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Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - "all" Cefas Seawater Temperature Data 1880 - 2014

Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - "all" Cefas Seawater Temperature Data 1880 - 2014

Summary

This dataset combines the 17 Cefas Data Sources described separately into a single file containing over 10 million records. Data sources include the Cefas Coastal Temperature Network, Fishing Survey System, Oceanographic Archive, Plankton Survey System, Ferry Route and Ferry Box data, SmartBuoy & Defra WaveNet data, data from divers and fish tags, the Lowestoft Sample management System, specialist cruises and research projects, ScanFish and deployed equipment mounted CTD loggers. The Main area covered is the UK Continental Shelf with data as far west as Greenland and east as Svalbard.

Keywords

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Use limitation statement

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Licence

Open Government Licence

Attribution statement

See Cefas Data Portal for details – link to dataset below.

Technical information

Update frequency

notPlanned

Lineage

The multiple sources are described in 17 separate metadata entries under the same Title, e.g. Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - 15 - RV Cefas Endeavour FerryBox Monitoring System. These data have been described in detail via the following publication. Morris, D. J., Pinnegar, J. K., Maxwell, D. L., Dye, S. R., Fernand, L. J., Flatman, S., Williams, O. J., and Rogers, S. I.: Over 10 million seawater temperature records for the United Kingdom Continental Shelf between 1880 and 2014 from 17 Cefas (United Kingdom government) marine data systems, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 27–51, `https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018`_, 2018. .. _`https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018`: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-27-2018

Spatial information

Coordinate reference system

N/A

Geographic extent

Latitude from: 30 to 90
Longitude from: -90 to 60

Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

d076d82c-e0a3-4cdd-9236-9b230b65989e

Published by

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

Contact publisher

data.manager@cefas.gov.uk

Dataset reference dates

Creation date

19 September 2016

Revision date

26 May 2023

Publication date