| CORDIS Research Infrastructure Website This is a newly revamped information service on research infrastructures, referring to facilities and resources that provide essential services to the research community, whether academic or industrial. |
| ESEAS The European Sea Level Service (ESEAS) is an international collaboration of governmental and non-governmental organisations operating tide gauges along European Coasts or providing sea-level related information originating from other sorces such as satellite altimetry, GPS and absolute gravity measurements at tide gauges. |
| The European Strategy Forum for Research infrastructures The mission of the new "European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures" set up in 2002 by the Member States of the Union on the initiative of the Commission is to provide a multidisciplinary platform open to all EU countries to monitor the needs expressed by the scientific community on an on-going basis. |
| IMCA - International Marine Contractors Association The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is the international trade association representing offshore diving, marine and underwater engineering companies. |
| International Maritime Organisation The purposes of the IMO are "to provide machinery for cooperation among Governments in the field of governmental regulation and practices relating to technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage and facilitate the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and prevention and control of marine pollution from ships. |
Biological Databases
| Digital Bibliography of Aquatic Mammals Publications A bibliography of articles from the scientific journal Aquatic Mammals (European Association of Aquatic Mammals, EAAM).This database runs with the Papyrus Bibliography System from Research Software Design. |
| Biodiversity Reference Centre for Antarctic Amphipod Crustaceans This centre includes specialised databases that record and organise the widely scattered information on taxonomy, geographic and bathymetric distribution, ecological and biological characteristics, and bibliography. It will host and develop extensive, and validated reference collections of Southern Ocean amphipod crustaceans, compiled from Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences collections and other contributions from diverse national and international Antarctic programmes. |
| Biological Atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000: Plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas Presented are physical and biological data for the region extending from the Barents Sea to the Kara Sea during 158 scientific cruises for the period 1913-1999. Maps with the temporal distribution of physical and biological variables of the Barents and Kara Seas are presented, with proposed quality control criteria for phytoplankton and zooplankton data. Changes in the plankton community structure between the 1930's, 1950's, and 1990's are discussed. Multiple tables of Arctic Seas phytoplankton and zooplankton species are presented, containing ecological and geographic characteristics for each species, and images of live cells for the dominant phytoplankton species. |
| BIOSIS Index to Organism Names The Index to Organism Names is a tool for biologists sponsored and hosted by BIOSIS, incorporating name data from resources of BIOSIS and several other collaborating organizations. It is maintained in the UK by staff of the Zoological Record, the index to world zoological literature published by BIOSIS and the Zoological Society of London. The index currently covers animals (all names reported in ZR since 1978 and including those protists generally considered animals), algae, bacteria, fungi, and mosses. |
| Brachiopod Homepage This Web site gets the directory of the specialists working on brachiopods, the Brachiopodologists. Their address and email when available are given. The recent references of their publications are also available as well as the systematics and taxonomy of the Brachiopoda. |
| Ron Voskuil's Brachiopoda Home Page We can find data on the taxonomy of around 400 living members of the phylum Brachiopoda that Ron Voskuil accumulated over the years. |
| Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM) CLEMAM is a taxonomically oriented database of the marine Mollusca of Europe and adjacent areas (view the map of coastal sectors), aiming to a comprehensive coverage of the species in the eastern Atlantic from 26°N to the North Pole, the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. There are currently about 17.000 references, of which ca. 3500 are valid names. CLEMAM aims as being the standing reference for the systematics of European Mollusca, as well as a tool for species-oriented bibliographic search. The list of valid names of Mollusca in CLEMAM was contributed in 1999 to the European Register of Marine Species. |
| Checklist of Phytoplankton in the Skagerrak-Kattegat Illustrated checklist of phytoplankton in the Skagerrak-Kattegat (including heterotrophic flagellates). The aim of this checklist is to provide up to date information on phytoplankton and heterotrophic protists found in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, N. Atlantic Ocean. |
| CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Sea The CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, group by group, survey of recent marine 'immigrants' in the Mediterranean, which is undergoing drastic and rapid changes to its biota. Many of these new species are of Indo-Pacific origin having reached the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal : these so called 'Lessepsian' migrants now contribute significantly to the biodiversity of the Eastern basin |
| ETI World Biodiversity Database ETI's World Biodiversity Database is a continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million) and to make this important biological information worldwide accessible. Access to this online information system is free of charge for noncommercial use: scientific and educational purposes. All data in the WBD are copyright protected by the authors, artists and other contributors and may not copied or reproduced without approval of ETI and the lawful owners. |
| ETI World Taxonomist Database ETI offers an online taxonomists directory service. |
| Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification ETI, the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in operational relations with UNESCO. Its mission is to develop and produce scientific and educational computer-aided information systems, to improve the general access to and promote the broad use of taxonomic and biodiversity knowledge worldwide. |
| Fisheries Global Information System (FIGIS) The FAO Fisheries Global Information System is a global network of integrated information on aquatic resources and their exploitation. Figis will allow you to retrieve, collate and analyse the broad range of fisheries thematic data available world-wide |
| OBIS Ocean Biogeographic Information System The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) is the information component of the Census of Marine Life (CoML), a growing network of researchers in more than 45 nations engaged in a 10-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans - past, present, and future. OBIS is a web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on accurately identified marine species. It contain expert species level and habitat level databases and provide a variety of spatial query tools for visualizing relationships among species and their environment. OBIS strives to assess and integrate biological, physical, and chemical oceanographic data from multiple sources. |
| Fishbase: an Internet gateway to information on fish FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. |
| Portuguese Seaweeds Website This database gives access to various information on the seaweeds found along the Portuguese shoreline. |
| UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms These pages give you free access to an easily searchable database which is a component of the ETI World Biodiversity Database. The Unesco-IOC Register of Marine Organisms is an already large and gradually growing dataset that is being built up, and maintained at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, the Netherlands. As soon as datasets for particular groups are more or less complete and reliable or at least useful, they are being transferred to the database at ETI in Amsterdam. The same holds for updates in the future. |
Data Facilities
| Antarctice Digital Database (ADD) The Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) is the premier source of vector topographic data for Antarctica. First published on CD-ROM in 1993, the current version is available for download from this site. The data are supplied in ARC/INFO uncompressed export format, compressed and encrypted for download using zip. The data are encrypted using an individual password which is supplied to registered users of the ADD site. |
| CICA Image File Formats List This document contains a list of many of the most common image file formats. This document also contains information about what conversion filter(s) support each format. Included filters are pbmplus, SGI image tools, Utah Rasterfile Toolkit, Image Magick, imconv, xv, JPEG Software, PhotoShop, and DeBabelizer. |
| Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM) FRAM is a primitive equation numerical model of the Southern Ocean between latitudes 24S and 79S. The code is based on that of Cox. |
| Havlicek Picture Gallery of Map Projections |
| Map Projections Introduction Classification Distortion Azimuthal projections Cylindrical projections Conic projections Conic-like projections Pseudocylindrical and miscellaneous Grid analysis Test your knowledge Download Web resources (links) Search this site About... |
| Modelling the Earth's Climate portal to climate studies and modelling. |
| Ocean Data View (ODV) Ocean Data View (ODV) is a software package for the interactive exploration, analysis and visualization of oceanographic and other geo-referenced profile or sequence data. ODV runs on Windows (9x, Me, NT, 2000, XP), Mac OS X, Linux, and UNIX (Solaris, Irix, AIX) systems. ODV data and configuration files are platform-independent and can be exchanged between different systems. |
| Online Map Creation You may create maps interactively at this site. Fill out the form, submit your entries and a page with the desired map will be returned to your browser. The maps are actually created by the "Generic Mapping Tools" (GMT). This means a PostScript* version is drawn first which you can download onto your harddisk after completion. The GIF*-version (the one you get to see in your browser window) may be saved by terms of your browser. |
| Sea Level Analysis from ERS Altimetry Every month, once our precise orbit is available, the heights of the Dynamic Ocean Topography (i.e. the average elevation of the sea above the Earth's geoid) are calculated from ERS-1 and ERS-2 altimetry using long-arc techniques, by fitting the difference between the orbital height and the corrected altimeter range to an spherical harmonic surface to degree and order 23. Fast-delivery measurements from the Kiruna station -which arrive at ESOC in near real time- are used in the computations, by taking one out of 30 raw measurements (i.e. every 30 seconds) and applying all instrumental and environmental corrections to it. These corrections include dry and wet troposphere, ionosphere, sea-state bias, tides, ocean loading and altimeter bias. |
