Inventory on marine monitoring activities in the Mediterranean

Metadata Input Form - Part 1

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A - Entry Form Signature

	Entry Identifier :	/
	Compiled by :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
	Institute :
	Street Address :
	Zip Code :
	Town/City :
	Country :	Malta (ML)
	Telephone	( ) -
	Fax	( ) -
	Email Address :
	Compilation Date :
	Currency Date :

B - National requirements for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment.

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B1 -- Type of requirement/s addressed by the application
	Support Policy Development     National Directive     European Directive     International Treaty/Convention     Legislation     Research Basic Science Technology Applied Science Technology Value-added industry and consultants Supply data and services for the direct product enhancement by this sector   Provide products in collaboration with this sector Other
B 2 -- Responsible body (Product Recipient) making the request
	Public Commercial Private Governmental Research Industry   Other :
	B 2.1 -- Nature of Application
	Nowcasting Pollution Forecasting Port Management Coastal Recreation and leisure Safety Ship Routeing Research   Other :
	B 2.2 -- Benefits
	B 2.3 -- Duration of the Commitment
	Short Term Long Term Open Ended
	B 2.4 -- Level of Funding Committed
	(Kilo Euro per Year)
B 3-- Description of added value product, application or service
	B 3.1 -- Name of Application, Product or Service
	B 3.2 -- Type of Application, Product or Service
	Monitoring Consultancy   Data Report   Digital / Graphical Composite Information Bulletin     Other :
	B 3.2.1 -- Output Data Processing, Analysis, Interpretation and Procedures
	B 3.2.2 -- Interface Tools Used
	B 3.2.3 -- Timescales of access
	Continuous Updating Discrete Updating Observation Time Lag : in days
B 4-- Description of networking capabilities for product provision
	B 4.1 -- Operating system allowed for product provision
	Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP   MacOs     UNIX   Linux
	B 4.2 -- Estimated product volume
	Mbytes
	B 4.3 -- Update frequency of products
	Event Based Daily Weekly Monthly Seasonally Yearly
	B 4.4 -- Location of server hosting the products
	Local Server Inside Insitute Building Remote Server , Outside Insitute.
	B 4.5 -- Access to the products
	Dedicated Enquiry Online Access Licensed Enquiry Restricted Access Free Access
	B 4.6 -- Software allowed to access data
	Internet Explorer (IE) FTP client Netscape Other :
	B 4.7 -- Protocols used to access data
	HTTP FTP     Other :
	B 4.8-- Number of simultaneous user sessions
	0 - 50 50 - 100 100 - 500 Over 500
	B 4.9 -- Type of server connection to the internet
	ISDN 64 K   128 K ADSL     Leased Line Please specify Speed : Mb/s
	B 4.10-- Networking responsible person and contacts
Details of responsible person :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
Position :
Street Address :
Town/City :
Telephone	( ) -
Fax	( ) -
Email Address :
B 5-- Brief profile of the observing programme supporting products provision
	B 5.1 -- Name of Observing Programme
	B 5.2 -- Overall mission and objectives of the observing programme
	B 5.3 -- Key fields measured
	Acoustics Biogeochemical Coastal and shelf Data structure Deep ocean Meteorological Optics Sea bed Sea surface topography Surface fields Surface layers Upper layer fields Others :
	B 5.4 -- Frequency of observations
	Min : per hour day month year Max : per hour day month year
	B 5.5 -- Geographical scale
	Basin Coastal Estuary Shelf
	B 5.6 -- Sea area
	B 5.6.1 -- General Geographical Area
	ALBORAN SEA BALEARIC SEA LIGURIAN SEA TYRRHENIAN SEA SARDINIA SEA CORSICA SEA REMAINING WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN IONIAN SEA ADRIATIC SEA AEGEAN SEA LEVANTINE BASIN CILICIAN BASIN LATTAKIA BASIN CYPRUS BASIN REMAINING EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA OF MARMARA MEDITERRANEAN REGION BLACK SEA ALGERIAN BASIN PROVENCAL BASIN ALGERIAN-PROVENCAL BASIN GIBRALTAR STRAIT IBIZA CHANNEL MALLORCA CHANNEL MENORCA CHANNEL CORSICA CHANNEL BONIFACIO STRAIT SARDINIA CHANNEL SICILY STRAIT SICILY CHANNEL MALTA CHANNEL MESSINA STRAIT OTRANTO STRAIT SUEZ CANAL NILE DELTA BASIN GULF OF VALENCIA GULF OF S.JORGE GULF OF VERA GULF OF LION GULF OF GENOA GULF OF CAGLIARI GULF OF PALMAS GULF OF ORISTANO GULF OF ASINARA GULF OF TARANTO GULF OF VENICE GULF OF PATRAI GULF OF MESSÍNI GULF OF LAKONÍA GULF OF ARGOLIS GULF OF SARONIKOS GULF OF CORINTH GULF OF PAGASITIKOS GULF OF THERMAIKOS GULF OF TORONAIOS GULF OF SINGITKOS GULF OF SAROS GULF OF EDREMIT GULF OF IZMIR GULF OF MANDALYA GULF OF KERME GULF OF ANTALYA GULF OF ISKENDERUN GULF OF HAIFA GULF OF ARAB GULF OF SALÛM GULF OF BOMBA GULF OF SIDRA GULF OF GABÉS GULF OF HAMMAMET
	B 5.6.2 -- Specific Coastal Area
	B 5.7 -- Validation of observations
	real time delayed mode
	B 5.8 -- Funding
	National International Regional National & International Other
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B 6-- Organisation responsible for the observing programme
	B 6.1 -- Overall management
	B 6.1.1 -- Responsible person and contact details
Name of responsible Institute :
Details of responsible person :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
Position :
Street Address :
Town/City :
Telephone	( ) -
Fax	( ) -
Email Address :
	B 6.1.2 -- Short profile of responsible institution
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	B 6.2 -- Maintenance operations on land and at sea
	B 6.2.1 -- Responsible person and contact details
Name of responsible Institute :
Details of responsible person :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
Position :
Street Address :
Town/City :
Telephone	( ) -
Fax	( ) -
Email Address :
	B 6.2.2 -- Short profile of responsible institution
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	B 6.3 -- Data processing and management
	B 6.3.1 -- Responsible person and contact details
Name of responsible Institute :
Details of responsible person :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
Position :
Street Address :
Town/City :
Telephone	( ) -
Fax	( ) -
Email Address :
	B 6.3.2 -- Short profile of responsible institution
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	B 6.4 -- Data enhancement and product development
	B 6.4.1 -- Responsible person and contact details
Name of responsible Institute :
Details of responsible person :	Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.
Position :
Street Address :
Town/City :
Telephone	( ) -
Fax	( ) -
Email Address :
	B 6.4.2 -- Short profile of responsible institution
	B 6.5 -- Staff Deployment (Indicate in nos. of human-months per year for each category)
	male female   Computing Specialists Modellers   Engineers   Managers   R&D Staff   Scientists   Technicians   Ocean data collectors   Ocean data managers
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B 7-- General information sources
	B 7.1 -- Relevant publications
	B 7.2 -- Web page address
	http://

