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EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name
XBT stations collected in the Ionian Sea (SINAPSI-3 '99) during SINAPSI Project
Data Holding Centre
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Time Period
1998, December, 28 to 1999, Jannuary, 18 .
Start Date
1998-01-01
End Date
1999-12-31
Project
Seasonal, INterannual and decAdal variability of atmosPere, oceanS and related marIne ecosystems

Geographic Area

Geocoverage
Ionian Sea between CTD data to increase the spatial sampling resolution
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)
34, 15, 23, 39
Sea Area
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea

Observations

Parameters
Temperature of the water column
Instruments
bathythermographs

Description

Summary
Low resolution XBT vertical profiles were visually inspected to eliminate spikes and then averaged over 1 dbar pressure intervals. At every XBT launching location the SST has been measured by an ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer.
Originator
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
References
"Unesco 1994, Calculation of new depth equations for expendable bathythermographs using a temperature-error-free method, TP in Marine Science 67." 1994-06-01, unknown, unknown

Availability

Availability
by negotiation
Organization
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Contact
Mosetti R.
Address
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Sgonico (Trieste)
34010
Italy
rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it
http://www.ogs.trieste.it/

Administration

Local identifier
1091
Creation Date
2014-10-02
Revision Date
2012-02-03