ICES MONITORING DATA SETS: Hydrology

1.) General description of the data set:

Bottle data of temperature and salinity in the Central Baltic Sea from different monitoring programs

2.) Created:

?

3.) Last update:

2008

4.) Keywords:

Hydrology, Central Baltic Sea, ICES

5.) Area:

Central Baltic Sea

6.) Spatial extension:

Latitude: 53.9N – 59.8N

Longitude: 13.5E – 22E

7.) Spatial resolution:

Horizontally: > 200 stations

Vertically: vertical profile from surface to bottom

8.) Time window:

01/1959 - 12/2008

9.) Temporal resolution:

In every season and year, 1- 40 stations where sampled (mostly as part of several monitoring programs from different countries)

10.) Data:

Temperature (° C) and salinity (psu) bottle data

11.) Reference to other data sets:

no

12.) Data quality (degree of validation):

Validated by ICES

13.) Where to find the data?

Data centre of ICES:

http://ices.dk/ocean/aspx/HydChem/HydChem.aspx

14.) Contact person:

ICES

Saskia Otto

Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science

Hamburg University

Gr. Elbstr. 133, D-22767 Hamburg, Germany

Email: Saskia.Otto@uni-hamburg.de