geo.be Metadata Catalog
geo.be Metadata Catalog (National Geographic Institute)
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Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
Significant acute pollution events dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 8 (D08C03, 2018 Reporting)
This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 8, criterion 3. This dataset gives an overview of the observed slicks during aerial survey operations of the Belgian part of the North Sea (2011-2016). Related to significant acute pollution, it includes the observations linked to the Flinterstar incident in 2015. Besides this, all observations of illegal discharges of MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) annex I and II substances are included as an additional dataset.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
Contaminants do not produce pollution effects
(Criteria) D8C3 - Significant acute pollution events
Data on the occurrence and extent of significant acute pollution and illegal discharges are gathered by aerial surveillance by RBINS-SURV and presented to BMDC as excel files. These files are made available via this metadata record without any change.
Adverse effects of contaminants on species and habitats dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 8 (D08C02, 2018 Reporting)
This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 8, criterion 2. This dataset contains measurements on the 7-Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in Limanda limanda, Imposex (Organotin in Mytilus edulis), fish diseases and counts of oiled common guillemots in the Belgian part of the North Sea.
(Criteria) D8C2 - Adverse effects of contaminants
Data on EROD activity, organotins and fish diseases are gathered by ILVO, those on oiled Guillemots by INBO, and are presented to BMDC as excel files. The headers of the excel files are normalized and quality managed as Common-Layout files, and are awaiting import into IDOD.
Annual and seasonal precipitation indices given in number of days: 1/ Wet days: Number of days with precipitation > 0.1 mm/day for winter, autumn, spring, summer; 2/ Dry days: Number of days with precipitation < 0.1 mm/day for winter, autumn, spring, summer; 3/ Average length of dry spells: Mean duration of minimum three consecutive days with precipitation < 0.1 mm/day; 4/ Maximum length of dry spells: Longest period of minimum three consecutive days with precipitation < 0.1 mm/day, occurring once in 20 years. The precipitation indices are available for the future target year 2085, which corresponds to the middle of the 30-year period 2071-2100, and for mean and high impact scenarios corresponding respectively to the 50th, and 5th or 95th percentiles of the change factors.
climate projections,Belgium,Representative Concentration Pathway,high resolution
Meteorology, weather and radiation conditions
•The custodian of the resource holds the rights of property (including the rights of intellectual property) to the geographic files •The custodian grants the user the right to use the data for his internal use. •Commercial use of the data under any form is strictly forbidden •Custodian’s name must be mentioned each time the data are being used publically.
In the follow-up Belspo funded 'CICADA' project (2019-2021, https://www.belspo.be/belspo/brain-be/projects/FinalReports/CICADAbe_FinRep.pdf), these Belgian climate model projections were used to adjust the spread of climate change signals based on the larger model ensemble of all available CMIP5 Global Climate Model runs (https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/) and EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model runs (https://euro-cordex.net/060378/index.php.en). This multi-model ensemble of climate change signals or factors were used to apply a statistical downscaling or more specifically a quantile perturbation method on the observational climate grid from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. From those ensembles, 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles of changes, corresponding to a mean (50th percentiles) and high (5th or 95th percentiles) impact scenario, were obtained for the variables: precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, global solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration.
Mineral resources in the sand and gravel extraction areas in the Belgian part of the North Sea
The dataset shows in the form of polygons the sand and gravel extraction sites in the Belgian marine areas as defined by the successive marine spatial plans. A 2014 version illustrates the 2014-2020 plan while the 2020 version illustrates the 2020-2026 plan.
• The abovementioned authentic source of the data holds the rights of property (including the rights of intellectual property) to the geographic files •The source grants the user the right to use the data for his internal use. •Commercial use of the data under any form is strictly forbidden •Source's name must be mentioned each time the data are being used publically.
The geometry of the sand and gravel extraction areas included in the dataset is a faithful copy of the extraction areas allowed by the 2014-2020 and 2020-2026 marine spatial plans.
