MEDAR/MEDATLAS II - Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue of Temperature, Salinity and Bio-chemical Parameters

The MEDAR/MEDATLAS II project has produced a comprehensive data product of multi-disciplinary in-situ observations and information covering the Mediterranean and Black Sea, through a wide co-operation of data management centres.

The project has compiled and rescued historical data, especially in the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean, and includes data sets from the coastal areas. It has made available comparable and compatible data sets of temperature, salinity, oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, total nitrogen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, H2S, pH, alkalinity, chlorophyll-a profiles by using a common protocol for formatting and quality checking. Qualified value added products using efficient gridding and mapping methodology have been prepared and disseminated. The project has enhanced communication between data managers and scientists to improve the data circulation and contributed to develop a regional capacity for scientific and operational programmes, by enhancing the existing data management structures through training in data qualifying, processing, mapping and archiving.

 

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