OBPS: Recent submissions

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    • Standard Operating Procedure: Calibration of the AA3 Nutrient Analyzer, Revision 5. 

      AOML Ecosystem Assessment Laboratory (NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, 2024)
      This Standard Operating Procedure is followed when calibrating the SEAL Analytical AutoAnalyzer 3 (AA3) in the Nutrient Laboratory at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. It describes the preparations ...

    • Best practices for Core Argo floats - part 1: getting started and data considerations. 

      Morris, Tamaryn; Scanderbeg, Megan; West-Mack, Deborah; Gourcuff, Claire; Poffa, Noe´; Bhaskar, T.V.S.U.; Hanstein, Craig; Diggs, Steve; Talley, Lynne; Turpin, Victor; Liu, Zenghong; Owens, Breck (2024)
      Argo floats have been deployed in the global ocean for over 20 years. The Core mission of the Argo program (Core Argo) has contributed well over 2 million profiles of salinity and temperature of the upper 2000 m of the ...

    • Addressing ALDFG in Africa: a best practice guide. 

      Gifford, Tayla; Marlin, Danica; Randall, Peter; Nathaniel, Joshua (Sustainable Seas Trust, Gqeberha, South Africa., 2024)
      Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is considered harmful not only because it may lead to ghost fishing, but because fishing gear makes up a significant proportion of macrolitter in the world’s ...

    • A model for community-driven development of best practices: the Ocean Observatories Initiative Biogeochemical Sensor Data Best Practices and User Guide. 

      Palevsky, Hilary; Clayton, Sophie; Benway, Heather; Maheigan, Mairead; Atamanchuk, Dariia; Battisti, Roman; Batryn, Jennifer; Bourbonnais, Annie; Briggs, Ellen M.; Carvalho, Filipo; Chase, Alison P.; Eveleth, Rachel; Fatland, Rob; Fogaren, Kristen; Fram, Jonathan; Hartman, Susan E.; Le Bras, Isabela; Manning, Cara; Needoba, Joseph A.; Neely, Merrie Beth; Oliver , Hilde; Reed, Andrew C.; Rheuban, Jennie E.; Schallenberg, Christina; Walsh, Ian; Wingard, Christopher; Bauer, Kohen Witt; Chen, Baoshan; Cuevas, Jose; Flecha, Susana; Horwith, Micah; Melendez, Melissa; Menz, Tyler; Rivero-Calle, Sara; Roden, Nicholas; Steinhoff, Tobias; Trucco Pignata, Pablo Nicolás; Vardaro, Michael; Yoder, Meg (2024)
      The field of oceanography is transitioning from data-poor to data-rich, thanks in part to increased deployment of in-situ platforms and sensors, such as those that instrument the US-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative ...

    • African Marine Litter Monitoring Manual. 2nd Edition. 

      Barnardo, Toshka; Marlin, Danica; Ribbink, Anthony J; Pichegru, Lorien (African Marine Waste Network, Sustainable Seas Trust, Gqeberha, South Africa, 2023)
      The manual evolved from an initiative in the Western Indian Ocean region that was spearheaded by WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association) and Sustainable Seas Trust. The first edition created considerable ...

    • Sediment Sample Collection and Preparation for the Analysis of Plastic-Related Pollutants. 

      Newman, Brent; Fourie, Amarein J. (Sustainable Seas Trust, Gqeberha, South Africa., 2023)
      As research on plastic-related pollutants grows in Africa, it will become increasingly important to use harmonized methods to prepare and analyse samples for further analyses, so that results can be compared across the ...

    • Recommendation Report 2 on improved common procedures for HFR QC analysis. JERICO-NEXT WP5-Data Management, Deliverable 5.14, Version 2.0. 

      Corgnati, Lorenzo; Mantovani, Carlo; Novellino, Antonio; Rubio, Anna; Mader, Julien (IFREMER, Brest, France, 2024)
      The JERICO network is constantly working to improve its core functionality, which is the ability to provide comprehensive observations of Europe’s coastal seas and oceans. This means integrating new, promising observing ...

    • Ocean Best Practices System Endorsement: Guidance for the Ocean Community, Version 2024-03-20. 

      Bushnell, Mark; Pearlman, Jay (Ocean Best Practices System, 2024)
      This document provides guidelines and a template for the endorsement of ocean practices to be recognised by the Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS), an international IOC programme supported by the Global Ocean Observing ...

