Hydrological and Hydrochemical Data from Cooperative Investigations in the Mediterranean, including MEDALPEX (RIHMI-WDC)

Hydrological and hydrochemical data is available from co-operative
investigations in the Mediterranean (CIM). The main parameters are temperature
and salinity, O2, pH, Alkalinity, PO4-P, SiO3-Si, NO2-N, and NO3-N. Russian and
foreign verified data held on magnetic tape in national format and in
publications 'Data Report of CIM' available for international exchange without
restriction. In addition, RIHMI-WDC holds data for cruise deep oceanic
observations made within CIM and in the CIM area of responsibility (1908-1969;
11,470 stations; magnetic tapes (national format) and tables).

In addition, data from the Ligurian-Provencal Basin, Adriatic Sea, and Catalan
Sea is available from the MEDALPEX experiment, from July 1981 to September
1982. The main parameters are temperature and salinity, O2, pH, Alkalinity,
PO4-P, SiO3-Si, NO2-N, and NO3-N, as well as conductivity, currents, biology,
aerology, and waves.

The size of the holdings is as follows: 2,000 stations (hydrology and
hydrochemistry); 64,259 records (temperature, conductivity); 144,280 records
(currents); 500 stations (biology); 37,752 observations (waves); 191 sensing
(aerology).

All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information (RIHMI-WDC)
conducts acquisition, processing and storage of environmental data as well as
making them available to users. Global oceanographic datasets held in national
format are available from RIHMI-WDC as 1600 bpi magnetic tape copies or data
products (i.e., formatted printouts, data summaries, analyses and plots).