OceanSites, a worldwide system of deepwater reference station

The mission of OceanSITES is to collect, deliver and promote the use of high-quality data from long-term, high-frequency observations at fixed locations in the open ocean. OceanSITES typically aim to collect multidisciplinary data worldwide from the full-depth water column as well as the overlying atmosphere.

OceanSITES delivers high-quality data from long-term, high-frequency observations at fixed locations in the open ocean.

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Date (Publication)
2000-01-01
Date (Revision)
2012-08-28
Identifier
OCEANSITES_GDAC
Credit
OceanSites
Status
onGoing On going
Custodian
  IFREMER / IDM/SISMER

Centre IFREMER de Brest

BP 70

 , PLOUZANE , 29280 , France
+33 (0)2 98.22.49.16
+33 (0)2 98.22.46.44
http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/
Thèmes Sextant
  • /Physical Environment/Climatology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
EMODnet Chemistry aggregated parameter names
  • ITS-90 water temperature
  • Water body salinity
AtlantOS Element
  • Networks
AtlantOS Essential Variables
  • Radiative fluxes
  • Rainfall
  • Air humidity
  • Air temperature
  • Atmospheric pressure
  • Chlorophyll-a and fluorescence
  • Currents
  • Oxygen
  • Nutrients
  • Temperature
  • Waves
  • Wind speed
  • Salinity
  • Carbonate system
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
  • /Observational data/in-situ
Use limitation
No condition applies
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Copyright
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2001-01-01

Vertical extent

Minimum value
-5500
Maximum value
0
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 8.6
Distribution format
  • ( )

OnLine resource
OceanSites web site ( WWW:LINK )

OceanSites web site

OnLine resource
Coriolis GDAC FTP ( WWW:DOWNLOAD )

Coriolis GDAC FTP

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Dataset
Statement
OceanSITES delivers high-quality data from long-term, high-frequency observations at fixed locations in the open ocean.
File identifier
8fa68a4d-d9d9-4057-baf8-dc68f2052d2b XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Date stamp
2025-05-15T23:18:18.053286Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  OceanSites
 
 

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Keywords

AtlantOS Element
Networks
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
Thèmes Sextant
/Physical Environment/Climatology
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
/Observational data/in-situ

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