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RADIALES Santander Station E9SA
Resource ID
00d85b0c-2d30-11ed-a6f6-0242ac140006
Title
RADIALES Santander Station E9SA
Date
Sept. 5, 2022, 3:32 p.m., Publication
Abstract
The RADCAN project as part of the former project RADIALES of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, operational since 1991, constitutes an observatory of the marine ecosystem in the continental shelf and adjacent oceanic waters of the Bay of Biscay (Northern Spain). Essential Ocean Variables are systematically measured in this project  (physical (temperature, salinity, currents, energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, waves), biogeochemical (nutrients and oxygen) and biological related to the planktonic communities (microbial plankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton and ichthyoplankton)) in 3 sections in front of the coasts of Santander, Gijón and Cudillero. Each section includes the sampling of oceanographic stations (CTD and water sampling rosette) covering coastal, neritic and oceanic domains. Sampling and analysis are carried out carried out following standard protocols on a monthly basis with the sampling design aimed to obtain an historical time-series of oceanographic data that, treated statistically, allows extracting the different components of natural and anthropogenic variability and its tendencies. The AGL buoy located in oceanic waters of the Radial de Santander provides information at higher frequencies of variability to these monthly samplings. The AGL buoy together with its oceanographic station (2800 m depth) forms the OceanSITES ocean reference station SATS (Santander Atlantic time-series). In the new phase of the RADCAN project (2022-2025), in addition to maintaining these time-series observations, the project will focus on the promotion of new autonomous measurements of biogeochemical or biological ocean essential variables as well as in the functional diversity of plankton in relation to the main environmental variability factors.
Edition
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Responsible
RaquelSomavilla
Point of Contact
Somavilla
raquel.somavilla@ieo.csic.es
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
monthly
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
None
License
Not Specified
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
Jan. 1, 1991, midnight
End
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Supplemental Information
No information provided
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -3.7521
  • x1: -3.7518999999999996
  • y0: 43.9079
  • y1: 43.908100000000005
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Spain