Data

Marine data is available from a variety of sources, including National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs), observing networks such as Argo, as physical objects such as ocean sediment cores.

The NERC Environmental Data Service (EDS) is a network of UK environmental data centres and supporting services.

The Marine Environmental Data Information Network (MEDIN) is a partnership of UK organisations committed to improving access to UK marine data.

The International Ocean Data and Information Exchange (IODE) is an international network of national oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) and associated data and information facilities.

The Global Ocean Observing System is a collection of different networks generating complementary data.

The General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO) aims to provide the most authoritative, publicly available bathymetry data sets for the world’s oceans.

SeaDataNet is a pan-European infrastructure to ease the access to marine data measured by the countries bordering the European seas.

The System of Industry Metocean Data for the Offshore and Research Communities (SIMORC) service gives an overview of and access to metocean data collected by the oil and gas industry using existing operational infrastructure. It aims to improve data management in industry and make industry data available to research.