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Long-term meteorological data in the Gulf of Eilat, from 2006 onwards
Citation
Berkowicz S.; Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat; (2018) Long-term meteorological data in the Gulf of Eilat, from 2006 onwards. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6104

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Description
The meteorological station at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences Eilat (IUI) (coordinates: N 29° 30.211’ E 34° 55.068’) includes continuous measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, global radiation, wind speed and wind direction, as well as water temperature and water pressure (sea level). The station is self contained, consisting of high-end commercial sensors connected to a data-logger, and situated on the IUI pier about 30m offshore. The meteorological station started operating on Sept. 21, 2006 and operates on Israel Winter Time (GMT+2).

Scope
Themes:
Meteorology > Upper air observations
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Terrestrial, Data, Meteorological data, Israel, Eilat

Geographical coverage
Israel, Eilat [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2006 on [Other]

Parameters

Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Atmospheric pressure
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), 400-700 nm
Solar radiation
Water temperature
Wind direction
Wind speed

Contributors
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences Of Eilat (IUI), more

Dataset status: Other
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2018-11-14
Information last updated: 2018-11-14
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