MEOP - Animal-borne Profiles

"MEOP (Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole) is a consortium of international researchers dedicated to sharing animal-derived data and knowledge about the polar oceans.
Since 2004, several hundred thousands profiles of temperature and salinity have been collected by instrumented animals. The use of elephant seals has been particularly effective to sample the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. Other seal species have been successfully used in the North Atlantic, such as hooded seals. These hydrographic data have been assembled in a quality-controlled database, the MEOP-CTD database.
These data are profiles of temperature (°C). Each profile is located in space and time. It must be emphasised that the dataset of each individual CTD-SRDL has been edited and corrected separately, as a given CTD-SRDL has its own specificities in terms of data accuracy and quality of the estimated correction. A post-processing procedure is applied on hydrographic data in order to ensure the best possible data quality. For more details, please visit https://www.meop.net/database/data-processing-and-validation.html."
cdm_altitude_proxy=PRES
cdm_data_type=TimeSeriesProfile
cdm_profile_variables=time,latitude,longitude
cdm_timeseries_variables=PLATFORM_NUMBER
citation="We recommend the following citation for these data:
Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP). [YEAR]. Animal-borne Temperature Profiles (TEMP). Available at https://www.meop.net/database/meop-databases/meop-ctd-database.html. Accessed via [project] on YYYY-MM-DD.
Please also refer to https://www.meop.net/database/how-to-cite.html on how to acknowledge these data appropriately."
Conventions=CF-1.6 Sea-mammals-1.1, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
data_DOI=https://www.seanoe.org/data/00343/45461/
data_format_original=netCDF
data_mode=D
data_update=2024-03-08
data_update_frequence=≥ yearly
data_url=https://www.seanoe.org/data/00343/45461/
distribution_statement=Follow MEOP data policy standards, cf. http://www.meop.net/the-dataset/data-access.html. Data available free of charge. User assumes all risk for use of data. User must display citation in any publication or product using data. User must contact PI prior to any commercial use of data
Easternmost_Easting=179.9984
featureType=TimeSeriesProfile
format_version=1.1
geospatial_lat_max=87.7764
geospatial_lat_min=-78.66
geospatial_lat_units=degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max=179.9984
geospatial_lon_min=-179.9998
geospatial_lon_units=degrees_east
history=Marine mammal observation
infoUrl=https://www.meop.net/database/meop-databases/meop-ctd-database.html
institution=MEOP (Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole)
keywords_vocabulary=GCMD Science Keywords
naming_authority=EMODnet Physics
Northernmost_Northing=87.7764
number_light_profiles=0.0
owner=MEOP consortium (Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole)
owner_url=http://www.meop.net
platform_type=organism
references=https://www.seanoe.org/data/00343/45461/
source=In situ observations
sourceUrl=(local files)
Southernmost_Northing=-78.66
standard_name_vocabulary=CF Standard Name Table v85
subsetVariables=PLATFORM_NUMBER,nation,location,species
time_coverage_end=2024-02-22T12:45:00Z
time_coverage_start=2004-01-27T11:49:00Z
variables=DC_REFERENCE, DATA_STATE_INDICATOR, DATA_MODE, INST_REFERENCE, WMO_INST_TYPE, JULD, JULD_QC, JULD_LOCATION, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, POSITION_QC, POSITIONING_SYSTEM, PROFILE_PRES_QC, PROFILE_PSAL_QC, PROFILE_TEMP_QC, PRES, PRES_QC, PRES_ADJUSTED, PRES_ADJUSTED_QC, PRES_ADJUSTED_ERROR, TEMP, TEMP_QC, TEMP_ADJUSTED, TEMP_ADJUSTED_QC, TEMP_ADJUSTED_ERROR, PSAL, PSAL_QC, PSAL_ADJUSTED, PSAL_ADJUSTED_QC, PSAL_ADJUSTED_ERROR, PARAMETER, SCIENTIFIC_CALIB_EQUATION, SCIENTIFIC_CALIB_COEFFICIENT, PRES_INTERP, TEMP_INTERP, PSAL_INTERP
Westernmost_Easting=-179.9998

MEOP（极地海洋哺乳动物探索）是由国际研究人员组成的联盟，致力于共享关于极地海洋的动物来源数据和知识。
自2004年以来，通过仪器动物收集了数十万条温度和盐度剖面数据。利用海象在采集南大洋和北太平洋样本方面尤为有效。在北大西洋，其他海豹物种，如领航鲸，也被成功用于采集数据。这些水文数据已汇编在经过质量控制的数据库中，即MEOP-CTD数据库。
这些数据为温度（°C）剖面数据。每个剖面都位于特定的时空位置。必须强调，每个CTD-SRDL个体的数据集都已分别进行编辑和校正，因为每个CTD-SRDL在数据准确性和校正质量方面都有其独特的特性。对水文数据应用了后处理程序，以确保最佳的数据质量。欲了解更多详情，请访问https://www.meop.net/database/data-processing-and-validation.html。