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MEDAR MEDATLAS DATABASE: Temperature, salinity, and nutrient observations collected in the Mediterranean and Black Seas as part of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS project, 1889-2000 (NCEI Accession 0000996)

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The MEDAR MEDATLAS DATABASE provides data and information compiled during the MEditerranean Data Archaeology and Rescue (MEDAR) MEDATLAS II project and Inventory of hydrological oceanographic cruises carried out in the Mediterranean and Black Sea between 1889 and 2000.

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.
  • Cite as: MEDAR Group (2003). MEDAR MEDATLAS DATABASE: Temperature, salinity, and nutrient observations collected in the Mediterranean and Black Seas as part of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS project, 1889-2000 (NCEI Accession 0000996). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000996. Accessed [date].
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Distribution Formats
  • MEDATLAS (Version: 2002)
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
ncei.info@noaa.gov
Time Period 1889-03-17 to 2000-12-14
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -14.62
East: 41.8
South: 30.38
North: 46.73
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2003-04-23
  • revision: 2022-01-03
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
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 PHOSPHORUS 2381
Purpose 1. to compile and safeguard historical data, with special attention to the East and South regions and the coastal areas, most of these data being regularly collected by the Mediterranean bordering countries in the frame of national regional or international programmes, and occasionally by a few other countries; 2. to make 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; 3. to prepare and disseminate qualified value added products by using efficient gridding and mapping methodology; 4. to enhance communication between data managers and scientists to improve the data circulation.
Use Limitations
  • accessLevel: Public
  • Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: MEDAR Group (2003). MEDAR MEDATLAS DATABASE: Temperature, salinity, and nutrient observations collected in the Mediterranean and Black Seas as part of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS project, 1889-2000 (NCEI Accession 0000996). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000996. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
  • MEDAR Group
Collaborators
Contributors
Resource Providers
Publishers
Acknowledgments
  • European Commission MAST Program (MAS3-CT98-0174 & ERBIC20-CT98-0103)
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: MEDAR Group (2003). MEDAR MEDATLAS DATABASE: Temperature, salinity, and nutrient observations collected in the Mediterranean and Black Seas as part of the MEDAR/MEDATLAS project, 1889-2000 (NCEI Accession 0000996). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000996. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints
  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees
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Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps
  • 2003-04-23T14:22:57Z - NCEI Accession 0000996 v1.1 was published.
