SIOS 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.
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- About OCF
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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.
| Observation Facility | Variables | Contact | Additional Information |
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| GPSTEC scintillation monitor | |
Jeong Han Kim
jhkim@kopri.re.kr Korean Polar Research Institute |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: Core data: No |
| GTN-P Barentsburg Borehole 12 | |
Sarah Strand
sarah.strand@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: The system of long - term permafrost observations was organized on the permafrost site of Russian Scientific Center on Spitsbergen in summer 2016 (Demidov et al., 2016). The monitoring site is established in the vicinity of the mining settlement Barentsburg on a sequence of Holocene marine terraces. The core drilling showed that the thickness of gravel sands and clays with massive and schlieren cryostructure forming the accumulative terraces is of 2 – 7 m. Borehole is situated on a flat subhorizontal surface (inclination 2 ° to the NW) of top step of stairs of marine terraces in the vicinity of Barentsburg aerodrom, 95 m a.s.l.. Surface of terrace around drill point has ill-defined pattern structure. Soil is covered by plant cover (~80% of square) or by rocks (~20% of square). Also near to borehole there were remains of wood and metal tubes which had been used for drilling. In 2017 this remains were cleared away. Geological crossection is represented by fractured sandstone and mudstone overlaid by 2 m of gravelly loam with rocks. This borehole dates by early thirties of XX century when core drilling in the vicinity of Barentsburg was made for the purpose of coal exploration. Core data: No |
| GTN-P Breinosa (E-2009) | |
Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen
hanne.christiansen@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: Permafrost borehole at the Breinosa in Spitsbergen. Permafrost present but thickness unknown. Lithology: 0-12m weathered material 10-12m: transition to bedrock. Core data: No |
| GTN-P DB Ny-Ålesund | |
Sarah Strand
sarah.strand@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: The study site is set in the Brogger Peninsula (78°55’ N, 11°51’ E), close to the village of Ny- Ålesund. In particular the borehole is located on almost flat zone called Kolhaugen, between the coast and the Austre Broggerbreen forefield. The borehole is at 55 m a.s.l. very close less than 100 m southeastward from the Climatic Change Tower of CNR (Italy). Geologically the surface is composed by loose deposits (mainly marine beach deposits and rock weathered in situ-colluvium) with a not well developed soil above. Several inactive sorted circles occur in the area as well as some soli-gelifluction lobes and terraccettes. The study area lies in a polar semi-desert where three main vegetation types occur: 1) ridge vegetation with mesic conditions dominated by Dryas octopetala L. and Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don., 2) snow-bed vegetation with snow cover persistence dominated by Salix polaris Wahlenb., 3) heath vegetation where snow melt occurs early dominated by Carex rupestris All. and Saxifraga oppositifolia L.. Mosses and lichens are widespread in all the three types of vegetation. Flat structural knob covered by at least 2.89 m of sediments but probably weathered rock (mainly sandstone) is present down to 10.45 m of depth. Snow is generally thin respect the surrounding areas (<0.3 m). Drilling operations were without any fluids (except for compressed air) starting with dry coring down to 2.89 m and afterwards partially without coring (hammer) with the collection of cuttings every visible changes. Ice content visible in the sediments both as interstitial and segregated ice needs to be analysed as well as the cores. The borehole has been drilled with a diameter of 51 mm. An hpd case with an internal diameter of 29 mm and ceiled at bottom was installed too. At the top the case is encapsulated in a bigger pipe (50 mm of diameter) that from the borehole reach the datalogger. Note that for firmware problems the data between 18 July 2015 to 26/01/2016 are too noisy to be accepted. Drilling without fluids (except for compressed air) starting with dry coring down to 2.89 m and afterwards partially without coring (hammer) with collection of cuttings at visible changes. Hpd case with an internal diameter of 29 mm and sealed at bottom. At the top the case is enclosed in a bigger pipe (50 mm diameter) that from the borehole reaches the datalogger. Core data: Yes |
| GTN-P Endalen PYRN | |
Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen
hanne.christiansen@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: Permafrost borehole in Endalen in Spitsbergen. Lithology: 0-1.5m: Diamicton. High fraction of fine material and scattered blocks; 1.5-2m: Coarser material. Ice lenses (10-20cm); 2-4m: Diamicton with blocks and finer material (silt/clay). Some ice lenses (3-4cm thick); -5m: Diamicton. Drier than above from 4.5m; 5-6m: Transition to bedrock. Crushed zone; 6-20m: Bedrock. Solid from 7.7m. Core data: No |
| GTN-P Janssonhaugen P10 | |
Ketil Isaksen
ketil.isaksen@met.no Norwegian Meteorological Institute |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: The Norwegian PACE boreholes (Janssonhaugen Svalbard and Juvvasshøe southern Mainland Norway) are taken care of by Dr. Ketil Isaksen, so also for the coming years. He serves the dataloggers and collects the data. The data are stored at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no). Lithology: Sand-/siltstone Core data: No |
| GTN-P Kapp Linne 1 | |
Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen
hanne.christiansen@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: Permafrost borehole at the Kapp Linne in Spitsbergen. Permafrost present but thickness not known. The entire hole is through bedrock. Possible to dig down c. 30cm in weathered rock. 0-3.5m: soft (weathered?) 3.5-5m: harder 4.1m: slip zone 5-11.7m: softer 11.7-14m: harder 14-15m: layering (sample) 17-30m: softer Lithology: The entire hole is through bedrock. Possible to dig down c. 30cm in weathered rock.0-3.5m: soft (weathered?); 3.5-5m: harder; 4.1m: slip zone; 5-11.7m: softer; 11.7-14m: harder; 14-15m: layering; 17-30m: softer Core data: Yes |
| GTN-P Kapp Linne 2 | |
Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen
hanne.christiansen@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: Permafrost present but thickness not known. Lithology: 0-2m: coarse (gravel) beach deposit (dry beach ridge); 2-4.8m: sand and clay, some occurrences of silt. Cohesive.; 4,8-6,2m: fine gravel; 6,2-7,8m: bedrock. light-coloured; 8-14,8m: dark-coloured; 14,8-15,8m: light-coloured; 8-38.8m: dark-coloured. Core data: No |
| GTN-P Old Auroral Station PYRN | |
Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen
hanne.christiansen@unis.no The University Centre in Svalbard |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed SIOS project: - RIS ids: Site info: The borehole is located 2m west of the midpoint of the resistivity monitoring profile. The westernmost line of the UNISCALM grid is located 12m east of the borehole. Drilled in loess deposit Lithology: 0-1.2m: sand and some gravel; 1.2-3m: sand/silt/clay; 3-4m: clean ice (ice wedge or thick ice lens?); 4-6m: Mainly clay/silt; -10m: clay/silt, maybe some sand. Layered. Very low resistance during. Salinity at 10m is 11.8% (analysed by L.Hutchinson) Core data: No |
| Gas Analyzer | |
Ilaria Baneschi, Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
Ilaria.Baneschi@cnr.it, angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: - RIS ids: 11203 Site info: Core data: No |
