Hydrographic stations off NW Africa between Gibraltar and Cape Verde during the 1973 Cineca Project
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | 1973 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Marsden Squares 038 (76, 77, 78, 79, 86, 87, 88, 89, 96, 97, 98, 99) and 074 (06-19/73-99) and 110 (0-19), NW African coast |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Thermosalinographs; water temperature sensor |
| Description | |
| Summary | Data from 69 hydrographic stations sampled in the Canarian-Moroccan area during the February and August 1973 expeditions of the R/V 'Cornide de Saavedra'. Temperature and salinity from 0 to 1,000 metres were recorded with the purpose of studying the characteristics of the marine environment and the upwelling zone of the African coast near the Canary Islands. |
| Originators | IEO-CSIC, Balearic Islands Oceanographic Centre |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Alvaro Fernandez (Director) |
| Address | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Telephone | +34 91 5974443 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 974770 |
| director@md.ieo.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 8036012 |
| Global identifier | 2660 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-13 |
