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Wave and current data collected from moorings in the Bristol Channel (2010 - 2011)

This dataset contains wave spectra, wave statistics and current data collected by surface and subsurface moorings across three sites in the Bristol Channel between March 2010 and April 2011. A Datawell Mk.III directional Waverider buoy was moored at one site collecting wave spectra and statistics data while Nortek Acoustic Wave and Current meters (AWAC) were moored at the seabed in trawl resistant frames at two sites. The AWACs collected wave data from the surface and current data through the water column split into 2 m bins. TRIAXYS directional wave sensors with onboard Nortek Aquadopp current profilers were also deployed at the two sites. Like the AWAC moorings, the TRIAXYS moorings collected wave data from the surface and current data through the water column split into 1 m bins. The data were collected as part of the environmental impact assessment of the proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. GEMS Survey Ltd were contracted to conduct the data collection and provided the data to The Crown Estate as the landowner of the UK seabed out to 12 nautical miles. The data and associated metadata reports are held at the British Oceanographic Data Centre, as a MEDIN Data Archiving Centre.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048GEMS_wave_current_moorings
Date (Publication)
2018-11-23
Date (Creation)
2018-01-24
Date (Revision)
2018-01-24
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6772
Owner
  The Crown Estate - Unknown ( Unknown )
16 New Burlington Place , London , W1S 2HX , United Kingdom
+44 020 7851 5000
https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/
Originator
  The Crown Estate - Unknown ( Unknown )
16 New Burlington Place , London , W1S 2HX , United Kingdom
+44 020 7851 5000
https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
INSPIRE themes
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Coordinate reference systems
  • Elevation
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Moored instrument depth
  • Vertical spatial coordinates
  • Wave direction
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Platform or instrument orientation
  • Engineering parameters
  • Wave height and period statistics
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Elevation
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
Bristol Channel

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Geographic identifier
Celtic Sea

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
2010-03-09
End date
2011-04-13
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Network Common Data Form ()

  • Ocean Data View ()

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
Pass
Yes
Statement

This dataset was created by GEMS Survey Ltd who were contracted to collect metocean data to contribute to the Environmental Impact Assessment of a proposed windfarm in the Bristol Channel. The data were submitted to The Crown Estate, as the landowner of the UK seabed out to 12 nautical miles, and were subsequently loaded to the Marine Data Exchange. The data were manually downloaded from the Marine Data Exchange and processed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) as part of BODC’s contribution to the EU European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Data Ingestion Project.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: wave recorders; current profilers.

File identifier
6c5009b5ab505052ae3ad478a7e8d9ca XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-03-02T12:41:14
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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