Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1999-04
Start: 03/10/1999
Finish: 20/10/1999
Number of stations: 90
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Istanbul

Cheif scientist: Dr. Sukru Besiktepe, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Dr. Sengul Besiktepe, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Dilek Ediger, IMS METU, Turkey
    Dr. Kam Wing Tang
    Elif Eker, IMS METU, Turkey
    Adil Sozer, IMS METU, Turkey
    Murat Telli, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific researches if framework of TUBITAK, AFP, and NATO SFP projects
Associated project(s): TUBITAK, AFP, NATO SFP
Description:

Parameters list: DOW, NH4, NO2-N, NO3-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, pH, Phaeo, PO4, Si, Total Chl-a, TPH, TSS, Beam Transmission, Chelsea/SeaTech, FLUO, Density, Salinity, Sea currents, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Dr. Sukru Besiktepe	Ammonia	21
	CTD Stations	90
	Nitrate	13
	Nitrite	24
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	47
	Other contaminant measurements	10
	Other dissolved gases	1
	Oxygen	22
	Oxygen	90
	pH	17
	Phosphate	47
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	27
	Replicate Si?	43
	Silicate	43
	Suspended matter	17
	Thermosalinograph	90

Instruments: Seabird 9/11, Nansen bottles, ADCP, plankton nets
Instrument types (L05 code): CTD profilers, discrete water samplers, current profilers, plankton nets, fluorometers

Data availability (SDN code): RS
Storage medium: ASCII files, Excell worksheets, CODAS Database, Black Sea Database

Provider: Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
Address: P.O.Box 28
Post Code: 33731
City: Erdemli, Icel
Country: Turkey
Tel.: +90-3245212150
Fax: +90-3245212327
E-mail: admin@ims.metu.edu.tr
Contact person: Ahmet E. Kideys
Contact e-mail: kideys@ims.metu.edu.tr

Last update: 12/02/2009