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BELGICA Underway data set (since 1984)
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (Ostend) |
Country | Belgium |
Time period | From 1984 onwards |
Ongoing | Yes |
Geographical area | North East Atlantic, primarily Southern North Sea |
Observations | |
Parameters | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Metadata parameters; Date and time; Bathymetry and Elevation |
Description | |
Summary | The RV Belgica underway data set comprises all data gathered with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) aboard the RV Belgica. The standard data acquisition rate evolved from 10 minutes (1984-1986) to 10 seconds (from 1996 on). The stored parameters are: navigational and position parameters, bathymetric data, meteorological data, hydrological data. Together with the parameter values information about the data quality are stored. |
Originators | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend |
Availability | |
Organisation | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (Ostend) |
Availability | SeaDataNet licence |
Contact | Scory Serge (Ir) |
Address | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre |
Telephone | 02/773.21.11 |
Facsimile | 02/7706972 |
bmdc@mumm.ac.be | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) |
Local identifier | 11010011 |
Global identifier | 992 |
Last revised | 2015-09-02 |