INlet Dynamics Initiative: Algarve (INDIA) Project Data Set - Inlet dynamics data collected in the Ria Formosa National Park. January - March 1999

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The dataset comprises measurements of hydrographic, bathymetric, sedimentary and meteorological parameters. These include water currents, temperature, salinity and wave parameters; suspended and seabed sediment; coastal geomorphological characteristics; and atmospheric temperature, pressure, humidity, irradiance and wind velocities. The study area was centred on the tidal inlet within the Peninsula do Ancao, Ria Formosa National Park, Algarve, Portugal. Field measurements were collected in the offshore area, the surf zone, beach experiments, the inlet areas and the inlet mouth between January and March 1999. The study utilised moorings, sediment grabs, tidal predictions, radar systems, acoustic Doppler current profiler (ACDP) surveys, a jack-up barge, beach experiments, video tower images, aerial surveys, seabed photographs and field campaign images. INDIA aimed to gain a better understanding of the interactions between tides, waves, currents and sedimentary processes at work in the European coastal zone with a view to predicting change. INDIA was coordinated by the University of Liverpool, Department of Civil Engineering. Data have been provided and/or modelled by a number of organisations from countries including France, Poland, Portugal, Australia, Netherlands, USA and the UK. Data management support for the project was provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre. All data collected as part of the project were lodged with BODC who had responsibility for assembling and fully documenting the data.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2021-12-20
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Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Harvest GUID
6f4c780e44cd55d3bf87176d82609dc9
Extent
Latitude: 42.00° to 35.00°
Longitude: -10.00° to -7.00°
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Dataset reference date
2018-05-18 (publication)
2010-09-28 (creation)
2017-02-01 (revision)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
British Oceanographic Data Centre (custodian, distributor); Hidromod (owner, originator); University of Liverpool, School of Engineering (owner, originator); National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Lisbon, Division of Marine Meteorology (owner, originator); Hydrographic Institute (owner, originator); James Cook University, Department of Physics (owner, originator); University of Algarve, Marine Sciences Centre (owner, originator); University of Amsterdam, Department of Physical Geography and Soil Science (owner, originator); MARETEC , Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa (owner, originator); EPOC, Geology and Oceanography Department (owner, originator); University of Plymouth, Institute of Marine Studies (owner, originator); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Geology & Geophysics Department (owner, originator); University of Southampton Department of Oceanography (owner, originator); University of Coimbra, Marine Sciences Unit (IMAR network) (owner, originator); Institute of Hydroengineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (owner, originator); Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (owner, originator)
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