AVOS Meteorological Data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic

Environment Canada installed a meteorological system on the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) scheme part of the CCGS Amundsen. The system is composed of a Digital Barometer (Vaisala PTB-210), an R.M Anemometer (Young 05103) and a Humidity-Temperature Meteorological sensor (Rotronic MP101). The system continuously recorded Atmospheric pressure, Wind Speed and Direction, Air temperature and Humidity every 4 seconds for the CCGS Amundsen expeditions between 2004 and 2017. No data was collected in 2012 since the vessel was undergoing maintenance (dry docks). The true wind was directly calculated by the system using the ship's gyrocompass, the recorded apparent wind and Global Positioning System (GPS) data (speed and track of the ship from POS-MV and C-NAV Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) Precise Point positioning systems). Then the AVOS system averaged the data at 10 minute or hourly intervals. Outliers and suspicious measurements were removed from the dataset and the resulting controlled data are provided at 10 minute or hourly intervals for each day of the expeditions. Research programs participating in the Amundsen expeditions between 2004 and 2017 include CASES, ArcticNet, CFL, Geotraces, Malina, IOL and BP, BREA, Weston, Netcare, JAMSTEC, Statoil and iBO and GreenEdge.

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Date (Publication)
2019-08-08
Principal investigator
 

Alexandre, Forest
Originator
 

Gola, Erich
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Linkowski, Thomas
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Morisset, Simon
Other citation details

Amundsen Science Data Collection. 2018. AVOS Meteorological Data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic. Amundsen Science, Québec, Canada. Processed data. Archived at www.polardata.ca, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN), Waterloo, Canada. https://doi.org/10.5884/12518. Accessed on [Date].

Purpose

Meteorological data recorded by Environment Canada Automated Voluntary Observing Ship (AVOS) system during the CCGS Amundsen scientific expeditions constitute ancillary data for all other data recorded during the expeditions by providing the prevailing atmospheric conditions in which biological, chemical and physical samplings were conducted.
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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)

  • Air temperature

  • Arctic Ocean

  • Baffin Bay

  • Beaufort Sea

  • Dewpoint

  • Meteorological

  • Pressure

  • Wind direction

  • Wind speed
Place

  • Labrador Sea ; Beaufort Sea ; Baffin Bay ; Arctic Canadian Seas
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Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2004-06-25
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Supplemental Information

Summary: Not Applicable Research Program(s): ArcticNet,CASES,IPY,BREA. For further information: http://doi.org/10.5884/12518; amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca amundsen.data@as.ula amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca

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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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eng; CAN
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Date stamp
2022-04-08T13:00:19
Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Metadata standard version

2009-01-01
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Polar Data Catalogue

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Dataset URI

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=12518

 
 

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Keywords

Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
Air temperature Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Beaufort Sea Dewpoint Meteorological Pressure Wind direction Wind speed

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