Summer and winter maximum daily precipitation given in mm/day that occur once in a year and once in 5, 10, 15 and 30 years (i.e. return periods of 1 year and 5, 10, 15, 30 years). The precipitation extremes are available for the present target year 1975, which corresponds to the middle of the 30-year period 1961-1990.
INSPIRE download service for the Marine Strategic Framework Directive-WFS
INSPIRE compliant download service (WFS) for geographic information of the datasets of the Marine Strategic Framework Directive made available by the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS).
Marine Reporting Units in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
The dataset contains the borders of the Belgian marine waters in the North Sea and the different geographical areas (‘reporting units’) used when reporting in the frame of the the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) and the Water Framework directive 2000/60/EC (WFD). The ecological status in the frame of WFD is reported for the coastal waters, defined as the one-nautical mile area, while the chemical status needs to be reported for the territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles). MSFD requires information for the whole area, encompassing the territorial waters and the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone. For some descriptors, results have been reported separately for the WFD subdivisions during the update of the initial assessment in 2018.
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
Marine reporting units (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)
The dataset has been merged from several existing ESRI shapefiles of marine reporting units, reprojected towards ETRS89-LAEA and saved as a new shapefile. The dataset is offered as the resulting shapefile and an INSPIRE-harmonized GML file.
Summer and winter mean global solar radiation given in kWh/m²/day. The global solar radiations fields are available for the future target year 2085, which corresponds to the middle of the 30-year period 2071-2100, and for mean and high impact scenarios corresponding respectively to the 50th and 95th percentiles of the change factors.
In the follow-up Belspo funded 'CICADA' project (2019-2021, https://www.belspo.be/belspo/brain-be/projects/FinalReports/CICADAbe_FinRep.pdf), these Belgian climate model projections were used to adjust the spread of climate change signals based on the larger model ensemble of all available CMIP5 Global Climate Model runs (https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/) and EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model runs (https://euro-cordex.net/060378/index.php.en). This multi-model ensemble of climate change signals or factors were used to apply a statistical downscaling or more specifically a quantile perturbation method on the observational climate grid from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. From those ensembles, 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles of changes, corresponding to a mean (50th percentiles) and high (5th and 95th percentiles) impact scenario, were obtained for the variables: precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, global solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration.
The entities included in the dataset represent the Belgian road transport network in the sense of the Inspire European directive. The dataset comprises several classes. The RoadLink class represents, in a linear manner, all of the road links between each pair of dots for the network considered. The footpaths, cycle paths or carriageways that connect the pairs of dots correspond to as many entities in the class. The RoadServiceArea class represents the sections of space devoted to auxiliary road transport functions, such as service stations or rest areas. In addition to this are two classes without geometry. RoadWidth class describes in metres the width of each segment of the "road links" class. The "functional importance" class ranks the segments of the "road links" class by functional importance on the road transport network.
The data have been collected in two different ways: on the one hand, by field survey, writing down the attribute data on mat-pale photographs, followed by the photogrammetric stereo restitution of the geometry in a CAD-file (with Lambert72 xyz-coordinates) and finally the topological cleaning up and the import of the attribute data in a 2D-database. On the other hand, by photogrammetric stereo restitution of the geometry in a CAD-file (with Lambert72 xyz-coordinates), followed by the import (on-site) of the attribute data in the CAD-files and finally the topological cleaning up in a 2D-database.During the dataloading into the new ITGI-model, the contents of the 2D-database have been mapped and converted into a database with Lambert2008-coordinates. The z-coordinate was recovered from the photogrammetric restitution's CAD-files or calculated on the basis of the DTM.
Download Service (WCS) for Alaro over Belgium
Download Service (WCS) for Alaro over Belgium. All the parameters of the last run of Alaro can be downloaded in grid format
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Ecosystems data processing and modelling (ECODAM)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Marinecomponent / Composante marine / Belgian Navy
Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek - Visserij (ILVO)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Ecosystems Physico-Chemistry (ECOCHEM)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)
FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy, GD Quality and Safety, Service Continental Shelf
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Directorate Natural Environment, GeoCell
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), GeoCell
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium