EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name: Marine gravity data in Mediterranean Sea (1961-72)
Data Holding Centre: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Geophysics
Time Period: from 1961 to 1972
Start Date: 1961-01-01
End Date: 1972-12-31
Project

Geocoverage: More than 300,000 km of marine gravity data in the whole Mediterranean Sea area
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east): 31, -5, 35, 44
Sea Area: Mediterranean Sea

Parameters: Gravity
Instruments: multi-channel seismic reflection systems; gravimeters; satellite positioning systems

Summary: Various projects - The OGS shipborne gravity measurements began in early 1961. At the very beginning there was a collaboration with the Saclant ASW Research Centre of La Spezia, who forwarded the ship and the navigation control system (first with radar fixes and then with a prototype of Loran C receiver). From 1961 to 1965, eleven cruises were carried out covering a total amount of 60,000 nautical miles of navigation. From 1965 to 1972, OGS operated on ships forwarded by by National Council of Researches (CNR), at first with the R/V Bannock and then, towards the end, with R/V L.F. Marsili. Sea surface gravity measurements were undertaken on more than 300,000 km of profiles with the Askania-GSS2 meter for scientific purposes.
Originator: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Geophysics
References

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Geophysics
Contact: unknown
Address: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Geophysics; Sgonico (Trieste),; 34010; Italy; webmaster@ogs.trieste.it; http://www.ogs.trieste.it