  • 2022-01-03T13:26:16Z - NCEI Accession 0000996 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets
Lineage information for: repository
Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • bathythermograph - MBT
  • bathythermograph - XBT
  • bottle
  • CTD
Platform
  • 30 DECEMBER
  • ACARTIA
  • ADELAIS
  • AEGAEO
  • AEGLI
  • AELITA
  • AIRCRAFT
  • AKADEMIK A. KOVALEVSKIY
  • AKADEMIK ALEKSANDR NESMEYANOV
  • AKADEMIK ALEKSANDR VINOGRADOV
  • AKADEMIK KNIPOVICH
  • AKADEMIK KURCHATOV
  • AKADEMIK M.A. LAVRENTYEV
  • AKADEMIK MSTISLAV KELDYSH
  • AKADEMIK NIKOLAY STRAKHOV
  • AKADEMIK PETROVSKIY
  • AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV
  • AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV
  • AKADEMIK SHOKALSKIY
  • AKADEMIK VERNADSKIY
  • ALBACORA
  • ALBATROSS
  • ALMEIDA CARVALHO
  • ALMIRANTE LOBO
  • Amalthee
  • AMIRAL MOUCHEZ
  • ANDIOPI
  • ANDRIJA MOHOROVICIC
  • ANEMOS
  • ANNABELLA
  • APOLLON
  • ARAGO
  • ARGO
  • ARGUS
  • ARIEL
  • ARMAUER HANSEN
  • ARSHINCEVO
  • ATLANTNIRO
  • ATOLL III
  • AVERROES
  • AVRA
  • AYTODOR
  • BANNOCK
  • BIBI
  • BILIM
  • BIOS
  • BORHA II
  • C. J. DOYLE
  • CALYPSO
  • CANDARLI
  • CAP CANAILLE
  • CAPRICORNE
  • CARSAMBA
  • CATHERINE LAURENCE
  • CHALLENGER
  • CHARIF AL IDRISSI
  • CHAUVENET
  • CHELEKEN
  • CHERNOMOR
  • CHERNOMORETZ
  • CICLOPE
  • CINCO DE OUTUBRO
  • CIROLANA
  • CITY OF DUBLIN
  • COLUMBUS CANTERBURY
  • COMINO
  • COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD
  • CORAL SEA
  • CORNIDE DE SAAVEDRA
  • CREON
  • CUBUKLU
  • D'ENTRECASTEAUX
  • DAMPIER
  • DANA
  • DANA
  • DECTRA
  • DMITRIY MENDELEYEV
  • DMITRIY STEFANOV
  • DONETZ
  • EDT ARGONAUT
  • EKLIPTIKA
  • EL IDRISSI
  • ELIE MONNIER
  • ELSK
  • ERNST KRENKEL
  • EXCELSIOR
  • EXPERIMENT
  • FADDEY BELLINGSGAUSEN
  • FIOLENT
  • FIXED PLATFORM OF FRANCE
  • FIXED PLATFORM OF SPAIN
  • FIXED PLATFORMS OF SPAIN
  • FLORA
  • FLYING ENTERPRISE
  • FRANCESCO VERCELLI
  • FRANCISCO DE PAULA NAVARRO
  • FRIEDRICH HEINCKE
  • GALS
  • GENERAL ARSHCHINTSEV
  • GEORGES PETIT
  • GEORGIY USHAKOV
  • GEROI KERCHI
  • GIDROGRAF
  • GIDROLOG
  • GIDROOPTIK
  • GONETS
  • GORIZONT
  • GRIGORY LEZHAVA
  • GROT
  • GS-59
  • HAZVI
  • HELLAND HANSEN
  • HESPERIDES
  • IBN SINA
  • ICHTHYS
  • IGNAT PAVLYUCHENKOV
  • IHTIOLOG
  • INGUL
  • IOANNIS
  • ISABELLA
  • JAFUDA CRESQUES
  • JEAN CHARCOT
  • JOB HA ZELIAN
  • JOHAN HJORT
  • KARA-DAG
  • KERCHENSKIY KOMSOMOLETS
  • KERCHENSKIY RABOCHIY
  • KIEV
  • KOMETA GALLEYA
  • KONSTANTIN BOLDYRYEV
  • KONTAKT
  • KONTUR
  • KOROTNEFF
  • KOVALEVSKY
  • KRISTALL
  • KRUZENSHTERN
  • KUMACHEVO
  • KUNCETTA
  • L'ATALANTE
  • L'EMPORTE
  • L'EUROPE
  • L. F. MARSILI
  • LACAZE DUTHIERS
  • LAG
  • LE NOROIT
  • Le Passeur Du Printemps
  • LE RUSE
  • LE SUROIT
  • LIPA
  • LUCH
  • LYNCH
  • M. S. BENYAHIA
  • MAMELUCK
  • MANOS
  • MAREA NEAGRA
  • MARIA PAOLINA G.
  • MARION DUFRESNE
  • MARISKA
  • MARLIN
  • MECHELEN
  • MECHNIKOV
  • MERAK
  • MESAHA 1
  • MESAHA 2
  • METEOR
  • METHANE POLAR
  • MEVOOT YAM
  • MGLA
  • MICHAEL SARS
  • MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV
  • MIKLUKHO MAKLAY
  • MINERVA
  • MOKSHA
  • MOWE
  • MULTIPLE SHIPS OF EGYPT
  • MULTIPLE SHIPS OF YUGOSLAVIA
  • MUSSON
  • MYS OSTROVSKOGO
  • NAJADE
  • NAUCRATES
  • NAUKA
  • NEPTUN
  • NEREI
  • NIOVI
  • NISSAYAN
  • NM 112
  • NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell
