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MIDAS: Marine Information and Data Acquisition System: Underway & Cruise data [Marien Informatie en Data Acquisitie Systeem: Underway & Cruise data]
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Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); (2017): Marine Information and Data Acquisition System: Underway & Cruise data. https://doi.org/10.14284/539
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Description
MIDAS stands for Marine Information and Data Acquisition System. This suite of programs was developed at Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) to plan the cruises of the RV Zeeleeuw, to register the research activities during these cruises and to capture navigational, metereological and oceanographic parameters while underway. more

VLIZ supports scientists and administrations by collecting, checking, integrating and re-distributing operational data. Data measurements can take place with VLIZ equipment or equipment from third parties. In the easiest case, instruments are used with the software that has been supplied by the deliverer. In other cases, applications will be developed to automate the whole. Besides this, databases and web applications will be developed to compile and to re-distribute the data. If relevant, the data will also be delivered to international organisations.
  • Underway data Zeeleeuw: these are data that are generated through the continuous measure system on board of the Zeeleeuw. A total of 15 parameters come from 6 different instruments.
  • Cruise data Zeeleeuw: these are the data that are imported during a cruise and come from scientists and Zeeleeuw crew.
  • Casts and deployments: data that are collected with the CTD’s, LISST and ADCP. These instruments are used for depth profiles (casts) or to last into the water for a longer period.

Scope
Themes:
Physical > Currents - drift - dispersion - tracers, Physical > Hydrography (e.g. T,S)
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, In situ measurements, Meteorological data, Navigational tables, Oceanographic data, Oceanographic geographical features, Shipboard analysis, Ships logbooks, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 8 January 2001 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Atmospheric humidity
Atmospheric pressure
Chlorophyll Methodology
Conductivity Methodology
Current velocity water Methodology
Dissolved oxygen (O2) Methodology
Salinity Methodology
Temperature in water Methodology
Transparency Methodology
Turbidity Methodology
Wind direction
Wind speed
Chlorophyll: Fluorimeter
Conductivity: CTD
CTD type: SBE-19 (www.seabird.com); depth profiles of temperature and salinity equipped with a OBS probe for relative turbidity measurements
Current velocity water: ADCP
Dissolved oxygen (O2): YSI-85 probe
Salinity: CTD
CTD type: SBE-19 (www.seabird.com); depth profiles of temperature and salinity equipped with a OBS probe for relative turbidity measurements
Temperature in water: CTD
CTD type: SBE-19 (www.seabird.com); depth profiles of temperature and salinity equipped with a OBS probe for relative turbidity measurements
Transparency: Secchi disk
Turbidity: LISST-100

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developerdata creatordata owner
Hernandez, Francisco
Cattrijsse, André
T'Jampens, Michiel

Related datasets
Child datasets:
LifeWatch Cruise 21-870: Trip 4079
LifeWatch Cruise 21-980: Trip 4096
LifeWatch, APELAFICO Cruise 21-810: Trip 4070

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10
Information last updated: 2022-07-01
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy