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  3. Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - 17 - Cefas ESM2 Profiler/mini CTD Logger

Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - 17 - Cefas ESM2 Profiler/mini CTD Logger

Summary

This dataset has been extracted as part of an exercise to assemble "all" Cefas Temperature Data and publish it in a Data paper. It is one of 17 Cefas data sources assembled. ESM2 is a Cefas developed micro logger for applications requiring a small low power logger with integrated sensors and battery. It has standard sensors for conductivity, temperature, depth, optical backscatter and roll & pitch. Data are saved compact flash cards which are easily removed for rapid data transfer. It was initially developed to be a handheld profiler that could be used from small boats and/or when a conventional large rosette couldn't be used. It is now used routinely in place of traditional CTD equipment e.g. on SmartBuoy related work and, because it also accommodates optional sensors, it is widely used on RV Cefas Endeavour research cruises, providing profiles of the water column for plankton and fisheries work. The temperature sensor used is an FSI CT model.

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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.

Attribution statement

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

Technical information

Update frequency

notPlanned

Lineage

Temperature sensors are calibrated annually at Cefas against certified platinum resistance thermometers. Data are subject to a full quality assurance procedure which assigns flags to poor quality data (e.g. for sensor malfunction, drift). 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.

Spatial information

Coordinate reference system

N/A

Geographic extent

  • Latitude from: 47.5 to 62.5
  • Longitude from: -13 to 14
Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

f2f130f9-9122-4061-bce5-cc1b36ddb2d0


Published by

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

Contact publisher

data.manager@cefas.gov.uk

Dataset reference dates

Creation date

03 November 2015

Revision date

26 May 2023

Publication date

27 June 2016

Period

  • From: 17 August 2004
  • To: 29 October 2014

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