  • NRV ALLIANCE
  • NS 116
  • NUNEZ DE BALBOA
  • ODON DE BUEN
  • OKEAN
  • OKHTA
  • OKINAWA
  • OLEANDER
  • ONDINA
  • ORIGNY
  • OSIPENKO
  • OWEN
  • PAMYAT MERKUTYA
  • PANAGIOTIS
  • PASSAT
  • PATRIOT
  • PERVOYE MAYA
  • PESCADOR
  • PIOTR LEBEDEV
  • PLANET
  • POISKOVIK
  • PORYV
  • POSEIDON
  • POURQUOI PAS
  • PREDVODNIK
  • PRESIDENT T. TISSIER
  • PRIBOY
  • PRILIV
  • PRINCESA VICTORIA
  • PRINCESS ALICE
  • PRINCESSA MARISSA
  • PRINCIPE ALBERTO DE MONACO
  • PROFESSOR BOGOROV
  • PROFESSOR KOLESNIKOV
  • PROFESSOR VODYANITSKIY
  • PROGNOZ
  • R/V Atlantis
  • R/V Atlantis
  • R/V GARCIA DEL CID
  • R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON
  • RALEIGH BAY
  • RAZVEDCHIKI
  • REIKA
  • RIFT
  • RRS Discovery II
  • RV Clione
  • RV Professor Khromov
  • RV Tyro
  • RV Vladimir Parshin
  • S. JORGE
  • SABRINA
  • SALAMMBO
  • SALVADOR CORREIA
  • SALVATORE LO BIANCO
  • SEA PREMIER
  • SEA-LAND ACHIEVER
  • SEA-LAND PACIFIC
  • SEGURA
  • SEMEN VOLKOV
  • SENTINEL
  • SETA III
  • SEVASTOPOLSKIY RYBAK
  • SEVEN BROS
  • SHIKMONA
  • SHKVAL
  • SKIF
  • SRTM Srednyaya Kosa
  • SRTR
  • SUFFREN
  • TAIFUN
  • TANCHE
  • TANTAL
  • TAYLOR
  • TEMERAIRE
  • TEXAS CLIPPER
  • THALASSA
  • THALASSA
  • THETIS
  • THOR
  • THREE BROS
  • TOFINO
  • TREPANG
  • TRITON
  • TSHCH-810
  • TSIKLON
  • Téthys II
  • UMBERTO D'ANCONA
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF BELGIUM
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FRANCE
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF GREECE
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF ITALY
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF TURKEY
  • URAGAN
  • URANIA
  • USNS BARTLETT
  • USNS CHAIN
  • USNS Kane
  • USNS Silas Bent
  • USS AMERICA
  • USS AUBREY FITCH
  • USS Bainbridge
  • USS BARNEY
  • USS BELKNAP
  • USS BIDDLE
  • USS C. V. RICKETTS
  • USS CAPODANNO
  • USS CONYNGHAM
  • USS Dahlgren
  • USS Davidson
  • USS De Wert
  • USS Dewey
  • USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
  • USS FARRAGUT
  • USS FORRESTAL
  • USS Gallery
  • USS Harry E. Yarnell
  • USS Herald
  • USS J. HANCOCK
  • USS J. RODGERS
  • USS KAUFFMAN
  • USS Luce
  • USS Macdonough
  • USS MCINERNEY
  • USS Mission Santa Ynez
  • USS MISSISSIPPI
  • USS MOINESTER
  • USS MOOSBRUGGER
  • USS O'Bannon
  • USS PAUL
  • USS Peterson
  • USS Philippine Sea
  • USS Preble
  • USS Robert G. Bradley
  • USS SAMPSON
  • USS Samuel B. Roberts
  • USS Scott
  • USS SELLERS
  • USS SEMMES
  • USS SIMPSON
  • USS SOUTH CAROLINA
  • USS SPRUANCE
  • USS STARK
  • USS Stephen W. Groves
  • USS Stump
  • USS T. C. HART
  • USS TATTNALL
  • USS Theodore Roosevelt
  • USS Thomas S. Gates
  • USS THORN
  • USS Ticonderoga
  • USS TRUETT
  • USS VIRGINIA
  • USS VOGE
  • USS VREELAND
  • USS Wainwright
  • USS YARNALL
  • USS YELLOWSTONE
  • USS Yorktown
  • VALDIVIA
  • VALETTA
  • VARVARA
  • VIDAL
  • VIKHR
  • VILA VELEBITA
  • VITYAZ
  • VITYAZ
  • Vladimir Vorobyev
  • VOLNA
  • VOLNA
  • VSEVOLOD BERYEZKIN
  • VYDVIZHENETZ
  • WILLEBROD SNELLIUS
  • WINNARETTA SINGER
  • WYMAN
  • XAUEN
  • YAKOV GAKKEL
  • YUNAYA SMENA
  • ZAPOROZHETZ
  • ZENOBE GRAMME
  • ZHELEZNYAKOV
  • ZHELEZNYY POTOK
  • ZODIAK
  • ZVEZDA
  • ВИКТОР БУГАЕВ (VICTOR BUGAEV, VIKTOR BUGAYEV)
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