| Sea-Search: data management practices This document gives the full text of guidelines, that are specifically applicable for data management practices within the Marine Science & Technology (MAST) programme of the European Commission - DG XII. Also links are given to other useful guides and manuals concerning marine data management. |
| Seacarb Seacarb is an R package that calculates various parameters of the carbonate system in seawater. |
| The CERA Central Page CERA is a database model that has been designed by PIK, DKRZ, and AWI to enable interchange of meta information on geo-referenced data. |
| The GeoSPATIAL World Multi-themed portal to GIS theory, applications and resources. |
| The Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project (OCCAM). |
| The OCCAM project has developed two high resolution (1/4 and 1/8 degree) models of the World Ocean - including the Arctic Ocean and marginal seas such as the Mediterranean. The project is being carried out by researchers at the Southampton Oceanography Centre in collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of East Anglia and Edinburgh. |
| UNEP- WCMC Interactive Map Service (IMAPS) UNEP- WCMC has been pioneering the delivery of interactive map-based conservation data on the Internet for many years. IMapS can be created for specific regions, incorporating information on environmental sensitivites such as protected areas, breeding areas, species and background information. |
EU Supported Infrastructures
| Bergen Marine Research Infrastructure The Bergen Marine Food Chain Research Infrastructure is a set of complementary marine installations covering the axis from controlled laboratory systems to mesocosms and natural environments. |
Large Databases
| Atlantic Data Base for Exchange Processes at the Deep Sea Floor (ADEPD) This project falls under the work programme of EU/MAST (Marine Science and Technology) related to global change and will establish a network of European researchers involved in geochemical and biological processes in the deep sea of the Atlantic. The network will be used for the exchange of biogeochemical benthic data and aims at integrating present knowledge of processes at the deep sea floor. It is a supporting action contributing to JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies), with benefits for natural resource management. |
| Altimetry Atlas The following mean sea surface and gravity anomaly maps of the oceans were computed from a combined solution of satellite altimeter data gathered by a number of satellites: GEOSAT, ERS-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon. The data was merged into one dataset, orbit error was eliminated using crossover minimisation. The gravity anomaly map of the Indian Ocean was computed from a combined data set containing altimetric data from GEOSAT, ERS-1 and TOPEX-Poseidon. The Atlantic Ocean map is computed from ERS-1 and TOPEX-Poseidon data only. To go the contents pages of the maps click on one of the maps below. A series of perspective views of the Indian Ocean mean sea surface is also available, these were created using a ray-tracer (POV). |
| Baltic Environmental Database (BED) The BED was initiated in 1990 as part of a research project 'Large-scale Environmental Effects and Ecological Processes in the Baltic Sea.' The basic idea has been to make available data set on the conditions in the Baltic Sea and on forcing functions so that budget and models of the physics and biogeochemical cycles of organic matter and nutrients can be developed. |
| Carbon Dioxide In the North Atlantic Ocean Project (CARINA) Data- and metadata-sharing program among CO2 researchers in the North Atlantic. |
| Coriolis Data Service Coriolis data service provides quality-controlled in-situ data in real-time and delayed modes. Managed data sets are mainly T-S profiles and time series from profiling floats, XBT's, thermo-salinographs, drifting and moored buoys. The service is a gateway to global ARGO data and will process floats for the European GyroScope pilot array. The center will be in situ data provider for the Mercator data assimilation project. |
| DCRS -IWICOS Sea Ice Information System The data found in the DCRS archive are special processed versions of original data from the Marshal Space Flight Center (SSM/I data in all branches of the archive), the Danish Meteorological Institute (Ice charts and NOAA AVHRR images in the Greenland and Greenland Sea archives), The National Ice Center (NIC) (Ice charts in all parts of the archive) and the Tromsoe Satellite Station (NOAA AVHRR data in the Kara and Greenland archive). |
| GEOMAR Databank for Ocean Floor Samples (Lithotek) At present, the GEOMAR Lithothek database contains over 700 ocean floor samples, taken with a box corer (GKG), which have been obtained worldwide and are stored at the GEOMAR Lithothek. The database provides detailed information about the cores, including the research cruise, exact location coordinates of the core, the core type and a core photography. How to search for a core. |
| GFZ Data Center Data and computing centre of the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam. |
| ICES Oceanographic Database and Services ICES maintains a bank of oceanographic data supplied by Member Countries, dating back to the early 1900s. Submission to the databank is subject to intense quality control, thus providing some measure of validation. ICES does not demand a rigid data format for submission, though all data are dispatched to requesters in the ICES Oceanographic format or a comma delimited file. |
