ERDDAP > info > M3_RBR80234_e41e_b5f2_6c8e

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	EQUIFy - Kincardine Lander CTD - M3 - Level 3		M	background			Plymouth Marine L...	M3_RBR80234_e41e_b5f2_6c8e

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	abstract	String	This dataset contains time series observations of seawater temperature and pressure recorded with an RBRconcerto CTD+ sensor (S/N 80234). The instrument measured conductivity, temperature, pressure and dissolved oxygen; however, the conductivity, salinity and oxygen data were not recoverable to a usable standard and are not included. The sensor was deployed on the same M3 seabed mounted instrument frame as a 500kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler in the northern North Sea, near the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm. The dataset spans 14 August 2025 to 3 September 2025 and was collected during the DY197 research expedition (RRS Discovery), during which the instrument was deployed and recovered. The deployment site is located at 56.989897° N, â^'1.882947°E, and the instrument remained fixed for the duration of the deployment. These observations were collected as part of the NERC and Crown Estate funded ECOFlow programme, EQUIFy, Establishing a Framework for Quantifiable Evidence and Impact of Ecosystem Change Throughout the Lifecycle of UK Floating Offshore Wind Farms, grant number NE/Z504099/1. EQUIFy aims to co deliver a transferable monitoring and evidence framework that quantifies ecological impacts from future floating offshore wind development across spatial and temporal scales. The temperature measurements provide environmental context for co-located observations and support EQUIFy objectives to quantify physical drivers of ecosystem change associated with floating offshore wind development.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acknowledgement	String	EQUIFy is part of the NERC and Crown Estate funded ECOFlow programme, grant number NE/Z504099/1. The authors wish to thank the officers and crew of RRS Discovery, the NMF staff and the eSWEETS3 project for their assistance in collecting these data.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	analytical_protocol	String	Raw RBR concerto CTD+ data files were downloaded and processed using RBR software. Conductivity, temperature, and pressure measurements were converted to standard engineering units and salinity derived following the manufacturer’s processing routines. These data were then calibrated against CTD observations from casts CTD011 and CTD197. Following further assessment of data quality, the conductivity, derived salinity and oxygen channels were found to be noisy and showed indications of drift. These variables were therefore excluded from the final dataset due to insufficient confidence in their accuracy.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_institution	String	Scottish Government's Marine Directorate; Environmental Research Institute - University of the Highlands and Islands; Plymouth Marine Laboratory
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	Rory O'Hara Murray, Benjamin Williamson, Matthew Palmer
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role	String	Data collection/processing, Data collection; Funding
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	CreationDate	String	2026/04/01 16:20:59
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	jwi at pml.ac.uk
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	Juliane Wihsgott
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	person
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.ecoflow.org.uk/about-1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cruise	String	DY197
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_quality_comments	String	Data quality assessment indicated that conductivity, derived salinity, and dissolved oxygen measurements were noisy and showed evidence of drift, and these variables were therefore excluded from the final dataset. Temperature data were stable throughout the deployment and provide a reliable near seabed time series
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_range_human	String	14-Aug-2025 16:48 to 03-Sep-2025 09:22
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.ecoflow.org.uk/about-1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	Plymouth Marine Laboratory
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	bedframe, calibrated, data, deployment, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, laboratory, marine, meastro, moored, ocean, oceans, plymouth, rb80234, rbr, science, sea, sea_water_temperature, seawater, series, temp_cal, temperature, time, time series, water
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Latitude	double	56.989897
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	Permission is granted to EQUIFy project partner institutes and interested parties to use this dataset for research and analytical purposes only. Redistribution, republication, or any form of data sharing with unauthorized third parties is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from the data owner. All users must acknowledge the source of the dataset in any publications or outputs.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Longitude	double	-1.882947
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_version	String	0.1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	EQUIFy
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sampling_protocol	String	An RBR concerto CTD+ sensor (S/N 80234) was deployed on a stable seabed mounted frame at at site M3 (56.989897° N, â^'1.882947°E) in the northern North Sea near the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm. The instrument was deployed and recovered during the DY197 research expedition (RRS Discovery). The CTD recorded a continuous time series of conductivity, temperature, and pressure near the seabed at a 30 s sampling interval. Dissolved oxygen was also measured by the instrument. Following later processing and quality assessment, only temperature is retained in the final dataset. The dataset spans the full deployment period from 14 August 2025 to 3 September 2025.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Moored RBR Meastro (RB80234) calibrated time series from bedframe deployment
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2025-09-03T09:22:30Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2025-08-14T16:48:30Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	EQUIFy - Kincardine Lander CTD - M3 - Level 3
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	1.75519011E9, 1.75689135E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	calendar	String	gregorian
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable	temp_cal		float
attribute	temp_cal	_FillValue	float	9.96921E36
attribute	temp_cal	actual_range	float	12.90173, 13.56619
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_a	double	0.7977057898829553
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_applied	String	true
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_b	double	2.6989416564380715
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_equation	String	y = a * x + b
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_method	String	linear
attribute	temp_cal	calibration_source	String	CTD011 & CTD197 (DY197)
attribute	temp_cal	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	temp_cal	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	temp_cal	ioos_category	String	Temperature
attribute	temp_cal	long_name	String	Calibrated temperature
attribute	temp_cal	standard_name	String	sea_water_temperature
attribute	temp_cal	units	String	degree_Celsius

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