North Sea Climatology

Hydrographic:

This is the first version (1.0) of a hydrographic climatology for the region 47 to 65 °N, 15 °W to 15 °E. It contains monthly and yearly mean temperature and salinity data at 179 depth levels on a 0.25° x 0.5° latitude-longitude grid in the period 1890 to 2011. For the calculation of the means all available temperature and salinity data from water sample, CTD, and float measurements in this period were selected from the World Ocean Database 2009, the ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) data base, and the BSH data base, rejecting double stations. The derived data base consisted of about 735,000 stations.

The original profiles of temperature and salinity were interpolated on 179 depth levels. There was no interpolation if the gap between two measurements in the original profile was too large. The data were then sorted in 0.25° x 0.5° latitude-longitude boxes.

Atmospheric:

This is the first version (1.0) of a meteorological climatology for the region 47 to 65 °N, 15 °W to 15 °E. It contains monthly mean air temperature, air pressure, dew point, relative humidity and windspeed data on a 1° x 1° latitude-longitude grid in the period 1950 to 2010. For the calculation of the means all available data from voluntary ship observations and buoys measurements in this period provided quality controlled by the DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst) were taken.

Data citations:

Hydrographic: Manfred Bersch, Viktor Gouretski, Remon Sadikni (2013): The hydrographic climatology of the North Sea and surrounding regions, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg

Atmospheric: Remon Sadikni, Manfred Bersch, Annika Jahnke-Bornemann (2013): The meteorolgical climatology of the North Sea and surrounding regions, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg

 
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. North Sea Climatology. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8e1efdfe-6346-43d8-8f5e-da1c3849dce1

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Date ( Creation )
2013-04-18

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Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Regional climatology
Keywords ( Place )
  • North Sea
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Quality controlled data
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Reference data base
Keywords
  • KLIWAS
Use limitation
Klimatologische Untersuchungen
Access constraints
Copyright
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Grid
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
Unique resource identifier
Codespace
North Sea
Version
1.0
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OnLine resource
http://www.bsh.de/de/Meeresdaten/Beobachtungen/Klima-Anpassungen/Datenblatt/Nordsee-Klimatologie_factSheet.pdf  
OnLine resource
http://icdc.zmaw.de/knsc_meterologic.html  
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http://icdc.zmaw.de/knsc_hydrographic.html  

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File identifier
8e1efdfe-6346-43d8-8f5e-da1c3849dce1   XML
Metadata language
English
Parent identifier
North Sea Climatology
Hierarchy level
Model
Date stamp
2013-09-16
Metadata standard name
INSPIRE

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