    • Remote Monitoring Checklist for Radial Sites : Remote monitoring , 11 August 2011. 

      Barrick, Donald (CODAR Ocean Sensors, Mountain View, CA, USA, 2011)
      Some basic daily and weekly checks of diagnostics and data quality will help in network maintenance and remote troubleshooting and early detection of any problems creeping up resulting in less downtime and overall time and ...

    • EuroGOOS Data Policy 2023. 

      European Global Ocean Observing System (European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Brussels, Belgium, 2023)
      In 2023, EuroGOOS developed a new data policy which requires its members’ commitment to share core ocean data openly according to the FAIR principles and clear licences. By core in situ ocean data we mean, at least, the ...

    • Prototype sea level planning and scenario visualization tool. 

      Dobson, Michael; Christie, Elizabeth; Spencer, Tom; Eyres, Richard; Downie, Steven; Hibbert, Angela (EuroSea Project, 2021)
      As part of Work Package (WP) 5, “Coastal resilience and operational services demonstrator”, task 5.1.3 “Data-driven modelling and visualization for sea level guidance”, aims to improve decision making for flood risk ...

    • Glider network, European coordination. EuroSea Deliverable, D3.9 , 

      Testor, Pierre; Thomsen, Soeren; Krieger, Magali; Turpin, Victor; Barrera, Carlos; Karstensen, Johannes; Petihakis, George (EuroSea Project, 2022)
      This report describes the overall European glider network activities done during the EuroSea project that have contributed to its reinforcement. We report on coordination actions held in that context: (i) in terms of global ...

    • Ocean Best Practices System Guidelines for Depositors, Version 2024-03-31 

      Simpson, Pauline (UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium, 2024)
      This document will guide Depositors through the workflow stages and the process of completing metadata fields and submitting the full text file of their ocean methodology to OceanBestPractices......

    • Quality-control procedures for ship-board biogeochemical time series data. EuroSea Deliverable D4.4. [Version 2] 

      Lange, Nico; Pfeil, Benjamin; Fiedler, Björn (EuroSea Project, 2023)
      This framework will be incorporated into a time-series (TS) data synthesis product. The framework will be used to indicate the consistency of biogeochemical (BGC) time-series data between different ship-based time-series ...

    • Gliders metadata. EuroSea Deliverable D3.10. 

      Krieger, Magali; Turpin, Victor; Testor, Pierre; Thomsen, Soren; Petihakis, George; Tanhua, Toste (EuroSea Project, 2022)
      Management of metadata is a central piece of the European Ocean Observing System (EOOS). This document reports on the progress made on this topic for the European glider network and how this effort led by the European ...

    • Eulerian Best Practices. EuroSea Deliverable D3.11. 

      Coppola, L.; Somavilla, Raquel; Lefevre, Dominique; Garziglia, Sébastien (EuroSea Project, 2022)
      This best practice is based on variables generated by Eulerian platforms following the approaches of other global observing networks and programs (GO-SHIP, OceanGliders, etc.). This report includes recommendations on ...

    • Network harmonization recommendations. EuroSea Deliverable D3.7. 

      Pouliquen, Sylvie; Obaton, Dominique; Novellino, Antonio; Giorgetti, Alessandra; Hassoun, Abed El Rahman (EuroSea Project, 2022)
      This document proposes recommendations on metadata and information to be associated with marine data from ocean observation networks. The objective is to reach a common basis of metadata and information for any in situ ...

    • CAPARDUS Deliverable 1.2 Report on Arctic standards, protocols and framework model, Version 1.0 (Revised). 

      Pulsifer, Peter; Stallemo, Astrid; Hamre, Torill (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway, 2023)
      Standards can act as common language and practices among actors when aiming to share and use observing systems, data, ensure safety, and many other activities in the Arctic. Equipment manufacturers, observing programs, ...

    • 100% Sustainable Ocean Management: an Introduction to Sustainable Ocean Plans. 

      Hanson, Craig; Frost, Nicola; Potouroglou, Maria; Haugan, Peter M.; Schive, Per W. (High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), Washington, DC, 2021)
      In its Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Transformations) launched in December 2020, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) announced a shared vision for the sustainable development ...

    • Science-Policy Interfaces: From Warnings to Solutions. 

      Kohler, Pia M. (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2022)
      Key Messages and Recommendations • Since 1972, a variety of science-policy interfaces (SPIs) have been deployed in global environmental governance to identify environmental risks and propose solutions. • The landscape ...