Kattegat, Belt Sea and Sound - 6 sites

Electrical conductivity of the water column; Raw current meter output parameters; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); River flow and discharge; Temperature of the water column; Skin temperature of the water column; Temperature variation in the water column; Turbulence in the water column; Raw temperature and/or salinity instrument output

The current - and at selected locations also temperature and salinity - are recorded at some sites in the Great Belt and the Sound. Several depths between the sea surface and the sea bottom are covered. The oceanographic stations are established near fixed light houses or bridge piers. Drogden Lighthouse (The Sound) - established 1995 Lighthouse W26 (The Great Belt) - established 1995 Lighthouse E28 (The Great Belt) - established 1995 Westbridge (The Great Belt) - established 1996, discontinued 2000 Faroe Bridge - established 1996, discontinued 2003 The data are transferred in real time to the data holder.

Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography, Oceanographic Department




Denmark