| IFREMER List of Marine Data and Information Centres Marine Data and Information Centres on WWW |
| JNCC Marine Environmental Resource Mapping and Information Database (MERMAID) This database has been developed to provide wider access to information on marine sites, habitats and species around Britain and Ireland collected as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review and originally held on the MNCR database. Use of Internet technology provides rapid access to the most up to date information held in JNCC's central data system, including map based searches. The development of MERMAID also links closely with the National Biodiversity Network and is being used as a demonstation project showing that delivery of database information over the internet is both technically possible and advantageous. |
| Latest ESOP/IMSI/IWICOS Ice and Weather Info Access to near real time and archived sea ice information and satellite images for most of the polar oceans |
| Live Access to UK Met Office and OCCAM Data Ocean model analyses of circulation using data assimilation techniques. Met Office FOAM and European Shelf Seas, OCCAM global 1/4 degree. |
| NEPTUNE On-Line Project NEPTUNE is a relational database of microfossil occurrences reported in DSDP and ODP samples. |
| Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN) This is the introductory page to the GEOMAR-part of ODSN, the established by GEOMAR, Research Center for Marine Geosciences / Kiel and the Geological Institute of the University Bremen. This site is intended to provide and share information about data related with the DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project) and ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) drilling campaigns |
| Pangaea - Network for Geological and Environmental Data The Network for Geological and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) is a public data library on the Internet aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing geocoded data with special emphasis on environmental, marine and geological research. Data is stored with metainformation in a relational database, accessible through a client/server system. |
| PLANKTON*NET The PLANKTON*NET database contains taxonomic information for all types of plankton from Marine picoplankton to Makrozooplankton. This database is the result of the work at two Marine Stations belonging to the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI): The Biologische Anstalt Helgoland and the Wattenmeerstation Sylt. At present it contains taxonomic information on 293 phytoplankton taxa observed in the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. A number of contributors have provided further image collections and the online database was established in collaboration with the MBL at Woods Hole. |
| Shelf-Seas Model Data and Products on DPDS Products from the Met Office shelf-seas model for the north-west European continental shelf area are now available through the Data and Products Distribution System (DPDS). The north-west European shelf-seas model is run once a day, from 0000 UTC on the previous day (T-24) to produce a forecast out to two days ahead (t+48). Shelf-seas model products are available every day at approximately 12 km resolution (approx. 12,300 data points) for the north-west European continental shelf and shelf break. |
| UNEP GRID-Arendal As a specific follow-up to the recommendations of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development, the Government of Norway and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established an environmental information centre in Arendal, Norway. Set up as a foundation under Norwegian legislation, the centre was linked to the world-wide UNEP programme termed Global Resource Information Database and was therefore called a GRID centre. |
| Vector-Attributed Digital Bathymetry of UK and Adjacent European Waters (DigBath250) The British Geological Survey has begun the compilation and production of vector, attributed digital bathymetry of U.K. and adjacent European waters. Its purpose is to provide a regional scale digital bathymetry as a primary dataset for GIS, mapping and modelling. It will be avaialable in standard GIS and CAD formats. |
| WCRP/SCOR Working Group on Air-Sea Fluxes The Working Group on Air Sea Fluxes was a joint World Climate Research Programme/Scientific Committee on Ocean Research committee whose main aims were to review the requirements of different scientific disciplines for surface flux data sets, to catalogue available surface flux data and flux-related data sets, and to review the strengths and weaknesses of each. The Working Group produced a report (WCRP-112, November, 2000) assessing the state of the art for surface fluxes, and organised a Surface Fluxes Workshop (Washington, DC, May 2001). Electronic versions of the Report and of the Workshop proceedings (including extended abstracts) are available on this site. |
| World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE) The WDC is aimed at collecting, scrutinizing, and disseminating data related to global change in the fields of environmental oceanography, marine geology, paleoceanography, and marine biology. It focuses on georeferenced data using the information system PANGAEA. The World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE) stores and handles numeric, string, and image data. |
