Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems - Belgium

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Site Name
Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems
Short name
Belgian coastal waters
Country
Belgium
Web Address
http://www.vliz.be
Operating Organisation
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Site Manager
Dre Cattrijsse
Klaas Deneudt
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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2025-01-07 11:01:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2002
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameteratmospheric parameterchlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivityphotosyntheticallyactiveradiationintensitysecchidepthsightdepthspecificconductivitywateraciditywatercontentwaterdepthwaterlevelwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencywatervelocitywatervolumesuspendedsolidstotalorganiccarbonwatersalinitycarbondioxideconcentration
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_10_004)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
ICOS✖ (http://meta.icos-cp.eu/resources/stations/OS_11SS)The affiliation of this site with "ICOS" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
OSPAR
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
300 km
100 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.464833 Longitude: 2.704444

Size
ca. 345400.00ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
-36.00msl
Elevation (max)
0.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Marine habitats (A)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.50°C
Precipitation Annual
852.40mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Marine Platform
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Other transmission types
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
1
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.