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VLIZ Thornton buoy 2018 CTD data
Citable as data publication
Gkritzalis, T; Theetaert, H; T'Jampens, M; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2023): VLIZ Thorton buoy 2018 CTD data. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/618

Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Archived raw data available. Contact data@vliz.be for more information.

Description

The Thornton measuring buoy is part of the oceanographic component of ICOS Belgium (The Integrated Carbon Observation System), it carries sensors for both LifeWatch and ICOS. Management is organized as part of ICOS, an established and landmark European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) delivering high quality observations of greenhouse gases in all environmental domains. 

The buoy collects data at approximately 30 minutes frequency and is regularly maintained and calibrated by VLIZ. This dataset includes the 2018 CTD data. Sensors were calibrated pre and post deployment and the analysis of the data alongside the calibrations suggest that no data corrections were needed. 


Scope
Themes:
Physical > Hydrography (e.g. T,S) - near surface only, Water composition > Dissolved gases
Keywords:
Belgian part of the North Sea

Geographical coverage
Belgian part of the North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
14 February 2018 - 8 January 2019

Parameters
Conductivity Methodology
Dissolved Oxygen concentration Methodology
Pressure Methodology
Salinity Methodology
Sea surface temperature
Conductivity: CTD measurements
Dissolved Oxygen concentration: CTD measurements
Pressure: CTD measurements
Salinity: CTD measurements

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moreprincipal investigatordata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
ICOS and LifeWatch observatory data: buoy data, more

Project
LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu, more
ICOS: Integrated Carbon Observing System, more


Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2023-07-18
Information last updated: 2023-08-08
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy