Porcupine Abyssal Plain observatory timeseries data

Key time-series datasets include measurements of sea temperature, air temperature, air pressure, waves, wind, CO2, salinity, geochemistry, humidity, chlorophyll, nitrate, phosphate, PAR and currents. The PAP observatory is situated in the Northeast Atlantic away from the continental slope and mid Atlantic ridge (49N,16.5W, depth 4800m).

Since 1989, this environmental study site in the Northeast Atlantic has become a major focus for international and interdisciplinary scientific research and monitoring including water column biogeochemistry, physics and benthic biology. Since 2002, moorings have been in place with sensors taking a diverse set of biogeochemical and physical measurements. A diverse range of Essential Climate variables are measured and sampled at the PAP site from the atmosphere and surface ocean to the seafloor.