Black Sea climatological data sets
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Bulgaria  |
| Time period | 1991 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | The data include the whole Black Sea Region |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Precipitation and evaporation; Temperature of the water column; Wind stress and shear; Salinity of the water column; Heat fluxes between the water column and the atmosphere |
| Description | |
| Summary | The Black Sea climatological data have been prepared using almost all available data sources together with some model simulations. The grid is 1/9 deg.(zonal) x 1/12 deg.(meridional) degree - 133 x 76 grid points for 12 months. Start point (1,1) has coordinates 27.38E, 40.45N |
| Originators | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| References | Staneva J, Stanev E.V (1998) Oceanic response to atmospheric forcing derived from different climatic datasets. Intercomparison study for the Black Sea., Oceanol.Acta 21, 393-417; Staneva J, Stanev E.V (2002) Water mass formation in the Black Sea during 1991-1995., J.Mar.Sys, 32, 199-218 |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Availability | SeaDataNet licence |
| Contact | Kiril Slavov (Data manager) |
| Address | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Telephone | +359 2 4624611 |
| Facsimile | +359 2 9880380 |
| kiril.slavov@meteo.bg | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre , Institute of Oceanology |
| Local identifier | BLACKSEACLIMATE_1991 |
| Global identifier | 5404 |
| Last revised | 2011-03-21 |
