Ferry Box
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 2002 |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Portsmouth to Bilboa, Liverpool to Belfast, Cruxhaven to Harwich, Southampton to Cowes |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Raw fluorometer output; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Fluorometers; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors |
| Description | |
| Summary | The European FerryBox Project is a multi-disciplinary research and development project to qualify and foster routine underway measurements from ferry boats to better monitor the environmental conditions of European Seas |
| Originators | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Data web site | http://www.ferrybox.com/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Director |
| Address | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Telephone | +44 23 8059 6666 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1017022 |
| Global identifier | 278 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-15 |