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Data description paper |
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Twenty-one years of hydrological data acquisition in the Mediterranean Sea: quality, availability, and research
Alberto Ribotti
Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS) of CNR, 09170 Oristano, Italy
Roberto Sorgente
Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS) of CNR, 09170 Oristano, Italy
Federica Pessini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS) of CNR, 09170 Oristano, Italy
Andrea Cucco
Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS) of CNR, 09170 Oristano, Italy
Giovanni Quattrocchi
Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS) of CNR, 09170 Oristano, Italy
Mireno Borghini
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) of CNR, 19032 La Spezia, Italy
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Over 1468 hydrological vertical profiles were acquired in 21 years in the Mediterranean Sea. This allowed us to follow the diffusion of the Western Mediterranean Transient along all western seas or make some important repetitions across straits, channels, or at defined locations. These data are now available in four open-access online datasets, including profiles of water temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll α fluorescence, and, after 2004, turbidity and pH.
Over 1468 hydrological vertical profiles were acquired in 21 years in the Mediterranean Sea....
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