PROcesses of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS) data set (1998-1999)

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The dataset includes a wide range of physical, chemical and biological oceanographic parameters. Physical hydrographic measurements include temperature, salinity, optical backscatter, current velocities and turbulence, while biogeochemical measurements in the water column include dissolved oxygen, organic carbon and nitrogen, and nutrients. Biogeochemical parameters were also measured in sediment cores, while phytoplankton and zooplankton data were also collected. The marine data were supplemented by meteorological measurements including temperature, pressure, irradiance and wind. The experimental phase of the project was undertaken in the North Sea between 1998 and 1999, and data were collected at two contrasting sites: Northern North Sea (NNS, 59deg 20.0E, 1deg 00.0E) and Southern North Sea (SNS, 52deg 15.0N, 4deg 17.0E). At both locations measurements were concentrated at a central position with additional measurements being made to estimate horizontal gradients. Moored instruments were deployed at NNS from September - November 1998 and at SNS from March - May 1999. Each experiment was supported by intensive measurement series made from oceanographic ships and involving turbulence dissipation profiler, conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers, particle size profilers, optical profilers, benthic sampling and water bottle sampling. PROVESS is an interdisciplinary study of the vertical fluxes of properties through the water column and the surface and bottom boundary layers with the aim of improving understanding and quantification of vertical exchange processes in the water column. Scientists from 18 institutions distributed in 8 European countries participated in the fieldwork and modelling parts of the programme and was co-ordinated by John Howarth of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is responsible for assembling the data collected during the project into a comprehensive data set. The data has been organised onto a CD-ROM product available through BODC.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2021-12-20
• Access contraints: Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
• Harvest GUID: 3e8e75c45ff25ded9b55b11324dbf215
• Extent: Latitude: 61.00° to 51.00°
• Extent: Longitude: -4.00° to 10.00°
• Dataset reference date: 2017-10-03 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2010-09-30 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2021-04-21 (revision)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: British Oceanographic Data Centre (custodian, distributor); OSAT GmbH (Hydromod Group) (owner, originator); Joint Research Centre (owner, originator); Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Technical University of Denmark, Dept. of Marine Ecology and Aquaculture (owner, originator); Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend (owner, originator); Universite de la Mediterrannee (U2), Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille (owner, originator); University of Wales, School of Ocean Sciences (owner, originator); Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (owner, originator); Napier University School of Life Sciences (owner, originator); Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (owner, originator); National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (owner, originator); Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (owner, originator); Southampton Oceanography Centre (owner, originator); Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory (owner, originator); Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (owner, originator)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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