Acoustic data from the southern Baltic Sea (1997-2002)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Poland  |
| Time period | 1997 (Slupsk Furrow: 4-9 March; Gulf of Gdansk: 2-8 April, 11-17 September, 3-6 November); 1998 (Gulf of Gdansk: 11-14 March, 2-8 April, 1-5 September, 1-8 October); 1999 (Slupsk Furrow: 18-28 January; Gdansk Deep and Gulf of Gdansk: 3-16 April, 21-30 August, 21-26 September, 14-23 October, 18-24 November) 2000 (13-16 January, 12-17 March, 27-31 May, 18-25 October, 16-26 November); 2001 (6-9 March) 2002 (12-24 March) |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | The data set comprises measurements in the southern Baltic Sea: the Gulf of Gdansk, the Pomeranian Bight, the Slupsk Furrow and the Bornholm Basin. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Acoustic backscatter in the water column |
| Instruments | Current profilers; sidescan sonars; single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders |
| Description | |
| Summary | Acoustic measurements has been carried out at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences since 1997 and focused on: - species identification of plankton, fish and sea vegetation; - classification and identification of bottom sediments; - studies on hydrodynamical processes. |
| Originators | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Availability | Unknown |
| Contact | Marcin Wichorowski (Head of the Computer Centre and Data Bank) |
| Address | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Telephone | +48 58 5517281 |
| Facsimile | +48 58 551 21 30 |
| wichor@iopan.gda.pl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Institute of Meteorology and Water Management National Research Institute, Poland |
| Local identifier | 21009012 |
| Global identifier | 1692 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-07 |
