The Porcupine Abyssal Plain fixed-point sustained observatory (PAP-SO): variations and trends from the Northeast Atlantic fixed-point time-series

Hartman, S.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-1331; Lampitt, R.S.; Larkin, K.E.; Pagnani, M.; Campbell, J.; Gkritzalis, T.; Jiang, Z-P.; Pebody, C.A.; Ruhl, H.A.; Gooday, A.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-7371; Bett, B.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-9361; Billett, D.S.M.; Provost, P.; McLachlan, R.; Turton, J.D.; Lankester, S.. 2012 The Porcupine Abyssal Plain fixed-point sustained observatory (PAP-SO): variations and trends from the Northeast Atlantic fixed-point time-series. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69 (5). 776-783. 10.1093/icesjms/fss077

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Abstract/Summary

The Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained observatory (PAP-SO) in the Northeast Atlantic (49°N 16.5°W; 4800 m) is the longest running open-ocean multidisciplinary observatory in the oceans around Europe. The site has produced high-resolution datasets integrating environmental and ecologically relevant variables from the surface to the seabed for >20 years. Since 2002, a full-depth mooring has been in place with autonomous sensors measuring temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, nitrate, and pCO2. These complement ongoing mesopelagic and seabed observations on downward particle flux and benthic ecosystem structure and function. With national and European funding, the observatory infrastructure has been advanced steadily, with the latest development in 2010 involving collaboration between the UK's Meteorological Office and Natural Environment Research Council. This resulted in the first simultaneous atmospheric and ocean datasets at the site. All PAP-SO datasets are open access in near real time through websites and as quality-controlled datasets for a range of remote users using ftp sites and uploaded daily to MyOcean and the global telecommunications system for use in modelling activities. The combined datasets capture short-term variation (daily–seasonal), longer term trends (climate-driven), and episodic events (e.g. spring-bloom events), and the data contribute to the Europe-wide move towards good environmental status of our seas, driven by the EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/marine).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1093/icesjms/fss077
Programmes:	NOC Programmes
ISSN:	10543139
Additional Keywords:	Northeast Atlantic, observatory, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, time-series
Date made live:	28 Jun 2012 09:13 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/440661

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1093/icesjms/fss077

Programmes:

NOC Programmes

ISSN:

10543139

Additional Keywords:

Northeast Atlantic, observatory, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, time-series

Date made live:

28 Jun 2012 09:13 +0 (UTC)