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B 8 -- Additional by-products
	B 8.1 - Other potential benefits and products
	B 8.1.1 -- Nature of Product
	B 8.1.2 -- Additional required parameters/measurements
	B 8.1.3 -- Other potential end-users
	B 8.1.4 -- Benefits
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B 8 -- Additional by-products
	B 8.1 - Other potential benefits and products
	B 8.1.1 -- Nature of Product
	B 8.1.2 -- Additional required parameters/measurements
	B 8.1.3 -- Other potential end-users
	B 8.1.4 -- Benefits
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B 8 -- Additional by-products
	B 8.1 - Other potential benefits and products
	B 8.1.1 -- Nature of Product
	B 8.1.2 -- Additional required parameters/measurements
	B 8.1.3 -- Other potential end-users
	B 8.1.4 -- Benefits
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	B 8.1 - Other potential benefits and products
	B 8.1.1 -- Nature of Product
	B 8.1.2 -- Additional required parameters/measurements
	B 8.1.3 -- Other potential end-users
	B 8.1.4 -- Benefits
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B 8 -- Additional by-products
	B 8.1 - Other potential benefits and products
	B 8.1.1 -- Nature of Product
	B 8.1.2 -- Additional required parameters/measurements
	B 8.1.3 -- Other potential end-users
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