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
FerryBox
OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>WATER TEMPERATURE
Part of COSYNA network.
Data are obtained continously (0.1 Hz).
,
OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>SALINITY
Part of COSYNA network.
Data are obtained continously (0.1 Hz).
,
OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>TURBIDITY
Part of COSYNA network.
Data are obtained continously (0.1 Hz).
,
OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>OXYGEN
Part of COSYNA network.
Data are obtained continously (0.1 Hz).
,
OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>CHLOROPHYLL
Part of COSYNA network.
Data are obtained continously (0.1 Hz).
Philipp Fischer
Philipp.Fischer@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Type: sea platform (mobile)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 5742
Site info: Ny-Ålesund (Old Pier)

Core data: Yes
Flow meter sensor 1
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE>SURFACE WATER>SURFACE WATER FEATURES>RIVERS/STREAMS
every hour
Masaki Uchida
uchida@nipr.ac.jp
National Institute for Polar Research
Type: lake/river platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3156
Core data: No
Flow meter sensor 2
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE>SURFACE WATER>SURFACE WATER FEATURES>RIVERS/STREAMS
every hour
Masaki Uchida
uchida@nipr.ac.jp
National Institute for Polar Research
Type: lake/river platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 3156
Core data: No
Fog monitor (FM-120)
ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS>CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
continuous
Makoto Koike
koike@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
National Institute for Polar Research
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
RIS ids: 6545
Core data: No
Fourier Transfrom Spectrometer
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE>ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE INDICES
Fourier Transfrom Spectrometer.
Measure temperature at 87km height from rooftop of Dasan station. Continuous
(night time). Time resolution 5 minutes. Access with time lag.

Jeong Han Kim
jhkim@kopri.re.kr
Korean Polar Research Institute
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Core data: No
Frequency microwave radiometer
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR>WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
Radiometrics WVR-2200
Continuous measurements every 5 minutes.
Masataka Shiobara
shio@nipr.ac.jp
National Institute for Polar Research
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed
RIS ids: 6443
Core data: No
GNSS Ionospheric scintillation and TEC monitor - Adventdalen
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY>TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT
Novatel GSV4004 (until 2017)
Septentrio PolaRx5S (since 2019)
The instrument collects the GNSS signals from the line-of-sight satellites and tracks their numerical counterparts. The RF front-end down-converts the input signal to a predefined Intermediate Frequency (IF) prior to its sampling and quantization. Eventually, it provides prompt In-Phase and Quadrature samples which can be used to estimate the signal Amplitude variations, while the signal Phase variation can be derived through the output of the loop filter in charge of tracking the IF carrier. The instrument provides the raw GNSS samples at 50 Hz and the Scintillation indices and TEC data at 1 minute resolution.
Emanuele Pica
emanuele.pica@ingv.it
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Landing Page: http://eswua.ingv.it/index.php/gnss-scintillation/gnss-real-time-data
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Site info: SOUSY shelter, Antenna field in Adventdalen
Core data: No
GNSS Ionospheric scintillation and TEC monitor - Ny-Ålesund
ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY>TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT
Novatel GSV4004 (until 2020)
Septentrio PolaRx5S (since 2015)
The instrument collects the GNSS signals from the line-of-sight satellites and tracks their numerical counterparts. The RF front-end down-converts the input signal to a predefined Intermediate Frequency (IF) prior to its sampling and quantization. Eventually, it provides prompt In-Phase and Quadrature samples which can be used to estimate the signal Amplitude variations, while the signal Phase variation can be derived through the output of the loop filter in charge of tracking the IF carrier. The instrument provides the raw GNSS samples at 50 Hz and the Scintillation indices and TEC data at 1 minute resolution.
Emanuele Pica
emanuele.pica@ingv.it
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Landing Page: http://eswua.ingv.it/index.php/gnss-scintillation/gnss-real-time-data
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational
Core data: No
GNSS-IR Monitoring Station - HORSUND
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Trimble Alloy S.No. 6251R40232
N/A
Mutli-GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou) multi-frequency code and carrier-phase measurements are recorded in 10 seconds interval and transmitted via the Internet every 24 hours.
Dominik Próchniewicz
dominik.prochniewicz@pw.edu.pl
Warsaw University of Technology
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Pre-operational
RIS ids: 12089
Site info: GNSS monitoring stations for estimation of snow depth value based on interferometric reflectometry method (GNSS-IR). GNSS receiver - geodetic class multi-frequency (L1/L2/L5) and multiconstellation (GPS/Galileo/BeiDou/GLONASS) receiver; GNSS antena - geodetic class precise multiconstellation antenna (Choke Ring type) installed on a metal mast (3 m hight). The installation is permanently attached to the ground and connected with the receiver with a 30 m cable.

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: No
GNSS-IR Monitoring Station - LONGYEARBYEN
CRYOSPHERE>SNOW/ICE>SNOW DEPTH
Trimble Alloy S.No. 6302R40103
N/A
Mutli-GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou) multi-frequency code and carrier-phase measurements are recorded in 10 seconds interval and transmitted via the Internet every 24 hours.
Dominik Próchniewicz
dominik.prochniewicz@pw.edu.pl
Warsaw University of Technology
Landing Page: https://crios.pl/
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Pre-operational
RIS ids: 12089
Site info: GNSS monitoring stations for estimation of snow depth value based on interferometric reflectometry method (GNSS-IR). GNSS receiver - geodetic class multi-frequency (L1/L2/L5) and multiconstellation (GPS/Galileo/BeiDou/GLONASS) receiver; GNSS antena - geodetic class precise multiconstellation antenna (Choke Ring type) installed on a metal mast (3 m hight). The installation is permanently attached to the ground and connected with the receiver with a 30 m cable.

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: No