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What can be measured?

INORGANIC DETERMINANTS / MATRICES
N-NH4 in Seawater
N-NO2 in Seawater
N-NO3 in Seawater
P-PO4 in Seawater
Si-SiO4 in Seawater
Total N in Seawater (voluntary determinant in the CEMP programme)
Total P in Seawater (voluntary determinant in the CEMP programme)
Salinity in Seawater
Temperature in Seawater
Chlorophyll a and b in Seawater
Phaeopigments in Seawater
O2 (% O2-saturated) in Seawater
SPM (suspended particulate matter) in Seawater
TOC (Total organic carbon) in Seawater
POC (Particulate organic carbon) in SPM and sediments


ORGANIC DETERMINANTS / MATRICES
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydroc arbons (PAHs) in seawater, SPM, sediments and biota
Organotins in seawater, SPM, sediments and biota [operational in 2003]
Polybrominated flame retardants (voluntary) in SPM, sediments and biota [operational in 2003]

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TIDES
OSTEND
[TAW]
 
Time
Elev.
 Low
20:30
-0.06 m
 High
2:20
4.59 m
 Table Graph North Sea animation Belgian coastal zone animation

Harmonic prediction 
Ostend 1980–2020:
  *to
Enter as YYYY-MM-DD
  
WIND
WESTHINDER
 Speed 5.58 m/s 
 Sector 92° , E 
 Table Graph Line plot North Sea animation
  
WAVES
AKKAERT
 Height 0.57 m
 Table Graph North Sea animation
  
CURRENTS
WESTHINDER
 Graph ploar plot Line plot North Sea animation Belgian coastal zone animation
  
TEMPERATURE
OSTEND
 Graph Daily maps
  
SALINITY
OSTEND
 Graph Daily maps
  
TRANSPORT
  Daily maps
  


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