A comprehensive data base which includes all data collected in the FANS study area during the project life. The study area covered the continental shelf stretch comprised between Cape Salou and the Columbretes Islands (NW Mediterranean). Data were obtained between October 1996 and July 1998. Copies of the project data base are available as ASCII files on CD Rom at request.
Data files included in the FANS Data Base CDs:
a) Cruise data
- CTD/Oxygen/Fl/Tr profiles
- Water sample data (Oxygen, nutrients, Chlorophyll)
- ADCP current profiles
- Drifter trajectories
- Other miscellaneous data
- Meta-information
b) Time series (from deployed)
- Meteo data
- Currents at single depths
- ADCP current profiles
- OBS at single depths
- Other miscellaneous data
- Meta-information
Potential applications:
Coastal zone monitoring impact assessment studies, pollution control decision-making, design of engineering works.
Potential uses:
Coastal zone management authorities companies, engineering companies, research institutes.