for real-time measurement
Manufacturer: A2 Photonic Sensors
Serial number: SPICE-33-LW
The instrument is checked twice a year (April/May and September) for basic maintenance (battery and memory card replacement).
Air temperature is measured using the thermometer in the radiative cover, located at the top of the Spice stations. Measurements are taken every 30 minutes and recorded on the internal SD card. Every 6 measurement data are sent to the LoRa gateway at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund. In case of the the failure of LoRaWAN transfer protocol data are recorded on the internal SD card.
The sensor is installed approx. 2 m above snow-free land surface.
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational
RIS ids: 12089
Site info: CRIOS – Cryosphere Integrated Observation Network on Svalbard
Project financed from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 operated by the National Science Centre in Poland
Agreement no. UMO-2022/43/7/ST10/00001 to a predefined project no. 2022/43/7/ST10/00001
Project period: 08.09.2022 - 30.04.2024 (2029)
Core data: Yes
Spits Seismic Array​ (SPITS)
SOLID EARTH>TECTONICS>EARTHQUAKES
CMG-3T seismometers
Data are sampled at 80 Hz
Jon Magnus Christensen
Jon@norsar.no
NORSAR
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Site info: Seismic array consisting of​ 9 seismometers (SPA0, SPA1, SPA2 , SPA3 , SPB1, SPB2, SPB3, SPB4, SPB5) .
SPITS is an auxiliary seismic array (AS72) in the IMS International Monitoring System (IMS) which is designed to detect any nuclear explosion conducted on Earth, to verify compliance with the Treaty​
Coordinates of the array elements can be found at: https://www.norsar.no/data/norsar-station-network
Core data: No
Star photometer
ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
Only during clear days in polar night. Optical measurements
Christoph Ritter
Christoph.Ritter@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 2353
Core data: No
Succession plates
BIOSPHERE>ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS>COMMUNITY DYNAMICS>PLANT SUCCESSION
Succession plates
Individual plates screwed to rocky surface. The data are obtained yearly.
Jürgen Laudien
Juergen.Laudien@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Type: land platform (mobile)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 2339
Site info: Kongsfjordneset

Core data: No
Sunphotometer
ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
Aerosol optical depth sun photometer SP1A.
Continuously (1 min). Only during polar day when there is clear sky
Christoph Ritter
Christoph.Ritter@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 2353
Core data: No
SvalRak: Grand Challenge Initiative Cusp
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>AURORAE
Jøran I. Moen
j.i.moen@fys.uio.no
University of Oslo
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational
SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor
Core data: No
Svalbard SuperDARN Radar
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS
Raw (Landed) parameters are:
Auto-correlation functions for the radar backscattered signal.
Analysed parameters are:
line-of-sight doppler velocity (m/s)
spectral width (m/s)
Backscatter power (dB)
Temporal Resolution: 1 minute
Spatial resoltuion: 45km
Dag A. Lorentzen
dag.lorentzen@unis.no
The University Centre in Svalbard
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Non-reporting
RIS ids: 11568
Core data: No