Turkish National Oceanographic Data Inventory
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
| Country | Turkey  |
| Project | Establishement of the Turkish Oceanographic Data Center: First phase: Creating oceanographic data base inventory(ULOKBIM) |
| Time period | 15/12/1954 - 10/11/2001 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Izmit Bay, Lake Van |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Metadata parameters |
| Instruments | Wave recorders; sea level recorders; fluorometers; current profilers; CTD; single-beam echosounders; plankton nets; pelagic trawl nets; discrete water samplers; salinity sensor; unconsolidated sediment corers; transmissometers; current meters |
| Description | |
| Summary | The Inventory contains basic Turkish oceanographic metadata about data collected by 8 main Turkish institutes dealing with marine sciences. Inventory covers the period between 1960 and present. A web based user interface developed to easily handle and search the metadata. |
| Originators | Aegean University, Faculty of Fisheries Department of Navigation and Hydrography and Oceanography, Turkish Navy Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Science and Technology Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Marine Sciences Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Data web site | http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/inventory/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| 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 | 40001015 |
| Global identifier | 1559 |
| Last revised | 2009-02-24 |
