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author, title,
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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.
This is a merged hydrographical data set of the Nordic Seas constituted by gathering hydrographical observations from different sources for the 2000-2017 period, between 61-80N and 17W-23E.
Shipborne CTD profiles were downloaded from the ICES database and combined with CTD casts from the Norwegian Marine Data center for the Svinoy, Gimsoy, Barents Sea Opening and Bear Island sections, as well as dedicated cruises in the Lofoten Basin. Profiles collected by Argo profiling floats were retrieved from the Coriolis data center. Finally, 10 glider missions carried out in the Lofoten Basin by the University of Bergen (NACO and PROVOLO projects) were added to the dataset. Prior to merging, the data from different sources were consistently interpolated on a 5 dbar pressure grid from 0 to 3000 db. Duplicates from various sources were identified as pairs of profiles collected less than 1 day and 1 km apart and removed. In order to homogenize the data from different sampling platforms, data collected within 15 km and 10 days are isopycnally averaged. Out of 77 625 initial profiles, the final merged data set contains 57 753 profiles.
The data set is prepared and used in the ProVoLo project (Watermass transformation processes and vortex dynamics in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea) funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
The map service shows the bottom of the North-East Atlantic and the Barents Sea divided into large geographical areas with a visually homogeneous character (marine landscapes).
This dataset includes Geophysical Institute (GFI), University of Bergen mooring SVI201002_A data. The mooring consists of 3 inst. (instrument type:instrument number(instrument depth)):RCM7:8441(100m) RCM7:11630(300m) RCM7:10909(480m) . Metadata and raw/processed time series are presented as NetCDF, text and pdf(plots with statistics, calibration sheets, mooring drawing) files.
This dataset is a collection of the acid-corrected chlorophyll A and phaeopigments measurements taken as part of the Nansen Legacy project (www.arvenetternansen.com), as part of the '2018 Joint Cruise 1-2' cruise. The data are collected from CTD with Niskin bottles from station P1 (NLEG01) taken on 2018-08-08T22:37:00Z at 31.2299°E and 75.9966°N. Both total Chlorophyll A and collected after passing through a 10µm filter are enclosed if available.
The survey indices by age group for bottom trawl and acoustic estimates for cod from the winter survey (January-March) in the Barents Sea are calculated as described in Mehl et al. 2016 (bottom trawl) and Mehl et al. 2018 (acoustic). Mean length and weight at age is also calculated. Updated data series are provided in the annual survey reports (e.g. Mehl et al. 2019). The series go back to 1981, but StoX estimates go back only to 1994. The survey has been a Joint Norwegian-Russian one from 2000 onwards except in the years 2006, 2007 and 2017.
The survey area is divided into eight main areas and 26 strata. In 2014, the investigated area was enlarged by three new strata in northwest, 24-26. These strata are, however, not included in the standard calculations of indices. Note also that prior to 1994, the area covered was smaller and no adjustments have been made for that. In the early period (1981-1995) there were also some gear changes, for which adjustments have been made, these changes are also described in the reports referred to.
In 1997, 1998 and 2007 only the Norwegian EEZ (NEZ) and parts of the Svalbard area (S) was covered. The indices for cod and haddock have therefore been raised to also represent the Russian EEZ (REZ) (Mehl et al. 2016, 2018).
In 2006, there was not a complete coverage in southeast due to restrictions. The observations in the partially covered strata 7 were extrapolated to the full strata, and the observations in the partially covered strata 13 were extrapolated to the same area as covered in 2005. In 2012 the coverage was incomplete in the eastern areas, and the cod and haddock swept area estimates within the covered area were raised by the “index ratio by age” observed for the same area in 2008-2011 (ICES 2012). The scaling factor (“index ratio”) for estimating adjusted total from <Total – area D’> was the average ratio by age for Total/(Total – area D’) in the years 2008-2011 (Aglen et al. 2012).
In 2017, the Norwegian vessel was not allowed to operate south of 70º 10’ N and west of 41º 00 º E, and no Russian vessel participated in the survey. Only a small part of strata 7 was covered, and strata 13, 15, 17 and 20 were not covered. The cod, haddock, Greenland halibut and beaked redfish swept area estimates and cod and haddock acoustic estimates within the covered area were raised following the same procedure as for 2012. The scaling factor for estimating adjusted total from <Total –strata 7 > was the average ratio by age for Total/(Total – (strata 7+13+15+17+20)) swept area indices in the years 2014-2016.
All these adjustments are included in the StoX projects used for the calculations.