Dataset: NERC NSP
Datasets: NERC NSP
Summary
A comprehensive interdisciplinary dataset for one annual cycle (NERC NSP (North Sea Project)) was obtained during the period from August 1988 through to October 1989, by repeating the same cruise track in the southern North Sea at monthly intervals (Howarth et al. 1994). The measurements at over 100 locations were made during 15 consecutive months throughout the water column and near the major estuaries. The great variety of observed parameters can be seen from the publications of the results, e.g. Charnock et al. (1994). The data were partly included in the ERSEM, ICES and NOWESP dataset.
The NERC NSP dataset is the only one resolving the annual cycle on a monthly basis with substantial spatial coverage of the central and southern North Sea.
The NERC NSP data products are available as on CD-ROM by the British Oceanographic Data centre (BODC), which can be contacted via the internet ->BODC
For questions please contact ->Andreas Moll, Institut für Meereskunde, Hamburg, Germany.
References
Howarth, M.J., Dyer, K.R., Joint, I.R., Hydes, D.J., Purdie, D.A., Edmunds, H., Jones, J.E., Lowry, R.K., Moffat, T.J., Pomroy, A.J. and Proctor, R., 1994. Seasonal cycles and their spatial variability. In: H. Charnock et al. (Editors), Understanding the North Sea System. Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 5-25.
Charnock, H., Dyer, K.R., Huthnance, J.M., Liss, P.S., Simpson, J.H. and Tett, P.B. (Editors), 1994. Understanding the North Sea System. Chapman & Hall, London, 222 pp.