MEDAR/MEDATLAS DATABASE
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Country | France  |
| Project | MEDAR/MEDATLAS II(MEDAR/MEDATLAS II) |
| Time period | 1906 --> |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Mediterranee |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column; Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in the water column; Raw temperature and/or salinity instrument output; Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column |
| Instruments | Bathythermographs; discrete water samplers; CTD; thermistor chains |
| Description | |
| Summary | Compilation of the historical data of temperature, salinite and biochemical parameters collected in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (European MAST/INCO supporting initiative MAS3-CT98-0174 & ERBIC20-CT98-0103) |
| Originators | All-Russia Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, World Data Centre, National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (Rome) Cyprus Oceanography Center Department of Navigation and Hydrography and Oceanography, Turkish Navy ENEA Centro Ricerche, Frascati Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l Amenagement du Littoral Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Marine Hydrophysical Institute National Center for Marines Sciences National Institute of Fisheries Research National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Project Office for IODE University of Liège, GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research |
| References | MEDAR Group (2002) MEDATLAS/2002 database. Mediterranean and Black Sea database of temperature salinity and bio-chemical parameters. Climatological Atlas., IFREMER, 2002, 4 CDroms; IFREMER, NCMR-HNODC, IEO, SHOM, ICES (1997) MEDATLAS 1997 - Mediterranean Hydrological Atlas - A MAST Supporting Initiative (MAS2-CT93-0074), IFREMER, 12/1997, 3 CDroms |
| Data web site | http://www.ifremer.fr/medar/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | FICHAUT Michèle |
| Address | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Telephone | +33(0)2 98 22 46 43 |
| Facsimile | +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 |
| michele.fichaut@ifremer.fr | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Local identifier | MASMED |
| Global identifier | 4651 |
| Last revised | 2011-01-24 |
