Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Hamburg and Rostock 
(Federal Maritime and Hydrographie Agency) 
BSH-P1 Physical and chemical long-term monitoring of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, including influences from the northeast 
Atlantic 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
(a) North Sea and Baltic Sea monitoring 
programme; monitoring of temporal and 
spatial changes of contaminants dissolved in 
sea water, bound to SPM and sediments 
(within BLMP) 
3,4 
Operational 
Concentrations in water, SPM, sediment 
of: nutrients, oxygen, heavy metals, 
radioactive substances, organic 
contaminants (petroleum hydrocarbons, 
polycyclic aromatics, chlorinated 
hydrocarbons and other pesticides). 
Official reports and scientific publications; 
expert opinions; information 
Federal/State 
authorities, 
the public, 
environmental 
organisations 
Sampling; 
Analytics; photometry for 
nutrients; titration for O2 
measurements; AAS, ASV, TXRF 
for metals; GCMS and HPLC for 
organic substances; 
à- and S-spectrometry for 
radioactive substances 
(b) Long-term variability of hydrography 
in the North Sea and Baltic Sea 
1.3 
Operational 
Temperature, salinity, currents, optical 
variables. 
Official reports and scientific publications; 
support of chemical monitoring; expert 
opinions; information 
Oceanographic 
services, 
authorities, 
fisheries, ocean 
shipping, 
universities 
CTD, ADCP, towfish (Delphin), 
sampling, moored current meters 
and optical equipment, ships-of- 
opportunity 
(c) Automatic monitoring network in the 
North Sea and Baltic Sea 
1,3, 
4,5 
Operational 
Temperature, salinity, currents oxygen, 
water levels, nutrients, radiology, met. 
observations. 
Time series, statistical data, official 
publications 
Oceanogr. and 
meteor, services, 
authorities, BLMP, 
shipping, research 
institutes 
Sensors at several station depths, 
automatic nutrient analysers 
(APP), hourly measurements, data 
transmission via satellite 
(d) Remote sensing 
1, (4), 5 
Operational 
AVHRR data from NOAA satellites, weekly 
SST charts of the North Sea, ice 
distribution images, plankton blooms 
BSH ice and 
hydrographic 
services, I0W, 
BLMP, BMU 
Advanced Very High Resolution 
Radiometer (AVHRR) with high 
resolution picture receiving unit 
0-2