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REVAMP aims to make a regional validation of MERIS chlorophyll products in North Sea coastal waters.
To help you understand the scope of REVAMP we provide some educational links to information on MERIS, chlorophyll (phytoplankton, algae), and the North Sea.

 

Algal bloom in front of the Dutch coast derived from SeaWiFS imagery of August 2001 (© IVM, MD-RWS).

 

Algalbloom SW of Norway

 
   

The MERIS data will cover areas all over the World. For us, the North Sea comprises an important and interesting study area. The following websites present some of the interesting aspects of North Sea coastal waters and of on-line maps and atlases of the North Sea in particular.

North Sea coastal waters links

North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Baltic Sea  

Oceanographic data for North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Baltic Sea:
Baltic operational oceanographic system

Wadden Sea

Within InterWad, the fascinating world of the Wadden Sea is revealed through facts on, for example, flora, fauna, fishery, and tourism. The site enables you to use state-of-the-art tools, such as seal watching by webcam, and using the interactive Wadden web atlas (Watlas):
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http://www.waddensea.org/ or http://www.waddenzee.nl/ (in Dutch )

Dutch North Sea / De Nederlandse Noordzee

Besides monitoring data on, e.g., water levels, waves, and temperature, you'll find all kinds of information concerning water in the Netherlands.
http://www.waterbase.nl/ (mainly in Dutch )
http://www.actuelewaterdata.nl/

Belgian North Sea coast

For the present weather, oceanographic situation, and bacteriological quality of Belgian coastal waters, have al look at:
http://www.vliz.be/En/coast/coast.htm 
http://www.mumm.ac.be/EN/NorthSea/index.php

Satellite imagery of the North Sea

Weather and satellite imagery Meteosat infrared imagery (Text in Dutch):
http://www.knmi.nl/voorl/weer/

NOAA/AVHRR image products of the North Sea for Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Sea Surface Reflectance/Turbidity maps:
http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/applied/sd/en/AVHRR_archive_KNMI.html

On-line Atlases of the North Sea

An online geoscience, engineering and economic review of oil and gas fields in production and under development in the North Sea:
http://www.nsda.co.uk/

Dutch Atlases / Nederlandse atlassen 

A TSM-atlas for the North Sea based on satellite imagery of 2000
http://www.watermarkt.nl/seonline/uploads/publicaties/noordzee-atlas%202000.pdf (in Dutch )

Why nor try to make a GIS anaylsis through the Internet? (GIS=Geographical Information System).
http://www.feweb.vu.nl/gis/SPINlab/mapservice/Noordzee_atlas/noordzeeatlas.asp (in Dutch )

The Internet atlas of the Nederland contains links to a lot of information about the Dutch part of the North Sea:
http://www.atlasvannederland.nl/ (in Dutch )