Observation Facility Catalogue
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.
- About OFC
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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.
- How to add observation facilities
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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)
- Integration of GIOS infrastructures
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Ocean inflow time series | |
Randi Ingvaldsen
randi@hi.no Institute of Marine Research |
Type: sea platform (fixed)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor Site info: The mooring with bio-acoustic sensor (Nortek Signature 100) were deployed in connection with item 58 north of Svalbard in November 2019 Core data: Yes |
| Ariebreen mass balance stake network | |
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Operational Site info: Ariebreen surface mass balance monitoring reestablished in 2016 and since then is run under the umbrella of Polish Polar Station Hornsund owned by IG PAS. Core data: Yes |
| Atmospheric O2 and CO2 measurement system | |
Daisuke Goto
goto.daisuke@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10027 Core data: No |
| Atmospheric gondola for aerosol particles | |
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola, David Cappelletti
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it, david.cappelletti@unipg.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3693 Core data: No |
| Automatic Weather Station - HANSBREEN | |
Dariusz Ignatiuk
dariusz.ignatiuk@us.edu.pl University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences |
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (on ice) Status: Operational RIS ids: 12089 Site info: AWS is located on a glacier surface and is installed on a tripod. The height of the temperature sensor is approximately 2 m above snow-free glacier surface. 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 |
| Automatic Weather Station - KAFFIØYRA | |
Ireneusz Sobota
irso@umk.pl Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: 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 |
| Automatic Weather Station CRIOS-1 - CALYPSOBYEN | |
Piotr Zagórski
piotr.zagorski@mail.umcs.pl Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin |
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed) Status: Operational RIS ids: 12089 Site info: AWS is installed on the cabin approximately 400 meters NNW from Calypsobyen Station. The lens is aimed at us SE. The height of sensors is approximately 2 m above land surface. 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 |
| Automatic Weather Station Holtedahlfonna 2 | |
Jack Kohler
jack.kohler@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3231 Site info: 1 hour continuous, but many gaps, Holtedahlfonna |
| Automatic Weather Station Holtedahlfonna 4.5 | |
Jack Kohler
jack.kohler@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3231 Site info: 1 hour continuous, but many gaps; Holtedahlfonna |
| Automatic Weather Station Kongsvegen 1 | |
Jack Kohler
jack.kohler@npolar.no Norwegian Polar Institute |
Type: land platform (on ice)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 2203, 3231 Site info: Glacier surface Automatic Weather Station Core data: Yes |
