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Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science - Continuous Plankton Recorder Database (EUROBIS)
Entry ID: OBIS.SAHFOS

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Summary
Abstract: The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) is an international charity registered in the UK, that operates the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey. The Foundation has been collecting data from the North Atlantic and the North Sea on biogeography and ecology of plankton since 1931.

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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 70.0   S: 30.0   E: 20.0   W: -80.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
Dataset Title: Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) data
Online Resource: http://www.sahfos.ac.uk//
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
GLOBEC_009_SAHFOS_001
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1946-05-05
Stop Date: 2003-03-31
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > ICHTHYOPLANKTON Parameter Definition
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > LARVAE Parameter Definition
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Platform
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Instrument
CPR > Continuous Plankton Recorder Ancillary Description
Project
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Originating Center
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
Data Center
Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.vliz.be/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WARD APPELTANS
Phone: +32-(0)59-34 01 55
Fax: +32-(0)59-34 21 31
Email: ward.appeltans at vliz.be
Contact Address:
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Wandelaarkaai 7
City: Oostende
Postal Code: 8400
Country: Belgium
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online (FTP)
Distribution Size: MBytes
Distribution Format: HDF-EOS (Grid)
Fees: Free
Personnel
GLOBAL MODELING AND ASSIMILATION OFFICE
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 301-614-6142
Email: data at gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.1
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
* Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina, 1996: Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1256-1271.

* Bloom, S., A. da Silva, D. Dee, M. Bosilovich, J.-D. Chern, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, I. Stajner, W.-W. Tan, M.-L. Wu, 2005: Documentation and Validation ... View entire text
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-06-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-09

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