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Brief user guide
The Data Access Portal has information in 3 columns. An outline of the content in these columns is provided above. When first entering the search interface, all potential datasets are listed. Datasets are indicated in the map and results tabulation elements which are located in the middle column. The order of results can be modified using the "Sort by" option in the left column. On top of this column is normally relevant guidance information to user presented as collapsible elements.
If the user want to refine the search, this can be done by constraining the bounding box search. This is done in the map - the listing of datasets is automatically updated. Date constraints can be added in the left column. For these to take effect, the user has to push the button marked search. In the left column it is also possible to specific text elements to search for in the datasets. Again pushing the button marked "Search" is necessary for these to take action. Complex search patterns can be constructed using logical operators identified in the drop down menu with and phrases embedded in quotation marks. Prefixing a phrase with '-' negates the phrase (i.e. should not occur in the results). Searches are case insensitive.
Other elements indicated in the left and right columns are facet searches, i.e. these are keywords that are found in the datasets and all datasets that contain these specific keywords in the appropriate metadata elements are listed together. Further refinement can be done using full text, date or bounding box constraints. Individuals, organisations and data centres involved in generating or curating the datasets are listed in the facets in the right column. The combination of search fields (including facets) is based on a logical "AND" combination of the fields, i.e. all conditions are fulfilled for the results provided.
Institutions: The University Centre in Svalbard, The University Centre in Svalbard, The University Centre in Svalbard, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
The file contains time series of meteorological near-surface parameters measured on a temporary meteorological mast on the southern side of the coast of Adventdalen, Svalbard, from July to August 2022: Both temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction were measured at two levels.
Institutions: The University Centre in Svalbard, The University Centre in Svalbard, University of Bergen, University of Bergen, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
A scanning Doppler Lidar was placed in Adventdalen (Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway) close to the permanent weather mast SN99870. The Lidar measured between 4 July and 23 August 2022 with different scanning patterns in an hourly cycle. The cycle consisted of three Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans at 1, 5 and 10 degree from xx:00 to xx:10, Range Height Indicator (RHI) scans alternating between up-valley and down-valley direction from xx:10 to xx:50, Doppler-Beam-Swinging (DBS) technique from xx:50 to xy:00. The radial resolution was 10 m with overlapping range gates of 50 m. Short periods of power cuts were encountered. Frequently there were conditions with little backscatter and low carrier-to-noise ratio, especially in light down-valley winds.
Geophone and Hydrophone deployments in Svalbard 2022, to measure the vibrations in sea ice following the appearance of cracks. For more information, see https://github.com/jvoermans/Geophone_Logger .
The dataset includes Institute of Marine Research data from trawl stations in Nordfjord, Norway in 2023
Post-smolts were collected in the outer parts of the fjord systems in late spring and early summer with a specialized surface trawl for live fish sampling, towed behind a suitable fishing vessel (15-25 m). The trawl is 5 m deep and up to 35 m wide depending on speed through water.
The trawl is mounted to a system where smaller catch, such as post-smolts are separated from other catch, and remain free swimming in low turbulence in a hydrodynamic aquarium. The separation takes place when the current flow through a net tunnel and over two 45 degrees racks. The first rack (10 mm between bars) lifts the catch to the next (20 mm between bars) where the separation is done. Everything wider than 20 mm will continue to the cod end of the trawl. Details of the post-smolt trawl are described in Holst and McDonald (2000), Fisheries Research 48, pp 87-91. Typical trawling speed is 2-3 knots (STW) with a duration of 2-4 hours.
Lice counts on post-smolts were performed on the ship as soon as possible after they were captured. The fish were killed using an overdose of Benzocaine 200 mg/ml. Lice counts were performed with the fish submerged in a white plastic tub (5-10 l) using a strong headlamp (>500 lumen). The counts were only performed by personnel with special training in identification of all salmon lice stages. The following categories were recorded: copepodite, chalimus 1, chalimus 2, pre-adult, adult male and adult female. Fish length in mm and mass in gram were recorded. All post-smolts were then frozen for subsequent analysis.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.25433333333334 N, 15.507666666666667 E at 03.11.2022, 09:48 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.77733333333333 N, 15.293666666666667 E at 01.11.2022, 19:12 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.414 N, 17.145833333333332 E at 05.11.2022, 09:55 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.70955 N, 14.730433333333334 E at 01.11.2022, 09:10 UTC using a Seabird SBE19v2plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.3695 N, 16.697 E at 04.11.2022, 18:48 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.41416666666667 N, 17.145833333333332 E at 05.11.2022, 09:40 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.
The file contains temperature, practical salinity and depth measurements binned into 1 db pressure bins. The raw data was measured at 78.414 N, 17.145833333333332 E at 05.11.2022, 10:14 UTC using a Seabird SBE9plus CTD and post-processed with the Seasoft software package. The following processing steps were applied (with default settings): 1. Data Conversion, 2. Wild Edit, 3. Align CTD, 4. Cell Thermal Mass, 5. Filter, 6. Bin Average. If not specified differently, the downcast of the profile was used.