Global Geodetic Observing System
GGOS is the Global Geodetic Observing System and was initiated in July 2003. It is a component of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), which is the organization responsible for the advancement of Geodesy. The IAG and therefore GGOS are parts of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). GGOS works together with the […]
Global Multi-Resolution Topography Data Portal
The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis is a multi-resolutional compilation of edited multibeam sonar data collected by scientists and institutions worldwide, that is reviewed, processed and gridded by the GMRT Team and merged into a single continuously updated compilation of global elevation data. The synthesis began in 1992 as the Ridge Multibeam Synthesis (RMBS), was […]
Geological and Geophysical Data
Geo-Seas has implemented an e-infrastructure of 26 marine geological and geophysical data centres, located in 17 European maritime countries. Users are enabled to identify, locate and access pan-European, harmonised and federated marine geological and geophysical datasets and derived data products held by the data centres through a single common data portal. The aims of Geo-Seas […]
GEOMAR Repository
OceanRep is an open access digital collection containing the research output of GEOMAR staff and students (GEOMAR Archive). In the Additional Archive you can find other interesting papers about marine sciences. Included are journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, theses, cruise reports and more, – with fulltext, if available. OceanRep is managed by the GEOMAR […]
GEOTRACES International Data Assembly Centre
The International Data Assembly Centre compiles data received from national data offices and from core international GEOTRACES cruises. Global datasets are created for all key parameters, such as trace metals, e.g. iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd) and isotopic measurements e.g. nitrate (δ15NO3), carbon (δ13C), thorium (230Th), and made easily accessible to participating scientists and […]
German Federation for Biological Data
The German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio) is the authoritative, national contact point for issues concerning the management and standardisation of biological and environmental research data during the entire data life cycle (from acquisition to archiving and data publication). GFBio mediates expertise and services between the GFBio data centers and the scientific community, covering all […]
Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
When metadata records are formatted to a common standard, it facilitates the location and readability of the metadata by both humans and machines. The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) was widely-used, but it is no longer the current standard defining the information content for a set of digital geospatial data required by the […]
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) / GeoSeaPortal
BSH is a higher federal authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). It is the public institution for maritime tasks. This concerns tasks such as averting dangers at sea, issuing official nautical charts and surveying tasks in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, as well as forecasting tides, […]
Fernando de Noronha Experimental Laboratory
The simultaneous acquisition of atmospheric and oceanic data from FNEO (Fernando de Noronha), Cape Verde Ocean/Atmospheric Observatory (CVOO/CVAO) and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will provide highly valuable information about processes at the ocean-atmosphere interface and for understanding and modeling/predicting the variability and long-term changes in Atlantic climate.
Fishbase
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on finfishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data […]
Fisheries and Coastal Management database of Ghana
The Fisheries and Coastal Management database of Ghana (FishCoMGhana) is a data hub seeks to acquire and archive data on Ghana’s coastal resources and their management. It embraces managed data access for researchers and fisheries managers, policy makers as well as promotes exchange of information between universities, government agencies and non-governmental organisation both local and […]
Further developing the pan-European infrastructure for marine and ocean data management
SeaDataCloud aims at considerably advancing SeaDataNet services and increasing their usage, adopting cloud and HPC technology for better performance. More users will be engaged and for longer sessions by including advanced services in a Virtual Research Environment. Researchers will be empowered with a collection of services and tools, tailored to their specific needs, supporting marine […]
European Marine Biological Resource Centre
The European Marine Biological Research Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) is a pan-European Research Infrastructure for marine biology and ecology research. With its services, it aims to answer fundamental questions regarding the health of oceanic ecosystems in a changing environment, enable new technologies to further our investigation capabilities, support life-science breakthrough discoveries with the use of marine biological […]
European Marine Energy Centre LTD
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd is the first and only centre of its kind in the world to provide developers of both wave and tidal energy converters – technologies that generate electricity by harnessing the power of waves and tidal streams – with purpose-built, accredited open-sea testing facilities. Orkney is an ideal base […]
European Marine Observation and Data Network
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a network of organisations supported by the EU’s integrated maritime policy. These organisations work together to observe the sea, process the data according to international standards and make that information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products. EMODnet consists of more than 150 organisations […]
European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observatory
EMSO has the basic scientific objective of long-term monitoring, mainly in real-time, of environmental processes related to the interaction between the geosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, including natural hazards. It is composed of several deep-seafloor and water column observatories, deployed at key sites around European waters, from the Arctic to the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean, to […]
