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BASIS - A Data Bank for the Baltic Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperatures (1963-1980)
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Country | Finland |
Time period | 1963-1980 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | The Baltic Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak and Lake Vaenern |
Observations | |
Parameters | Snow and ice mass, thickness and extent |
Instruments | Observers |
Description | |
Summary | The data bank contains digital information on ice conditions in the Baltic Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak and Lake Vaenern through the ice seasons 1963/1964 - 1979/1980. The data are given in a geographical grid. The size of each grid cell is 30 min. along parallels and 15 min. along meridians, which gives a square of ca. 28x28 km at the latitude of 60 ° N. The temporal frequency is two ice charts per week which gives a total of ca. 60 charts for each season. |
Originators | Finnish Institute of Marine Research Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
Availability | |
Organisation | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Availability | Unrestricted |
Contact | Ari Seinä (head of group) |
Address | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Telephone | +358 9 19296440 |
Facsimile | +3589179581 |
ari.seina@fmi.fi | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Finnish Institute of Marine Research |
Local identifier | 19001011 |
Global identifier | 2048 |
Last revised | 2009-11-24 |