Liverpool Bay/Irish Sea Coastal Observatory Data Set

The data set comprises measurement of physical and biogeochemical oceanographic parameters and complementary meteorology collected during the Liverpool Bay/Irish Sea Coastal Observatory initiative. It includes measurements from across the Liverpool Bay and Irish Sea area with data collection spanning a decade from 2001 to 2011. It incorporates regular hydrographic survey cruises (typically 8 - 10 per year) undertaken by the RV Prince Madog, data collected via instrumented ferries, time series data from oceanographic moorings and at two meteorological stations, namely: Bidston Observatory (up to 2004) and Hilbre Island (2004 - 2011), and a shore-based high-frequency (HF) radar measuring waves and surface currents out to a range of 50km. The hydrographic surveys include conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) casts with attached auxiliary sensors and data collected via the ships' underway monitoring system. Oceanographic parameters include temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, attenuance, turbidity, fluorescence, chlorophyll, nutrients, irradiance, waves and currents and meteorological parameters include air temperature, air pressure, wind velocities, humidity, precipitation and atmospheric irradiance. The instrumented ferries also incorporated an underway monitoring system for sea surface properties. The Observatory integrated (near) real-time measurements with the POLCOMS (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System) models. The objective was to understand a coastal sea's response both to natural forcing and to the consequences of human activity. The foci were the impact of storms, variations in river discharge (especially the Mersey), seasonality, and blooms in Liverpool Bay. The Observatory was coordinated at the National Oceanography Centre (previously the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, POL) in Liverpool and data are managed by British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The data set is supplemented by infra-red (for sea surface temperature) and visible (for chlorophyll and suspended sediment) satellite data. These data are held at the NERC Earth Observation Data Centre /Remote Sensing Data Analysis Service (NEODC/RSDAS).

本数据集汇集了利物浦湾/爱尔兰海沿岸观测站计划期间收集的物理和生物地球化学海洋学参数，以及相应的气象数据。该数据集涵盖了利物浦湾和爱尔兰海区域的测量数据，数据收集时间跨度为十年，即从2001年至2011年。数据集包含了由RV Prince Madog号执行的常规水文调查航次（通常每年8至10次），通过仪器化的渡轮收集的数据，以及来自海洋学浮标和两个气象站（比斯顿观测站，直至2004年；希尔布赖岛，2004年至2011年）的时间序列数据。此外，还包括了岸基高频（HF）雷达对波浪和表面流至50公里范围之内的测量。水文调查包括携带辅助传感器的电导率-温度-深度（CTD）抛射物，以及通过船只的航行监测系统收集的数据。海洋学参数包括温度、盐度、溶解氧、衰减度、浊度、荧光、叶绿素、营养物质、辐照度、波浪和流，气象参数包括空气温度、气压、风速、湿度、降水和大气辐照度。装备有仪器的渡轮还包含了对海面特性的航行监测系统。观测站将（近）实时测量与POLCOMS（普罗德曼海洋学实验室沿岸海洋模型系统）模型相结合。研究目标在于理解沿海海域对自然强迫和人类活动后果的响应。研究重点包括风暴的影响、河流径流的变化（尤其是默西河）、季节性以及利物浦湾的藻华。观测站由利物浦的国家海洋研究中心（前身为普罗德曼海洋学实验室，POL）协调，数据由英国海洋数据中心（BODC）管理。数据集还补充了红外（用于海面温度）和可见光（用于叶绿素和悬浮沉积物）卫星数据。这些数据存储在NERC地球观测数据中心/遥感数据分析服务（NEODC/RSDAS）。