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FBC_overflow_transport.txt

Dataset Overview

  • Project: B. Hansen et al.: A stable Faroe Bank Channel overflow

  • Description: FBC Overflow transport time series

  • Source File: FBC_overflow_transport.txt

  • Data Product: Daily averaged kinematic FBC-overflow flux (transport) in Sv

  • Time Coverage: 1995-11-13 to 2023-05-19

  • Record Length: 9,497 observations (27.5 years)

  • Sampling Frequency: daily

Citation:

Hansen, B., Húsgarð Larsen, K. M., Hátún, H., and Østerhus, S.: A stable Faroe Bank Channel overflow 1995–2015, Ocean Sci., 12, 1205–1220, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1205-2016, 2016.

Acknowledgement:

Funding for the in situ Faroe Bank Channel measurements is from the Environmental Research Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) 1993–1998, from national Nordic research councils, from the Danish DANCEA programme, and from the European Framework Programs, lately under grant agreement no. GA212643 (THOR) and under grant agreement no. 308299 (NACLIM).

Dataset Visualization

AMOC time series plot

Time series plot for FBC dataset.

Dataset Statistics

  • Total Variables: 1

  • Total Coordinates: 1

  • Dataset Size: 0.14 MB

Coordinate Information

The following table shows information about the dataset coordinates in the standardised version, including coordinate name remapping from the original, if any:

Coordinate

Description

Units

Size

Min Value

Max Value

Missing %

TIME

Time

datetime64[ns]

(9497,)

1995-11-13

2023-05-19

0.0%

Variable Information

The following table shows the mapping from original variable names to standardized names, along with key statistics for each variable.

Variable

Description

Units

Size

Min Value

Max Value

Missing %

Flux → TRANS_FBC

FBC Overflow: FBC Overflow transport time series

Sverdrup

(9497,)

0.50

4.86

0.0%

Metadata (edits applied noted)

The following metadata provides comprehensive information about this dataset:

  • Summary: FBC Overflow transport time series

  • Description*: FBC Overflow transport time series

  • Program*: FBC

  • Project*: B. Hansen et al.: A stable Faroe Bank Channel overflow

  • License*: None

  • Acknowledgment*: Funding for the in situ Faroe Bank Channel measurements is from the Environmental Research Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) 1993–1998, from national Nordic research councils, from the Danish DANCEA programme, and from the European Framework Programs, lately under grant agreement no. GA212643 (THOR) and under grant agreement no. 308299 (NACLIM).

  • Weblink*: https://envofar.fo/data/index.php?dir=Timeseries&sort=N&order=A

  • Data Product*: Daily averaged kinematic FBC-overflow flux (transport) in Sv

  • Time Coverage Start*: 1995-11-13

  • Time Coverage End*: 2023-05-19

  • Contributing Institutions*: Faroe Marine Research Institute (FAMRI)

  • Contributing Institutions Vocabulary: https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/3084

  • Contributing Institutions Role:

  • Conventions: CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, OceanSITES-1.5

  • featureType*: timeSeries

  • featureType_vocabulary: https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#_features_and_feature_types

  • Source File*: FBC_overflow_transport.txt

  • Source Path*: ~/AMOCatlas/data/FBC_overflow_transport.txt

  • Source Url*: https://envofar.fo/var/ftp/Timeseries/FBC_overflow_transport.txt

  • Date Modified: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

  • Processing Software: http://github.com/AMOCcommunity/amocatlas

  • Processing Version: v0.2.0

  • Processing Datasource*: fbc

  • Variable Mapping*: {‘Flux’: ‘TRANS_FBC’}

  • Original Variable Metadata*: [Complex metadata structure - 3 items]

  • Applied Variable Mapping: {‘Flux’: ‘TRANS_FBC’}

  • Variables To Remove*: Day, Month

  • Comment*: (Note: date_modified has been set to a canonical value for documentation generation to avoid git churn)