SIMP - Slicks as Indicators for Marine Processes
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Country | Russian Federation  |
| Time period | From February 1998 till October 2006 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | North-East Atlantic Mediterranean Sea Baltic Sea Black Sea Azov Sea Caspian Sea Bering Strait Japan Sea Okhotsk Sea China Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Radar backscatter |
| Instruments | Satellite tracking system |
| Description | |
| Summary | The dataset comprises 82 images taken by different sensors and featuring anthropogenic and biogenic sea surface slicks of different origin and structure. The presence of slicks helps to reveal various biological and physical phenomena. |
| Originators | European Space Agency Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Data web site | http://simp.iki.rssi.ru |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Availability | No access |
| Contact | E.L.Sharkov (Head of department) |
| Address | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Telephone | +7 495 333 52 12 |
| Facsimile | +7 (495) 333-10-56 |
| esharkov@iki.rssi.ru | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | All-Russia Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, World Data Centre, National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) |
| Local identifier | 35007005 |
| Global identifier | 2487 |
| Last revised | 2010-01-27 |
