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HYMEDIS: Hydro-meteo information for the Belgian Coast and Voordelta.
Contact: Beheer en exploitatieteam Schelderadarketen (VTS-SCHELDT-BET), more

Availability: Commercially available
A charge significantly exceeding the cost of data collection and delivery is made for usage of the data

Description
Hymedis is a distribution centre for hydro-meteo information located in Vlissingen (The Netherlands). more

Hymedis is a distribution centre for hydro-meteo information located in Vlissingen. Two monitoring networks (Vlaamse banken and Zege) send up-to-date information on water level, wind, current, etc. to this centre on a continual basis. This information is processed and via wireless and fixed communication offered to the pilots, official vessels and quay stations active in the area. This information can be consulted using various end-applications (WAP, ECDIS-Tresco viewer, Fixed map, HYDROMEDIS board unit).

Scope
Themes:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Marine meteorology, Oceanographic geographical features, Shipping, Ships, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2002 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Chlorine (Cl)
Current direction
Current flow
Current velocity water
Swell
Temperature in water
Visibility
Water level

Contributors
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; Directoraat-Generaal Water (DGW), moredata owner
Administratie Waterwegen en Zeewezen (AWZ), moredata owner
Inno.com cva (Inno), moredata manager
VTS-SCHELDT Gemeenschappelijk Nautisch Beheer; Beheer en exploitatieteam Schelderadarketen (BET), more

Related datasets
Source datasets:
Monitoring Network Flemish Banks, more
Monitoring network Zeeuwse tidal waters (ZEGE), part. Westerschelde: water level and meteo, more

Project
HYMEDIS: Schelderadarketen: HYdro, MEteo DIStributie, more

URLs
Dataset information:
Other:

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10
Information last updated: 2015-11-26
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy