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Monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
Country | Turkey |
Time period | 31/10/1985 - present |
Ongoing | Yes |
Geographical area | Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean |
Observations | |
Parameters | Bacteria environmental parameters; Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material; Air temperature; Cloud cover height and extent; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Other physical and chemical properties of suspended particulate material; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Wind strength and direction; Raw fluorometer output; Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column; Particulate metal concentrations in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Redox potential in sediment; Secchi disk depth; Density of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column; Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies; Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column; Acoustic backscatter in the water column; Wave height estimates; Concentration of organic matter in water bodies; Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column; Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column; Particulate trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Atmospheric visibility and transparency; Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material; Bathymetry and Elevation |
Instruments | CTD; plankton nets; discrete water samplers; pH sensors; elemental analysers; titrators; spectrophotometers; transmissometers; active fluorometers |
Description | |
Summary | Number of stations: 3533 |
Originators | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
Availability | |
Organisation | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
Availability | Organisation |
Contact | Prof.Dr. Ferit Bingel (Director) |
Address | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
Telephone | +90 324 5212406 |
Facsimile | +90 (324) 5212327 |
bingel@ims.metu.edu.tr | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
Local identifier | 40001001 |
Global identifier | 1545 |
Last revised | 2009-03-04 |