World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) integrates approximately 100 marine databases to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of marine organisms. WoRMS has an editorial system where taxonomic groups are managed by experts responsible for the quality of the information. WorMS register of marine species emerged from the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) […]
Waterbase – Water Quantity
Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA’s databases on the status and quality of Europe’s rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, on the quantity of Europe’s water resources, and on the emissions to surface waters from point and diffuse sources of pollution. The dataset contains time series of water […]
WHOI Seafloor Data and Observation Visualization Environment
Seafloor data at these locations include multibeam bathymetry, high-resolution scanning altimetry, deep-towed sidescan sonar, seafloor digital photographs, sample locations, deep-towed magnetic data, and more. Each dataset is geospatially registered and incorporates metadata (e.g., sample geochemistry and time and depth of collection) that can be interactively accessed by the user. The user can control which datasets […]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The WHOI is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering. Its agenda includes: geological activity deep within the earth; plant, animal, and microbial populations and their interactions in the ocean; coastal erosion; ocean circulation; ocean pollution; and global climate change. Established in 1930 in Woods […]
Woods Hole Open Access Server
The Woods Hole Open Access Server, WHOAS, is an institutional repository that captures, stores, preserves, and redistributes the intellectual output of the Woods Hole scientific community in digital form. WHOAS is managed by the MBLWHOI Library as a service to the Woods Hole scientific community.
World Data Center for Climate
The mission of World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) is to provide central support for the German and European climate research community. The WDCC is member of the ICSU’s World Data System. Emphasis is on development and implementation of best practice methods for Earth System data management. Data for and from climate research are collected, […]
World Ocean Atlas
The World Ocean Atlas (WOA) contains objectively analyzed climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, oxygen, and other measured variables at standard depth levels for various compositing periods for the world ocean. Regional climatologies were created from the Atlas, providing a set of high resolution mean fields for temperature and salinity. The World Ocean Atlas […]
World Ocean Council
The WOC was launched in 2008 as a nonprofit organization to advance industry leadership and collaboration in ocean sustainable development, science and stewardship. The WOC is an international organization registered in the US and the UK, has a global footprint of action and Membership and is administrated by the Secretariat under the direction of a […]
World Ocean Database
The World Ocean Database (WOD) is a National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) product and an IODE (International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange) project. WOD is world’s largest collection of uniformly formatted, quality controlled, publicly available ocean profile data. It is a powerful tool for oceanographic, climatic, and environmental research, and the end result of […]
World Radiation Monitoring Center – Baseline Surface Radiation Network
The World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) is the central archive of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). All radiation measurements are stored together with collocated surface and upper-air meteorological observations and station metadata in an integrated database. These pages offer both: Information for all scientists who will use BSRN-data as well as information to any […]
UNEP Ocean Data Viewer
The Ocean Data Viewer offers users the opportunity to view and download a range of spatial datasets that are useful for informing decisions regarding the conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity. These decisions ultimately affect the ocean’s health and productivity, which provide the ecosystem services that are necessary for our well-being, livelihoods, and survival. To […]
Upper Ocean Processes Group
he primary focus of the Upper Ocean Processes Group is the study of physical processes in the upper ocean and at the air-sea interface using moored surface buoys equipped with meteorological and oceanographic sensors. The Upper Ocean Processes Group provides technical support to upper ocean and air-sea interface science programs. Deep-ocean and shallow-water moored surface […]
USGODAE Argo GDAC Data Browser
The USGODAE Project consists of United States academic, government and military researchers working to improve assimilative ocean modeling as part of the International GODAE Project. GODAE hopes to develop a global system of observations, communications, modeling and assimilation, that will deliver regular, comprehensive information on the state of the oceans, in a way that will […]
WASCAL Data Discovery Portal
Within WASCAL a large number of heterogeneous data are collected. These data are mainly coming from different initiated research activities within WASCAL (Core Research Program, Graduate School Program) the hydrological-meteorological, remote sensing, biodiversity and socio economic observation netwrks within WASCAL, the activities of the WASCAL Competence Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso. In order to facilitate the […]
Tuna-org
The Tuna-org web site serves as an informal framework for sharing information from tuna Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs). Tuna RFMOs are intergovernmental organizations that carry out data collection, scientific monitoring and management of tuna and tuna-like resources. The five tuna RFMOs are: (1) Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna; (2) Inter-American Tropical […]
Tropical Atlantic Interdisciplinary laboratory on physical, biogeochemical, ecological and human dynamics
Brazil recognized the major importance of the natural resources and mineral stocks along its 7,500 km of coastline (called “Blue Amazon” by the Brazil’s authorities). In this context the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) and the IRD (research units: MARBEC, LEMAR, LEGOS and LOCEAN) joined their forces to […]
The Monitoring and Operational Forecasting System of the Portuguese EEZ
The Monitoring and Operational Forecasting System of the Portuguese EEZ, MONIZEE, is a reinforcement of the permanent national infrastructures dedicated to the monitoring of the marine environment and coastal zones, as well as the capacity to forecast the oceanographic conditions in these areas. In the framework of MONIZEE system, the Hydrographic Institute maintains presently in […]
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a Research Infrastructure (RI) labeled by the ICTS (Unique Scientific and Technological Infrastructure) Spanish National Roadmap, co-funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish governent and the Canary Islands government and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Operational Programme […]
The petrological Database
PetDB, the Petrological Database, is a web-based data management system that provides on-line access to geochemical and petrological data. PetDB is a global synthesis of chemical, isotopic, and mineralogical data for rocks, minerals, and melt inclusions. PetDB’s current content focuses on data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from the ocean floor, specifically mid-ocean ridge basalts […]
The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
IOOS is our eyes on the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes. We are an integrated network of people and technology gathering observing data and developing tracking and predictive tools to benefit the economy, the environment, and public safety at home, across the nation, and around the globe. The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a […]
The US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Information System (NIS) Data Portal
Data are one of the most valuable products of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network. Data and metadata derived from publicly funded research in the U.S. LTER Network are made available online with as few restrictions as possible, on a non-discriminatory basis. In return, the LTER Network expects data users to act ethically by […]
The European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform
The European MSP Platform is an information and communication gateway designed to offer support to all EU Member States in their efforts to implement Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the years to come. the European MSP Platform acts as the central exchange forum for the rich knowledge generated in past, current and upcoming MSP processes […]
The European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory
The European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO) ERIC consists in a system of regional facilities placed at key sites around Europe, from North East to the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean, to the Black Sea. Observatories are platforms equipped with multiple sensors, placed along the the water column and on the seafloor. They constantly […]
The European WindScanner Facility
The future high rate of deployment of renewable energy will require a substantial increase in the installed wind power capacity towards 2020 and beyond, in fact this demand corresponds approximately to the installation of one large turbine every hour for the next decade. This is a substantial grand challenge as outlined in the Strategic Energy […]
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems Portal
A central part of GEO’s Mission is to build the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). GEOSS is a set of coordinated, independent Earth observation, information and processing systems that interact and provide access to diverse information for a broad range of users in both public and private sectors. GEOSS links these systems to […]
The Global Ocean Observing System
The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) is a sustained collaborative system of ocean observations, encompassing in situ networks, satellite systems, governments, UN agencies and individual scientists. We are organized around a series of components undertaking requirements assessment, observing implementation, innovation through projects, and a core team. GOOS utilizes the Framework for Ocean Observing to guide […]
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Data Centre
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is an intergovernmental marine science organization, meeting societal needs for impartial evidence on the state and sustainable use of our seas and oceans. The goal is to advance and share scientific understanding of marine ecosystems and the services they provide and to use this knowledge […]
Strengthening International Dimension of Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure
The objective of the SIDERI project is to strengthen the links and integration of the Euro-Argo European research infrastructure into the Argo International strategy of global ocean observations, and to seek participation by, and to develop cooperation with, potential participants in the European neighbouring areas which have a maritime interest. The following activities are planned: […]
Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Atlantic
SIMAtlantic aims to support the establishment and implementation of maritime spatial planning (MSP) in five European Atlantic countries: France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. It is a two-year project co-funded by the European Union and implemented by partners representing academic institutions, marine planning authorities and scientific public bodies, who will work together to […]
South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas – Online Spatial Database 2.0
The Online Spatial Database 2.0 forSouth African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas (SARVA) directly supports and allows users free access to and visualisation of drivers, pressures, vulnerability, exposure and risks or hazards within a particular location, covering both spatial and non-spatial data sets.
Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic
The Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) initiative aims to improve the quality of meteorological and near-surface oceanographic observations collected in-situ on research vessels (R/Vs) and select volunteer observing ships (VOS). Scientific objectives of SAMOS include: (1) Creating quality estimates of the heat, moisture, momentum, and radiation fluxes at the air-sea interface; (2) Improving […]
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System
SeaBASS, the publicly shared archive of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data maintained by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). High quality in situ measurements are prerequisite for satellite data product validation, algorithm development, and many climate-related inquiries. As such, the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) maintains a local repository of in situ […]
