Isaac Gertman, Yan Tsehtik and Irena Lunin

Sea-Search Project Western Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean

Sea and Black Sea groups First Regional Meeting 15-17 May 2003

Istanbul – Turkey

Israel Marine Data Center (ISRAMAR)

Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research

Staff:

Isaac Gertman – Head

Yan Tsehtik – Database developer and administrator

Irena Lunin – Database developer and Webmaster

Equipment:

• Server COMPAQ PROLIANT ML 370

•Personal computer Pentium IV 1000 MHZ

•Personal Computer Pentium III 600 MHZ

•Portable Computer Pentium III 800 MHZ

Establishment: December 2001

Software:

• Windows 2000, Windows XP

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000

• Microsoft ACCESS 2000/2002

• Golden Software SURFER 8

• VDS Technologies AspMap 2.0 (http://www.vdstech.com)

• Tonec Inc Active Image 4.1 (http://www.tonec.com/)

• ORACLE 8i

Data Bases:

• Mediterranean Oceanographic Cruises - MEDACC

• Israel Shelf Oceanographic Time Series

• MEDGLOSS

• Hydrometeorological Dead Sea Data

• Heavy Metal Concentration in Organisms & Sediments

• Hydrobiological Reports of IOLR

Real Time Data:

• Wind, Wave, Sea Level, Sea Water Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure & currents from Mediterranean Hadera station

• Sea Level, Sea Water Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure from Red Sea Eilat station

• Meteorological Data from the Dead Sea

• Mediterranean & Red Sea Tide forecast

Position of wind and wave

gauges

Hadera Coal Terminal

Dead Sea Hydrometorological Data

• Bottle cast + CTD SEACAT (4-6 times per year)

• Measurements (at 20 min interval) of:

total incoming radiation; wind speed & direction; air temperature; relative humidity; air pressure; water temperature at 11 levels, between 1 m

and 40 m, below the sea surface.

Press Desired Date for Astronomic Tide Forecast for Mediterranean Coast of Israel

Mediterranean Oceanographic ACCESS Database

(MEDACC)

MEDACC

MEDATLAS FORMAT

Sea-Bird FORMAT

ODV FORMAT

MEDATLAS FORMAT

Input/output formats of MEDACC

Primary tables

1. Loading data to primary tables and creating secondary tables by the VBA data input procedure.

2. Secondary tables created according to GF3 codes for measured parameters.

Table Of GF3 codes

Data Load and Secondary tables

Data tables relationships.

Main properties of the MEDACC

•File size - 660 Mb•Number of cruisers -1801•Number of casts - 59092

9748

773

3289

45

1070

15

4015

6

4004

9

3838

1

3728

4

2936

8

1938

0

1585

6

1231

5

3036

1959

1621

930

191

180

180

172

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

1000000

10000000

PT

S

DO

XY

TU

R2

FL

UO

PH

OS

CH

PL

NT

RA

SL

CA

PH

PH

NT

RI

LG

HT

FL

UI

PH

EO

AM

ON

IOD

I

CA

14

GL

UC

PR

OT

TP

A1

Time distribution of casts in MEDACC

Space distribution of casts in MEDACC

Map Building Form

22.0 23.0 24.0 25.0 26.0 27.0 28.0 29.0 30.0Level:0, First Date Cast:8/24/1990, Last Date Cast:10/7/1990

Cruise Name:GAK38RUS

32.0

33.0

34.0

35.0

36.0

37.0

38.0

22.0 23.0 24.0 25.0 26.0 27.0 28.0 29.0 30.0Level:100, First Date Cast:8/24/1990, Last Date Cast:10/7/1990

Cruise Name:GAK38RUS

32.0

33.0

34.0

35.0

36.0

37.0

38.0

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.5

16.0

16.5

17.0

17.5

18.0

18.5

19.0

19.5

20.0

20.5

21.0

21.5

22.0

22.5

23.0

23.5

24.0

24.5

Section Form

Parameter on Isopicnal Surface

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

3 6

3 8

4 0

13.3 13.7 14.1 14.5

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 838.6 38.9 39.0

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

3 6

3 8

4 0

0.0 400.0 800.0

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

3 6

3 8

4 0

2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8 2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8

3 6

3 8

4 0

Tem perature °C Salin ity ‰ D epth, dbar

Single Cast Graph Form

Group Vertical Distribution Form

TS Diagram Form

WEB interface via Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser

Active Server Pages Technology

www.medgloss.ocean.org.il/imdc

Israel shelf heavy metal information system

(Organisms)

Interactive map included in the Web interface of the HM information system

Time distribution of samples for stations selected by space limits

.Advanced Selections page of the organisms database

Real time coastal data information system

Database structure

WEB Interface

WEB Interface