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Title: | A Mediterranean and Black Sea oceanographic database and network |
Authors: | Maillard, Charles Fichaut, Michele Maudire, Gilbert Coatanoan, Christine Balopoulos, Efstathios Iona, Athanasia Lykiardopoulos, Angelos Karagevrekis, Pelopidas Beckers, Jean-Marie Rixen, Michael García, María Jesús Manca, Beniamino Bruno Giorgetti, Alessandra Mosetti, Renzo Mikhailov, Nickolaj Vyazilov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alexander Alexandrovich Puzova, Natalja Boukortt, Abdelkader Boudjellal, Benyahia Eddalia, Nabila Dooley, Harry Drago, Aldo El-Agami, Sherif Kortchev, Georgi Gertman, Isaac Tsehtik, Yan Lakkis, S. Manzella, Guiseppe Oliounine, Iouri Orbi, Abdellatif Larissi, Jamila Soukaina, Zizah Ozyalvac, Mustafa Berkay, F. Pinardi, Nadia Zavatarelli, Marco Suvorov, Alexander Khaliulin, Alexey George, Zodiatis Bilashvili, Kakhaber Savaneli, Z. Dadić, Vlado Diaconu, Vasile Gelfeld, Robert Sammari, Chérif |
Keywords: | Environmental monitoring -- Mediterranean Sea Oceanography -- Data processing Environmental monitoring -- Black Sea Exchange of oceanographic information |
Issue Date: | 2005-12 |
Publisher: | Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale |
Citation: | Maillard, C., Fichaut, M., Maudire, G., Coatanoan, C., Balopoulos, E., Iona, A.,...Sammari, C. (2005). A Mediterranean and Black Sea oceanographic database and network. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 46(4), 329-343. |
Abstract: | The basic characteristics of a large multi-parameter ocean database for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea are described. The database has been developed through close cooperation between National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) of IOC/UNESCO and specialized marine research institutes, within the framework of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS Concerted Action, supported by the European Union (EU). The data used in developing the database have been collected by about 150 scientific laboratories from 33 countries and consist of vertical profiles of in-situ temperature, salinity and bio-chemical parameters. In all, the database includes 285 879 qualified hydrographic stations of mechanical bathythermographs (MBT), expendable bathythermographs (XBT), CTDs and bottle casts. As regards the studied regions, these data increase (almost double) the volume of the ocean data made available to the user community greatly, when compared to earlier initiatives. They are published on a set of four Cd-roms, which include other products such as a Cruise Inventory, a Climatological Atlas of gridded numerical fields with vertical sections, maps (static and animated to illustrate the annual cycle), as well as, a selection and visualisation software. Although there are still some gaps before a complete data service can be provided, this important concerted action has contributed in developing data management standards and methods, in drawing attention to the necessity of acquiring professional data archiving systems and, finally, in increasing data and information circulation on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92752 |
ISSN: | 22395695 |
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