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System (EurOBIS) is an online marine biogeographic database compiling data on all living marine creatures. The principle aims of EurOBIS are to centralize the largely scattered biogeographic data on marine species collected by European institutions and to make these data freely available and easily accessible. All data go through a […]
European Register of Marine Species
The European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) is an authoritative taxonomic list of species occurring in the European marine environment, defined as up to the strandline or splash zone above the high tide mark and down to 0.5 (psu, ppt) salinity in estuaries. The register is actively maintained and daily updated in the framework of […]
Environmental Research Divisions Data Access Program
The Environmental Research Division’s Data Access Program (ERDDAP) is a data server that gives you a simple, consistent way to download subsets of gridded and tabular scientific datasets in common file formats and make graphs and maps. This particular ERDDAP installation has oceanographic data (for example, data from satellites and buoys). ERDDAP unifies the different […]
Environmental Research Infrastructures Providing Shared Solutions for Science and Society
ENVRIPLUS is a cluster of research infrastructures (RIs) for Environmental and Earth System sciences, built around ESFRI roadmap and associating leading e-infrastructures and Integrating Activities together with technical specialist partners. ENVRIPLUS is driven by 3 overarching goals: 1) favoring cross-fertilization between infrastructures, 2) implementing innovative concepts and devices across RIs, and 3) facilitating research and […]
Estaciones de Monitoreo Ambiental Costero
The Coastal Environmental Monitoring Stations (EMAC) are modular systems that allow monitoring atmospheric, hydrological and soil parameters. EMAC is a system whose distinctive characteristics is the universality of the channels, where any sensor can be connected in any channel, allowing to simultaneously measure various parameters (hydrological, meteorological or otherwise). All sensors and the purchaser are […]
Euro-Argo Improvements for the GMES Marine Service
The overall objective of the E-AIMS project was to improve the European contribution to the international Argo observing system and to prepare the next scientific and operational challenges for in-situ monitoring of the world ocean. The main objective was to prepare the evolutions of Argo floats for the next decade: improved reliability and life time, […]
Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement
The overarching objective of Euro-Argo RISE (Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement) is to enhance and extend the capabilities of the Argo network to provide essential ocean observations to answer new societal and scientific challenges. Euro-Argo RISE project is needed now to allow Europe to timely develop the European contribution to this new phase of […]
Euronews Ocean
Euronews Ocean explores the themes of pollution and marine life, the blue economy, sustainable fishing, aquaculture, climate change, ocean energy and more. We also look at the policies and projects designed to protect our seas.
European Argo Float monitoring infrastructure
European part of the global, in-situ ocean observing network that provides an essential complement to satellite systems. It is now the major, and only systematic, source of information and data over the ocean’s interior. It is an indispensable component of the Global Ocean Observing System required to understand and monitor the role of the ocean […]
European Atlas of the Seas
The European Atlas of the Seas provides information about Europe’s marine environment. Users can view predefined and ready to use maps, covering topics such as nature, tourism, security, energy, passenger transport, sea bottom, fishing stocks and quotas, aquaculture, and much more. Users can also benefit from an enriched catalogue with more than 200 map layers, […]
European Directory of Marine Environmental Data Sets
The European Directory of Marine Environmental Data Sets (EDMED) is a comprehensive reference to the marine data sets and collections held within European research laboratories, so as to provide marine scientists, engineers and policy makers with a simple mechanism for their identification. It covers a wide range of disciplines including marine meteorology; physical, chemical and […]
European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects
The European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects (EDMERP) covers marine research projects for a wide range of disciplines including marine meteorology; physical, chemical and biological oceanography; sedimentology; marine biology and fisheries; environmental quality; coastal and estuarine studies; marine geology and geophysics etc. Research projects are described as metadata factsheets with their most relevant aspects. […]
European Facility for Airborne Research in Environmental and Geo-sciences
The European Facility for Airborne Research in Environmental and Geo-sciences (EUFAR) aims at providing researchers with Open Access to the airborne facilities the most suited to their needs. EUFAR thus allocates Transnational Access to 24 installations, develops a culture of co-operation between scientists and operators, and organizes training courses to attract young scientists to airborne […]
European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster to promote the Blue Bioeconomy
Marine (blue) biotechnology is the key to unlocking the huge economic potential of the unique biodiversity of marine organisms. This potential remains largely underexploited due to lack of connectivity between research services, practical and cultural difficulties in connecting science with industry, and high fragmentation of regional research, development and innovation (RDI) policies. To overcome these […]
EarthCube
Earthcube is a quickly growing community of scientists across all geoscience domains, as well as geoinformatics researchers and data scientists. We are a joint effort between the NSF Directorate for Geosciences and the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. EarthCube was initiated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2011 to transform geoscience research by developing cyberinfrastructure […]
Ecole Centrale de Nantes
The ocean test facilities at Centrale Nantes are amongst the largest in Europe. Experiments carried out in the ocean basins allow different structures to be tested in their environment of use – river or sea. The structures studied range from fishing vessels, to ships, to equipment linked to marine renewable energies such as wind turbines, […]
