PANGAEA - Data from the Skagerrak experiment (SKAGEX)
A joint international investigation in the Skagerrak area, the Skagerrak Experiment (SKAGEX) was carried out from spring 1990 to spring 1991. Four field phases (SKAGEX I-IV) were carried out, and 17 research ships from 7 countries participated. A joint international investigation in the Skagerrak area, the Skagerrak Experiment (SKAGEX) was carried out from spring 1990 to spring 1991. Four field phases (SKAGEX I-IV) were carried out, and 17 research ships from 7 countries participated with the following objectives:
To identify and quantify the various water masses entering and leaving the Skagerrak Area, and their variations over time; To investigate the mechanisms that drive the circulation in the area, and its links with biological processes; To investigate the pathways of contaminants through the Skagerrak.
The leader of the Project was B. Dybern; the ICES Data Centre acted as the project data centre, collating most of the oceanographic data from 2896 bottle/CTD profiles. This data set is a copy from the original data at ICES, published in 2007 via the information system Pangaea.
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1990-05-24 – 1992-01-01 |
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| Date (publication) | 2011-01-05 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |