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.
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)
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.
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.
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 |
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Time-lapse camera for snow cover extent monitoring | |
Roberto Salzano
roberto.salzano@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Planned Site info: Camera will be installed within the framework of the SIOS Snow Pilot Project Core data: Yes |
Time-lapse camera for the snow spatial distribution monitoring | |
Bartłomiej Luks
luks@igf.edu.pl Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational Site info: Camera was installed within the framework of the SIOS Snow Pilot Project Core data: No |
Time-lapse cameras network for sea ice and icebergs monitoring | |
Mateusz Moskalik
mmosk@igf.edu.pl Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Partly operational RIS ids: 10218 Core data: No |
Timelaps camera - 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: Timelaps camera is installed on the cabin approximately 400 meters NNW from Calypsobyen Station. The lens is aimed at us SE. 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 |
Timelaps camera - 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: The camera is installed at the main entrance to the NCU Polar Station. The lens is pointed in a westerly direction, towards Prins Karls Forland. 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 |
Transformatorbua CO2-14C isotope sampler | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3274 Site info: ICOS Core data: No |
Transformatorbua Europakasse sampler | |
Are Bäcklund
Are.Backlund@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10066 Site info: Monitoring of Local Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. TAC filters: Teflon Alkaline aCid filter Core data: No |
Transformatorbua N2O gas chromatograph | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 3274 Site info: Part of GAW, INGOS, ICOS, AGAGE Core data: No |
Transformatorbua Picarro | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10066 Site info: Monitoring of Local Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. Core data: No |
Ultrafine condensation particle counter | |
Young Jun Yoon
- Korean Polar Research Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational Site info: - Core data: No |
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