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.
- How to add observation facilities
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How to enter data into the Observation Facility Catalogue (pdf)
- 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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| Bayelva station | |
Harald Songe
haso@nve.no Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate |
Landing Page:
Type: lake/river platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: InfraNOR RIS ids: 1668 Site info: Bayelva is situated on Brøggerhalvøya, due west of Ny-Ålesund. The catchment area is 30.9 km² of which 54 % is covered by the glaciers Austre Brøggerbreen and Vestre Brøggerbreen. In 1988 NVE initiated the discharge measurements and the river profile of Bayelva was stabilised by a large compound crump weir, designed and built by NVE. The cost was about 1 million Norwegian 1988-kroner. As the river profile is constantly changing there followed several problems, mainly due to the large amounts of sediment and ice build-up, but most were solved the following year. The main problems with the runoff measurements are connected to ice and snow blocking the weir at the beginning of the snowmelt season (Fig. 14), leading to errors in calculation of river discharge. This is corrected for as far as possible, but the resulting accuracy is not known precisely. Core data: Yes |
| Bayelva station | |
Harald Songe
haso@nve.no Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate |
Landing Page:
Type: lake/river platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: InfraNOR RIS ids: 11353 Site info: Bayelva is situated on Brøggerhalvøya, due west of Ny-Ålesund. The catchment area is 30.9 km² of which 54 % is covered by the glaciers Austre Brøggerbreen and Vestre Brøggerbreen. In 1988 NVE initiated the discharge measurements and the river profile of Bayelva was stabilised by a large compound crump weir, designed and built by NVE. The cost was about 1 million Norwegian 1988-kroner. As the river profile is constantly changing there followed several problems, mainly due to the large amounts of sediment and ice build-up, but most were solved the following year. The main problems with the runoff measurements are connected to ice and snow blocking the weir at the beginning of the snowmelt season (Fig. 14), leading to errors in calculation of river discharge. This is corrected for as far as possible, but the resulting accuracy is not known precisely. Core data: Yes |
| Bayelva: Gamma Snow Water Equivalent | |
Julia Boike, Niko Bornemann
julia.boike@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: 2950 Site info: Bayelva Core data: Yes |
| Bjørnoya Sesmic Array (BEAR) | |
Jon Magnus Christensen
Jon@norsar.no NORSAR |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: Site info: Seismic array consisting of 6 seismometers (BEA1 , BEA2, BEA3, BEA4, BEA5, BEA6). Coordinates of the array elements can be found at: https://www.norsar.no/data/norsar-station-network Core data: No |
| Bottles for air samples | |
Rebecca Fisher (Royal University of London)
r.fisher@es.rhul.ac.uk Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: 3274 Site info: Core data: No |
| Bottles for air samples | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: 3274 Site info: Core data: No |
| Brandal enclosure and loggers | |
Jürgen Laudien
Juergen.Laudien@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Landing Page:
Type: underwater platform (mobile) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: 3221 Site info: Brandal Core data: No |
| Brewer spectrophotometer | |
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola, Boyan Petkov
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola @cnr.it; b.petkov@isac.cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: RIS ids: 3305 Site info: Core data: No |
| CO gas chromatograph | |
Chris Lunder
crl@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Closed SIOS project: RIS ids: 3274 Site info: Part of GAW, INGOS, Core data: No |
| COAT Istjørndalen weather station | |
Stein Tore Pedersen
stein.tore.pedersen@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Landing Page:
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational SIOS project: InfraNOR RIS ids: 10771 Site info: Janssonhaugen and Reindalspasset operational, Istjørndalen, Nedre Sassendalen and Klauva starting to operate in 2020/2021. Core data: Yes |
