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.
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.
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)
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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Ocean Glider, West Spitsbergen Current | |
Ilker Fer
ilker.fer@uib.no University of Bergen |
Type: underwater platform (mobile)
Status: Pre-operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor Site info: Multiple transects across the West Spitsbergen Current sampling in the upper 1000 m of the water column. Core data: Yes |
Old Pier CTD | |
Philipp Fischer
Philipp.Fischer@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: sea platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 5742 Site info: Ny-Ålesund, Old Pier observatory Core data: Yes |
Optical Particle Sizer | |
Yutaka Tobo
tobo.yutaka@nipr.ac.jp National Institute for Polar Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10176 Core data: No |
Optical particle counter (OPC) | |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3615 Core data: No |
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Ozone lidar | |
Roland Neuber
roland.neuber@awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Closed RIS ids: 1339 Core data: No |
Pandora, Sverdrup Station, Ny-Ålesund | |
Ann Mari Fjæraa
ann.mari.fjaeraa@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational SIOS project: SIOS-InfraNor RIS ids: 10137 Core data: No |
Particle Soot Absorption Photometer | |
Mauro Mazzola
mauro.mazzola@cnr.it National Research Council of Italy |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 3693 Core data: No |
Precipitating particles | |
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 |
Precipitation sampler | |
Ove Hermansen
oh@nilu.no Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
Type: land platform (fixed)
Status: Operational RIS ids: 10137 Core data: No |
Pyranometer | |
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 |
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