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Institut für Ostseeforschung an der Universität Rostock (IOW), Warnemünde 
(Baltic Sea Research Institute at Rostock University) 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
Baltic Monitoring Programme (BMP) of the 
Helsinki Commission (activity carried out on 
behalf of BSH Hamburg) 
2, 3,4 
Operational 
Marine physical/chemical/geological data, 
determination of contaminants in the 
water column, SPM, and sediment 
Federal and state 
authorities, marine 
scientific 
institutions, 
HELCOM 
CTD, water samples, various 
in-situ and laboratory analyses, 
HELCOM standard methods, 
meteorological measuring 
techniques, collection of 
METADATA 
MARNET - 4 Baltic Sea stations. 
Installation and operation of a network of 
stationary monitoring stations off the coast of 
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Presently, 
2 stations are in operation: "Darsser Schwelle” 
and "Oder Bank” (carried out on behalf of BSH 
Hamburg) 
1, 3, 4, 5 
Operational 
Time series of temperature, salinity, 
currents, oxygen, water level, radiology, 
and meteorological observations / time 
series; official publications 
Biooptical data, nutrient measurements, 
complete APG profiling at the stations 
Oceanographic and 
meteorol. services, 
Fed. and state 
authorities, 
research institutes, 
universities, BLMP 
Meteorological measuring 
techniques and sensors at several 
station depths; hourly data, 
analytical technique being 
developed; data communication 
via satellite, APG profiler with 
commercial sensors, acoustic 
data transfer, antifouling 
Biological Baltic Sea monitoring 
2 
Operational 
Budgeting of particle export from the 
surface layer of the Baltic basins 
Marine scientific 
institutions 
Measuring of pelagic 
sedimentation using sediment 
traps