Scheme 
1998-1999
1/12/1998 Project starts
Fev 1999 + 2 months Kick-off meetingDraft brochure ready and reviewed Draft Specifications for data pre-processing ready and reviewedPreliminary global inventory ready and disseminated to participantsPreliminary national inventories ready and disseminated to participantsMEDATLAS format specifications disseminated to participantsPreliminary version of the WWW server
March 1999 + 3 months Brochure disseminated to project participants and selected IOC contactsFirst data requests sent to source laboratoriesSpecifications for data pre-processing readySpecifications for climatological computation ready
April 1999 + 4 months First samples of data files transcoded at MEDATLAS format sent to regional QC centres for validation of the transcoding software (bench marks 1)
June 1999 + 6 months Transcoding software ready QC software readyPreliminary version of the common protocol ready & disseminated
July 1999 +7 months First samples of QCed data files sent to coordinating centre (bench marks 2)Workshop on QC
August 1999 + 8 months Format/codes conformity tests on bench marks 2 implemented and reported
September 1999 + 9 months End of the data compilation, data safeguardedWorkshop on Quality Control based on the IOC/MAST recommendationsFirst climatological computation software update available on the web server
1/12/1999 + 12 months Intermediate version of the Mediterranean InventoryData transcoded at the MEDATLAS formatPre-processing software SELMED upgraded Data decimation technique for climatological computation defined with regards to data distributionMEDAR/MEDATLAS WWW server open to public1st annual meeting
2000
January 2000 + 13 months Intermediate sample of QCed bio-chemical data sent to coordinating centre (bench marks 3)
March 2000 + 15 months National data sets QCBench marks 3 (preliminary bio-chemical data set) assembled & pre-processed
April 2000 + 16 months Test of climatological computation on Bench mark 3 data
June 2000 + 18 months Regional MeetingsComplete regional data sets released to global assembling centre
July 2000 + 21 months First global QC and reports
October 2000 + 22 months First global pre-processing (bench mark 4) transmitted to Analysis Centre
November 2000 + 23 months First results of climatological computations on preliminary version of the MEDAR data base (bench mark 4 data) available on the net
December 2000 +24 month 2st Annual Meeting2nd Annual Report
2001
March 2001 + 27 months Final global QC of the data terminated
Qualified data files organised for publication and for Inventory
April 2001 + 28 months Final data set pre-processed and transmitted to Analysis Centre
May 2001 + 29 months Final climatology computation
July 2001 + 31 months Final version of the Mediterranean InventoryWorkshop Climatological Analysis & Mapping
August 2001 + 32 months End of QC of the climatology
September 2001 + 33 months Beta-test version of the CDrom released
October 2001 + 35 months Report on beta-test CDrom QC for revision
December 2001 + 36 months Prototype of the final CDrom readyFinal Inventory on the webClimatological fields, selected Maps & software on the web
Project Web sites updated
Protocol Manual Edited
Final workshop - Final report
