FerryBox Database
Routen Gkss Bilbao Td-lb-fg Pfeile Text Der Schiffe
In this data base the following ferry transects are stored (see picture besides):
A) Cuxhaven-Harwich ('old route' until 2005)
B) Cuxhaven-Immingham (since 2006)
C) Büsum-Helgoland (since 2008)
D) Germany-England-Norway (since 2007)
All data from the FerryBox cruises are stored in a database that can be reached from the internet.
Output in graphical from its free for the public. If you have non-commercial research interests in the data itself, please contact Dr- Petersen (wilhelm.petersen (at) hzg.de).
There are 5 different graphical formats:
- Transect Plot I: Here you can view one or more measured parameters from a single ferry transect.
- Transect Plot II: Here you can view one parameters from multiple transects.
- Time Series Plot: Here you choose alocation on a ferry transect and get all data (one or multiple parameters) for each time when the ferry crossed this spott (time series for this location).
- Scatter Plot: Here you can have an overview on multiple transects arranged in a column: On the x-axis the transect (distance) and on the y-axis the time (weeks, months) are depicted. The data itself are presented as colour-coded 'dots".
- Map Plot: On this type of plot a map with the ferry transect is presented. Its color represents the measured data.
