Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems - Belgium

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https://deims.org/e83a90a3-2fb4-49bc-8991-a1d5b017ae19

Basic Information

Site Name:

Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems

Short name :

Belgian coastal waters

Web Address:

Flanders Marine Institute

Country (Site Location):

Belgium

LTER Member Network:

Belgium (LTER-Belgium)

Subsite Name(s):

Simon Stevin Research Vessel - Belgium

VLIZ Marine Observatory - Belgium

VLIZ Thornton Bouy - Belgium

Contact: Site Manager:

Dre Cattrijsse

Klaas Deneudt

General Site Description:

The Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS) covers the most south-western part of the North Sea and is bordered by the English Channel to the south-west and by the central part of the North Sea to the north-east. The BPNS is mainly influenced by water from the ‘channel’ and from freshwater inputs from the Yzer and Scheldt. Long term data series are being collected for this site at different locations, making use of Thornthon Buoy, Simon Stevin Research vessel and an operational Marine Observatory that includes monthly surveys on the BPNS and an array of sensor networks.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

2002

Size :

345 400.00ha

Purpose of Site :

This site combines three subsites.

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Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 51.464833000000
Longitude: 2.704444000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

-36.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

0.00msl

Elevation - Average:

0.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

0.70°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

23.00°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

10.50°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

51.30mm

Precipitation Annual :

852.40mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

81.00mm

Biome :

Marine

GEO-BON Biome:

Marine

Coastal

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Coastal
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas

Biogeographic Region:

Atlantic

eLTER Parameters

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Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

ICOS
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LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_BE_10

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Master

Accreditation Status by LTER Member Network:

Accredited formal LTER facility

ExpeER Classification:

Highly Instrumented Observational Site

Protection Status and Resource Management

Zeerechtverdrag (UNCLOS)

75 - 100%

RAMSAR

0 - 25%

Kaderichtlijn water

75 - 100%

Kaderichtlijn Mariene strategie

75 - 100%

Habitatrichtlijngebieden

0 - 25%

Masterplan Noordzee

0 - 25%

Management of Resources :

Yes

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

75 - 100%

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Platform

Scale of Observation:

beyond catchment

Design of Observation:

only observation

Scale of Experiments:

beyond catchment scale

Design of Experiments:

mainly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

100-700 k

Accessible All Year :

All parts of Site Accessible:

Access Type:

boat

Permanent Power Supply:

Infrastructure:

Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Satellite
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Satellite
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Other transmission types
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Boat
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 4WD
Observation device › Marine Platform
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Relational database
Data infrastructure › Data storage › XML database
Data infrastructure › Data services › Other data services

Operation

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Site Visit Interval:

Every 1 days

Maintenance Interval:

Every 30 days

Data Management

General Data Policy:

Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers

Data Storage Location :

Central

Data Storage Format :

Relational Database

Spatial database (GIS)

XML Database

Data services :

Web Map Service (WMS)

Other data service

Data Request Format :

Online (Reference for access)

Data Notes:

rshiny interface

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