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MARBOUND 5.0, the VLIZ geodatabase with maritime boundaries: intensively used world wide!
Added on: 2009-12-16 11:33:00 |
| Version 5.0 of this global database covering the maritime boundaries of all coastal states worldwide is now available at www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/marbound. This year alone VLIZ counted yet more than 4000 downloads by users from all over the world. The dataset is used for the preparation of building and development plans at sea, environmental impact assessments, marine and coastal studies, school projects, etc. ... [Read more] |
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IODE Seminars II: Satellite Wind and Wave Products for Marine Forecasting
Added on: 2009-12-04 12:43:00 |
| With this initiative the UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE, in co-operation with the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), wants the local marine scientists to get in touch with world leading experts, often present at the InnovOcean Site in Ostend for a training course or meeting. On the 14th of December 2009 an afternoon session (16.00 - 18.30) is organised in which three specialists of EUMETSAT, WMO and NOAA will explain how satellite wind and wave products are implemented in marine forecasting. ... [Read more] |
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VLIZ celebrates its 10th birthday!
Added on: 2009-11-06 12:50:00 |
| By the end of November we have a big celebration in Oostende! The Flanders Marine Institute celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a two-day event in Thermae Palace. On Thursday 26 November there is a full evening's programme on the coast and sea for the public at large (in Dutch - BOOKED UP). During the day on Friday 27 November we organise the 10th VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day: a must for all marine researchers in Flanders and surroundings! That night an academic ceremony is closing off the festivities (only for invited guests; in Dutch). [Read more] |
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The VLIZ data centre (VMDC) has been designated as GLOSS center for real-time sea level data
Added on: 2009-11-06 12:16:00 |
| Earlier the VLIZ and IOC developed the Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility. Through this web-based application one can easily control the operational status of global and regional networks of real time sea level stations, and perform a quick inspection of the raw data stream from almost 300 GLOSS stations along the coasts of the Indian Ocean, the North East Atlantic & Mediterranean, the Pacific and the Caribbean. Now the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) officially received the mandate to function as a GLOSS data centre for real-time sea level data. In this way the Flanders marine Data Centre (FMDC) will assist the three other GLOSS designated data centre: PSMSL (Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level), BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) en UHSLC (University of Hawaii Sea Level Centre). ... [Read more] |
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1,000,000 hits every month on the WoRMS website
Added on: 2009-10-07 11:02:00 |
| With the website of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS: www.marinespecies.org) the VLIZ and worldwide taxonomic experts aim to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally, ever published. The number of visitors to this website is increasing. Now monthly 1,000,000 hits are counted, meaning on an average day more than 2,000 visits per day. ... [Read more] |
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