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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Cyclone pollen sampler | |
Luigi D'Acqui
luigipaolo.dacqui@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational Core data: No |
De Geerdalen station | |
Kjetil Melvold
kjme@nve.no Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate |
Type: lake/river platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 1668, 11353 Site info: It covers a catchment area of 79.1 km² of which 10 % consists of glaciers. The monitoring station is placed in a narrow gorge in part of a waterfall (Hyperitfossen) with a stable rock profile, close to the river outlet. Core data: No |
Differential Mobility Particle Sizer (DMPS) | |
Tabea Hennig
tabea.hennig@itm.su.se Stockholm University |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3615 Core data: No |
Differential mobility analyzer (DMA) | |
Tabea Hennig
tabea.hennig@itm.su.se Stockholm University |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3615 Core data: No |
Digitel HiVol Sampler | |
Are Bäcklund
Are.Backlund@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10137 Site info: Part of EMEP Core data: No |
Disdrometer | |
Naohiko Hirasawa
hira.n@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10834 Core data: No |
ECC Ozone sonde | |
Marion Maturilli
Marion.Maturilli@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 1118 Core data: No |
Eddy Covariance station | |
Christoph Ritter
Christoph.Ritter@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 6525 Site info: Ny-Ålesund (300m southwest of AWIPEV Observatory) Core data: Yes |
Eddy Covariance system | |
Julia Boike, Niko Bornemann
Julia.Boike@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 2950 Site info: Bayelva Core data: No |
FROST - fiber optic cable and 44 geophones | |
Andreas Wuestefeld
andreas.wuestefeld@norsar.no NORSAR |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 12246 Site info: 9 km of DAS cable from the Hornsund stations (0m elevation) up to the Hansbreen (200m elevation). The line on the map provides a simplified representation of the real cable geometry. In addition 44 geophones (SmartSolo, Digos data cubes) have been installed nearby the Hornsund station and on Hansbreen. Project and installation were made in collaboration among the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IG PAS), University of Tromsø and NORSAR. Core data: No |
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