ASTAN temperature & salinity historical time series (1952 - 1999)

The Astan-Roscoff time-series data characterize the temperature and salinity of the Western English Channel. Between 1952 and 1982 the sampling station was located to the north-west of Batz Island. Since 1983, the sampling station is located at the current (https://www.somlit.fr/)-[https://www.somlit.fr]), accredited by the CNRS as a national Earth Science Observatory (Service National d’Observation: SNO), aiming at assessing their long-term evolution including both natural and anthropogenic forcings. Samples were collected with a Niskin bottle at high tide slack during neap tides at 2m-depth and at 60m-depth for the 1983-1999 period. Until 1970 the exact date of sampling is unknown, hence in the data set, the 1st of the month is present. Water samples where analysed for Salinity with a Salinometer Guidline Autocal and Temperature was measured during sampling with a reversing mercury thermometer (Richet and Wiese). Starting in 2000, this time series has been integrated in the SOMLIT ASTAN time-series, which is part of the( SOMLIT National Observation Service)-[https://www.somlit.fr/]. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications.