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Monitoring the water quality at the Sluice Dock in Ostend [Monitoring van de waterkwaliteit in de Spuikom te Oostende]
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Description
The water quality of the Sluice dock in Ostend is monitored in the framework of aquacultural activities. The Sluice Dock is the only surface water in Belgium, which is designated as "shellfishwater". For this reason, the desired high water quality standards need to be maintained.In the harbour and on several fixed stations in the Sluice dock, the water level and waterquality parameetrs are measured daily.

Scope
Themes:
Environmental quality/pollution, Meteorology
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Monitoring, Quality, Water quality, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast, ANE, Belgium, Oostende Harbour, Sluice Dock

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Oostende Harbour, Sluice Dock [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2006 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Atmospheric humidity
Atmospheric pressure
Chlorophyll a
Conductivity
Dissolved oxygen (O2)
Nitrate (NO3-)
Phosphate (PO43-)
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Precipitation
Temperature in water
Turbidity
Water depth
Wind direction
Wind speed

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata managerdata creator
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie van Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust; Afdeling Kust, moredata creatordata manager

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2007-08-17
Information last updated: 2015-10-05
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy