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
Hornsund Seismological Station HSP
SOLID EARTH>TECTONICS>EARTHQUAKES>SEISMIC PROFILE>SEISMIC BODY WAVES>
Broadband 3 component Streckeisen STS-2 seismometer with sampling rate 100 Hz
https://www.passcal.nmt.edu/content/instrumentation/sensors/broadband-sensors/sts-2-bb-sensor
The position of the instrument should not be changed
Sampling frequency 100 Hz
Kaj Michałowski
kaj@igf.edu.pl
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Site info: Seismometer placed in the concrete fundament protected by the small wooden house is located in the vicinity of Polish Polar Station in Hornsund.
Seismometer is powered using PSP resources. The data is transfered by cable to PSP and published online in open access catalogues, e.g.: https://ds.iris.edu/mda/PL/HSPB/
Core data: No
Hukseflux flux plate
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>HEAT FLUX
Hukseflux HFP01 flux plate
Continuous
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it
National Research Council of Italy
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3471
Core data: No
Hydrological gauging station
AGRICULTURE>SOILS>SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
Soil moisture content is measured at 7 different dephts (0,05 - 1,5 m). Groundwater level is also measured. Measurements are continous.
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LAND SURFACE>FROZEN GROUND>SOIL TEMPERATURE
Soil temperature is measured at 20 depths (0,05 - 10 m). Measurements are continous.
,
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>AIR TEMPERATURE
Measurements are continuous.
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CRYOSPHERE>SEA ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Snow temperature is measured at 5 dephts (0 - 0,8 m). Snow depth is also measured. Measurements are continous.
Harald Songe
haso@nve.no
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 1668
Site info: Ny-Ålesund (scientific area)

Core data: No
Hygrometer
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY
Campbell KH20 fast hygrometer deployed at 7.5 m agl
Continuous
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it
National Research Council of Italy
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3471
Core data: No
Hygrothermometer
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE
PT100 thermistors
Continuous
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it
National Research Council of Italy
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3471
Core data: No
Hyperspectral spectrometer (FLOX-Ocean Optics).
LAND SURFACE>SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES>REFLECTANCE
Hyperspectral spectrometer (FLOX-Ocean Optics).

www.jb-hyperspectral.com
Monitoring and maintenance is done by the manufacturer using a mobile link.

Manufacturer;

www.jb-hyperspectral.com
Hyperspectral meansurements every hour, except for hours 23 and 24, due to data transmission.
Hans Tømmervik
hans.tommervik@nina.no
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor
RIS ids: 11326
Site info: The hyperspectral spectrometer (FLOX-Ocean Optics) at the EddyCovariance facility (carbonflux
tower) in Adventdalen will give time-series of very detailed spectral properties (spectral resolution
<1 nm) included sun induced fluorescence (of vegetation which will be used for calibration of NDVI-sensors
in Adventdalen. The project (SIOS Instrument #49) is part of the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing
System and is approved by Longyearbyen lokalstyre.
ID2
OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>WATER TEMPERATURE
,
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY
,
OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>DISSOLVED GASES
Dissolved oxygen
,
OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>OCEAN CURRENTS
Velocity and direction
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OCEANS>MARINE SEDIMENTS>SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Sediment trap
,
OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>TURBIDITY
Manuel Bensi
mbensi@inogs.it
National Institute of Oceanography and applied Geophysics (OGS)
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Closed
RIS ids: 10969
Site info: The mooring ID2, operational from June 2014 to June 2016 and from July 2018 until October 2019, was located in the eastern Fram Strait along the western offshore Svalbard margin, at approximately 1044 m depth. It was deployed together to its twin system S1, located about 170 km south from ID2.
Here, water masses, strongly influenced by the interaction between Atlantic and Arctic waters and by local atmospheric forcing, substantially contribute to driving the global thermohaline circulation.
In this region, there is remarkable variability in the system due to several forcing mechanisms (e.g., atmospheric, internal, tidal, shelf dynamics) that play an important role, especially in the upper layer. On the contrary, it is not completely clear which processes are responsible for the inter-annual and seasonal deep flow variability in the western offshore Spitsbergen region.
The mooring ID2 was specifically designed to collect ocean parameters (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, sediment flux, ocean currents) in the deep layer, covering approximately the last 150 m of the water column.
The mooring was maintained by OGS and CNR-ISP (Italy), and in 2018-2019 was deployed/recovered in the framework of the collaboration with Italian Navy Hydrographic Institute (High North programme, cruises conducted with r/v Alliance)
Core data: No
IR camera
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>SURFACE TEMPERATURE>SKIN TEMPERATURE
Continuous
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola
angelopietro.viola@cnr.it; mauro.mazzola@cnr.it
National Research Council of Italy
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3471
Core data: No
Imaging reometer
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION
Imaging reometer (upgraded in 2009).
Measures ionospheric absoption at 38.2MHz, routine observation all year round. Time resolution 1 second.
Hu Hongqiao
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The Polar Research Institute of China
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Core data: No
Inner Tempelfjorden (TF) Mooring
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>CONDUCTIVITY
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
,
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>DENSITY
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
,
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
,
OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>WATER TEMPERATURE
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
,
OCEANS>OCEAN PRESSURE>WATER PRESSURE
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
,
OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>OCEAN CURRENTS
Various instruments at different depth level with each yearly deployment. Refer to R. Skogseth, L.L.A. Olivier, F. Nilsen, E. Falck, N. Fraser, V. Tverberg, A.B. Ledang, A. Vader, M.O. Jonassen, J. Søreide, F. Cottier, J. Berge, B.V. Ivanov, S. Falk-Petersen (2020) Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394 and the supplementary data in Appendix A of this paper for full details of sensors and depths.
Mooring is collected and redeployed on an annual basis
Continuous measurement
Ragnheid Skogseth
Ragnheid.Skogseth@unis.no
The University Centre in Svalbard
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Closed
Core data: No