Dataset Information

Dataset Name: Cruise 1987-03
Start: 30/01/1987
Finish: 12/02/1987
Number of stations: 51
Platform: R/V Bilim-2 (Bilim - 89BL - before 2006)
Port of Departure: Istanbul
Port of Return: Mersin

Cheif scientist: Prof. Temel Oguz, IMS METU, Turkey
Investigators:
    Prof. Ozden Basturk, IMS METU, Turkey
    Ali Cengiz, IMS METU, Turkey
    Zeki Karabulut, IMS METU, Turkey
    Prof. Cemal Saydam, IMS METU, Turkey

Objectives: Scientific investigations of mixing and transport of wastewater discharges in Turkish straits and Sea of Marmara; scientific researches within NATO Izmit project and National Monitoring Programme in the Sea of Marmara
Associated project(s): ISKI, NATO IZMIT, Marmara Ulusal proje
Description:

Parameters list: DOW, Hg/SW, HM, NO2-N, NO3-N+NO2-N, PO4, TOC, Total Chl-a, TPH, TSS, Density, Salinity, Temperature, ITS-90

PI	ICES Data Type	Number	Unit
Prof. Temel Oguz	CTD stations	50
	Nitrite	1
	Other chemical oceanographic measurements	1
	Other contaminant measurements	1
	Oxygen	1
	Oxygen	50
	Petroleum residues	1
	Phosphate	1
	Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, pheophytin, fluorescence)	1
	Suspended matter	1
	Thermosalinograph	50
	Trace elements	1

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

Data availability (SDN code): RS
Storage medium: ASCII files, Excell worksheets

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: 20/11/2008