ESTABLISMENT OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER TURKEY

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• ESTABLISMENT OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
  CENTER TURKEY
• Phase
• National Oceanographic Data Inventory

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Objectives

• Development of the NODC in Turkey
• Create a tool for increasing collaborations
  between scientists in Turkey and in the region

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• National Oceanographic Data Inventory 
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• In order to establish National Oceanographic
  Information Centers (NOICs) National
  Oceanographic Data Management Committee (NODMC)
  formed.
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• NODMC Members 
• Department of Nav., Hydrogr. and Oceanography,
  Turkish Navy,
• DEÜ Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology,
  Izmir
• EU Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Izmir
• I.Ü. Institute of Marine Sciences, Istanbul,
• I.Ü. Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul
• KTÜ Faculty of Marine Sciences, Trabzon
• OMÜ Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Sinop
• General Directorate of Mineral Resources, Ankara
• METU Institute of Marine Sciences,
• Turkish Scientific and Technical Research
  Committee

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Data Types (60 variables)

• Coastal zone (e.g. Coastline, laguuns etc.)
• Meteorological (Surface measurements)
• Physical oceanography (T,S, currents, optics,
  waves, sea level etc.)
• Chemical oceanography (TSS, Nutrients, pH, TCO2,
  etc.)
• Marine biology (pigments, biota, etc.)
• Pollution( PAH, heavy metals, etc)
• Fisheries (aquaculture, fish stacks)\
• Geology and Geophysics (Bathymetry, sysmology,
  sed. etc)
• Remote sensing (aerial photos, satellite images)

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• www.ims.metu.edu.tr/inventory

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Marine Pollution Data Collaction Capacity

• Owner State Statistical Institute
• Executive IMS-METU
• Sposor State Planning Office

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Partners

• METU, Institute of Marine Sciences
• Canakkale University
• Sinop Faculty of Aquatic Sciences
• BTU, Faculty of Marine Sciences

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Total 13 stations

• Iskenderun
• Mersin
• Derince
• Darica
• Tuzla
• Hereke
• Eskihisar
• Sarayburnu

• Rumeli Kavagi
• Sinop
• Trabzon
• Tekirdag
• Canakkale