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Title: Temperature, salinity, and nutrient observations collected in the Mediterranean and Black Seas available as part of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS project (NODC Accession 0000996)
Abstract: The overall objective of the EU concerted action MEDAR/MEDATLAS (MAS3-CT98-0174 & ERBIC20-CT98-0103) was to make available a comprehensive data product of such multi-disciplinary in-situ data and information in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, through a wide co-operation of the Mediterranean and Black Sea countries.

PARAMETER NAME NB OF PROFILES
SEA TEMPERATURE 284946
PRACTICAL SALINITY 118509
DISSOLVED OXYGEN 44989
NITRATE (NO3-N) 10588
NITRITE (NO2-N) 10561
AMMONIUM 5301
SILICATE 15936
PHOSPHATE 20808
ALKALINITY 2548
PH 14548
CHLOROPHYLL-A TOTAL 4716
HYDROGEN SULPHIDE (H2S) 1843
TOTAL NITROGEN 153
TOTAL PHOSPORUS 2381
Date received: 20030421
Start date: 18890101
End date: 20031231
Seanames: Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
West boundary: -10
East boundary: -45
North boundary: 50
South boundary: 30
Observation types: biological, chemical, physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - MBT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, CTD
Datatypes: CHLOROPHYLL, CHLOROPHYLL A, NITRATE, NITRITE, NUTRIENTS, ORTHOSILICATE, OXYGEN - DISSOLVED GAS, phosphate, PHOSPHORUS - TOTAL, SALINITY, TEMPERATURE - WATER
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Ifremer
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects: MEDAR/MEDATLAS
Platforms:
Number of observations: 285879
Supplementary information: Multiple platforms & collecting institutions
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2003-04-23 14:22:57+00
Editdate: 2008-08-19 13:45:21+00