Identification

Title

SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network

Abstract

This ongoing data set consists of biogeochemical sensor data from the SmartBuoy moorings and related platforms which use ESM2 and ESMx data-loggers. SmartBuoys consist of a 4 meter tall stainless steel frame with a fibreglass torroid for buoyancy. Instruments are attached at a nominal 1 meter depth to the frame. In-air sensors are mounted to the top of the torroid. The buoys feature a satellite telemetry system providing near real-time telemetry.The typical SmartBuoy configuration measures temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity and photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) sensors.A "Licor-arm" is also often fitted providing PAR measurements additionally from 1 and 2 meters.The buoys are also typically fitted with a water sampler which collects pre-spiked bag samples for later nutrient (Nitrate and Silicate or phytoplankton analysis. The NAS-3X in-situ nutrient analyser is also used on some sites which provides nitrate concentration measurements at a higher freuency than the water samples.Data are telemetered every two hours using satellite telemetry. Seabed landers have also been fitted with ESM-2 data loggers and the data collected is featured here.The mooring consists of a 3 legged stainless steel "minilander" 1.5 meters high.The biogeochemical sensors are mounted at 1 meter above the seabed.These platforms often also include upward facing acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) instruments, this data is **not** held in the SmartBuoy database however.A table of deployment locations as of July 2017 is given below: +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Deployment |Code |Latitude |Longitude |Date from |Date To |Platform | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |A1221 SmartBuoy |A1221 |53.167 |2.817 |19/01/2000 |10/09/2000 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Shelf Sea |CANDYFLOSS |49.402 |-8.604 |27/03/2014 |24/08/2015 |SmartBuoy | |Biogeochemistry | | | | | | | |CANDYFLOSS | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Celtic Deep |CELTDEEP2 |51.138 |-6.562 |15/07/2012 |19/08/2015 |SmartBuoy | |Site 2 | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Celti Deep Site |CELTDEEP2L |51.136 |-6.573 |20/10/2014 |30/08/2015 |Lander | |2 Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Celtic Deep |CELTICDEEP |51.250 |-6.082 |05/05/2009 |30/04/2012 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Dowsing |DOWSING |53.531 |1.056 |10/01/2009 |ongoing |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |EAOW AWAC 1 |EAOWAWAC1 |52.312 |2.460 |05/01/2011 |29/01/2012 |Lander | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |EAOW AWAC 2 |EAOWAWAC2 |52.143 |2.504 |05/01/2011 |31/01/2012 |Lander | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |EAOW AWAC 3.1 |EAOWAWAC31 |52.556 |2.774 |04/12/2012 |13/12/2013 |Lander | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |EAOW AWAC 4.1 |EAOWAWAC41 |52.873 |2.896 |04/12/2012 |10/12/2013 |Lander | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |East of Celtic |ECELTDEEP |51.126 |-6.177 |18/03/2014 |31/10/2014 |Lander | |Deep Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |East Of Haig |EHAIGFRAS |50.569 |-7.022 |31/01/2014 |30/08/2015 |Lander | |Fras Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Gabbard 2000 |GABB2000 |52.000 |2.333 |28/02/2000 |29/06/2000 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Gabbard |GABBARD |52.000 |2.335 |14/12/2000 |29/08/2002 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Hinkley Point |HINKLEYML |51.227 |-3.162 |16/12/2008 |09/04/2009 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Liverpool Bay |LIVBAY |53.535 |-3.362 |13/11/2002 |ongoing |SmartBuoy | |Coastal | | | | | | | |Observatory | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Liverpool Bay |LIVBAY2 |53.450 |-3.643 |12/05/2005 |21/04/2011 |SmartBuoy | |Coastal | | | | | | | |Observatory | | | | | | | |Site 2 | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Noordwijk 10 |N10 |52.301 |4.303 |07/03/2000 |19/09/2001 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Noordwijk 2 |N2 |52.255 |4.404 |17/09/2001 |09/01/2002 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Noordwijk 5 |N5 |52.276 |4.367 |26/02/2002 |23/04/2002 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |North Dogger |NDOGGERML |55.683 |2.280 |24/02/2007 |15/09/2008 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |North Dogger |NTHDOGGER |55.683 |2.280 |24/02/2007 |15/09/2008 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Nymph Bank |NYMPHBANK |51.043 |-6.600 |31/01/2014 |27/08/2014 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Oyster Grounds |OYSTER |54.414 |4.039 |14/03/2006 |21/12/2013 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Oyster Grounds |OYSTERML |54.414 |4.042 |19/04/2007 |21/09/2008 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Scroby Sands |SCROBY |52.650 |1.759 |09/04/2003 |01/04/2005 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Sean Gas Fields |SEANGASML |53.166 |2.808 |14/09/2007 |30/09/2008 |Lander | |Lander | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Sizewell Lander |SIZEWELLML |52.216 |1.638 |28/11/2008 |08/03/2009 |Lander | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Warp Anchorage |TH1 |51.526 |1.028 |30/11/2000 |ongoing |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |West Gabbard |WESTGAB |51.980 |2.083 |28/08/2002 |15/05/2016 |SmartBuoy | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |West Gabbard |WESTGAB2 |51.955 |2.110 |09/05/2016 |ongoing |SmartBuoy | |Site 2 | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |West Gabbard |WESTGABDWM |51.984 |2.083 |28/08/2002 |26/08/2004 |SmartBuoy | |DWM Trials | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |West Gabbard |WESTGABTRI |51.982 |2.079 |19/12/2002 |30/06/2003 |SmartBuoy | |TriAxys Trials | | | | | | | +----------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/66

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function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS66

codeSpace

https://data.cefas.co.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

2012-01-11

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.00

East bounding longitude

5.00

North bounding latitude

55.75

South bounding latitude

51.00

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-11-01

End position

2030-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

These deployments form part of the National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP) funded by the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). SmartBuoy data is primarily used for eutrophication monitoring and feeds into OSPAR and MSFD assessments.Buoys have also been deployed as part of short term (up to 3 years) research contracts. Data have been collected using data buoys since November 2000 at a variety of locations in the North Sea, Irish Sea and Celtic Sea.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes – Technical Guidelines

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-10

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

Unknown

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

email address

defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-04-04T01:24:11

Metadata language

eng