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
Pyrgeometer
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>SHORTWAVE RADIATION
Kipp & Zonen pyrgeometer
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
Radiance nephelometer
ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS>AEROSOL EXTINCTION
M903 Radiance nephelometer. Aerosol scattering coefficient at 550 nm
Continuous
Mauro Mazzola
mauro.mazzola@cnr.it
National Research Council of Italy
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3693
Core data: No
Radiation station
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>INFRARED WAVELENGTHS>INFRARED FLUX
Continuous
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION>SOLAR RADIATION
Continuous
Stephen Hudson
stephen.hudson@npolar.no
Norwegian Polar Institute
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 6807
Core data: No
Radioclide at Plateau Berget​ (RN49)
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY>TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
Sauna III nobel gas sampling system, cinderella particulate sampling system (to be upgraded to cinderella II during 2023)
There are two different air sampling systems at the station. One for sampling particles, the other for sampling xenon. Both are automatically doing one sample per day including measurements. The samples are stored and can be re-measured later if needed. A summary of the data is published yearly by DSA (https://dsa.no/)
Morten Sickel
Morten@norsar.no
NORSAR
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Site info: The radionuclide station at Plateau Berget (RN49) is a part of the IMS International Monitoring System (IMS) which is designed to detect any nuclear explosion conducted on Earth, to verify compliance with the Treaty​
Core data: No
Radiosonde
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE>VERTICAL PROFILES
1 launch per day (11 UTC), additional during campaigns. 400 - 406 MHz (emitting and receiving) frequency.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>UPPER LEVEL WINDS>WIND SPEED
1 launch per day (11 UTC), additional during campaigns. 400 - 406 MHz (emitting and receiving) frequency.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WINDS>UPPER LEVEL WINDS>WIND DIRECTION
1 launch per day (11 UTC), additional during campaigns. 400 - 406 MHz (emitting and receiving) frequency.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS>HUMIDITY>RELATIVE HUMIDITY
1 launch per day (11 UTC), additional during campaigns. 400 - 406 MHz (emitting and receiving) frequency.
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ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE>ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
1 launch per day (11 UTC), additional during campaigns. 400 - 406 MHz (emitting and receiving) frequency.
Marion Maturilli
Marion.Maturilli@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Type: air platform (mobile)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 1118
Site info: Part of WMO GTS and GRUAN networks; WMO Station Number: 01 004
Core data: No
Rain sampler
ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION>LIQUID PRECIPITATION>RAIN
During rain period
Yutaka Kondo
kondo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp
National Institute for Polar Research
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 10458
Core data: No
Riometer (30MHz)
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Continuous
Chris Hall/Magnar Gullikstad
chris.hall@uit.no
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 6696
Core data: No
Riometer (40MHz)
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Continuous
Chris Hall/Magnar Gullikstad
chris.hall@uit.no
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 6696
Core data: No
S1
OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>WATER TEMPERATURE
Yearly maintenance during mooring recovery and re-deploy: cleaning, battery replacement, instrument check. Usually performed between June and September
hourly data for physical parameters; monthly data for sediment and plastic traps
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OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>OCEAN CURRENTS
yearly maintenance during mooring recovery and re-deploy: cleaning, battery replacement, instrument check
hourly data
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OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>CONDUCTIVITY
yearly maintenance during mooring recovery and re-deploy: cleaning, battery replacement, instrument check
hourly data sampling
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OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>OXYGEN
yearly maintenance during mooring recovery and re-deploy: cleaning, battery replacement, instrument check
hourly data sampling of dissolved oxygen
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OCEANS>MARINE SEDIMENTS>PARTICLE FLUX
Sediment Trap McLane
13 bottles, usually closing 1 per month
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OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>TURBIDITY
hourly data sampling
Manuel Bensi
mbensi@ogs.it
National Institute of Oceanography and applied Geophysics (OGS)
Type: underwater platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 10969
Site info: The mooring S1, operational since June 2014, is located in the eastern Fram Strait, south-West offshore Svalbard region. 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, and 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 S1 is specifically designed to collect ocean parameters (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, particulate flux, ocean currents) in the deep layer, covering approximately the last 150-250 m of the water column. From 2022 it collects data from 500m depth to the bottom.

The mooring was deployed for the first time in June 2014 in the framework of the Eurofleets project PREPARED. It is maintained by OGS and CNR-ISP (Italy), and since 2017 with the collaboration of the Italian Navy Hydrographic Institute. From 2022, S1 gained the contribution of the NATO CMRE, which implemented the observatory with more sensors to collect data in the Atlantic Water layer.
Core data: Yes
SIOS Research Aircraft
OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>WATER-LEAVING RADIANCE
Norsk Elektro Optikk HySPEC VNIR 1800, SN
Cleaning of external windows
Data are recorded and coupled to metadata from Applanix IMU/GNSS to secure accurate geolocation
Agnar Sivertsen
agsi@norceresearch.no
NORCE
Type: air platform (mobile)
Status: Operational
SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor
Core data: Yes