| World Stress Map The World Stress Map (WSM) is the global repository for contemporary tectonic stress data from the Earth's crust. It was originally compiled by a research group headed by Mary Lou Zoback as part of the International Lithosphere Programm (ILP). Since 1995 the WSM Project has been a research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The WSM research group is located at the Karlsruhe University within the Institute of Geophysics. |
| eu-seased Metadatabase of seabed samples and seismic/sonar data in European waters and ocean basins. |
Libraries and Repositories
| Digital Bibliography of Society for Marine Mammalogy Publications An electronic reference database with publications from the Society for Marine Mammalogy available for free download. Included are articles, notes, and other materials (book reviews, letters & scientific correspondence, memories, and business & minutes) published in the journal Marine Mammal Science.The database is made for the Papyrus Bibliography System (WIndows & Mac). |
| BADC Acronym and Abbreviation List for Meteorology |
| Baltic Sea Marine Environment Information System The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography covers bibliographic information on the Baltic Sea, i.e. all marine areas from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and Kattegat in the west. It contains references to reports including "grey literature", journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. The bibliography covers material from the year 1970, currently ca. 11 000 references. |
| BIASLIC Member Libraries Britain and Ireland Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres |
| Catalog of oceanographic research centres Indexed catalog of oceanographic research centres |
| Catalog of oceanographic societies Indexed catalog of oceanographic societies. |
| Catalog of oceanographic topics Indexed catalog of oceanographic topics. |
| Delft University of Technology Library Comprehensive interface, with on-line catalog. |
| Directory of Ibero-American marine scientists |
| earth.elsevier.com/oceans Oceanography publications and online services in the Elsevier web portal |
| eSeFDee Marine Sciences Portal Oceanography and marine sciences portal for the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, covering international organisations, management bodies, marine biology, fisheries, aquaculture, hydrology, climatology, geology, pollution, maritime law, seafood technology, databases, etc. |
| European Geoscience University Departments Alphabetical listing of geoscience department links |
| Geo-Guide Geo-Guide is a subject gateway to online information sources on Earth Sciences (including Thematic Maps and Geography) and Mining. |
| LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) Links to Sources of global, regional and national Coastal Zone Data |
| MareNet MareNet is a distributed information service. It uses the information which can be found on the web-servers of the worldwide distributed marine research institutions and departments of universities seen as a distributed database. |
| Nordic Libraries Information Servers We aim to be as complete as possible on all types of libraries in Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, and on University and college libraries and Governmental and special libraries in Finland and Norway. Public and school libraries in Norway and Finland are mainly covered by other lists found under those countries. |
| Ocean Expert OceanExpert (or the Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals )is a database, developed and maintained by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), containing information on individuals involved in all aspects of Marine or Freshwater Research and Management. It is intended to be a tool for scientists, policy makers and anyone who needs to contact a marine or freshwater professional. |
| PORT Maritime Information Gateway PORT is an Internet gateway of maritime resources at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The portal is designed for the research purposes of academics, museum staff and researchers, and contains a variety of information on themes such as the Environment, Fishing, Marine Engineering, and Transport. PORT provides also a diary of international maritime conferences, symposia and meetings and it is possible to become a "virtual visitor" to the online events listed. |
| Southampton Oceanography Centre: National Oceanographic Library Library and information services: Ocean Information System; Databases; Ocean and Earth Science Websites; SOC Publications; CD Rom Resources; Electronic Resources; Marine Information and Advisory Service; Information Skills. |
| UK National Marine Biological Library (NMBL) The mission of the National Marine Biological Library (NMBL) is to maintain the collections as a world-class marine biological resource for the UK, so that users are provided with the information and data necessary to their researches, and to give a lead, both nationally and internationally, in the development and provision of information to the wider aquatic community. |
Marine Institutes
| CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes This on-line directory gives you practical information on over 80 marine research institutes located in the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. Information includes types of equipment, library resources, courses and kinds of research. The guide is restricted to marine research institutes who have full laboratory and / or oceanographic capacity that are located on the shore or very near. |
| Marenet MareNet, the worldwide Network of Marine Research Institutions and Documents, provides a set of information services for marine scientists. This site gives you a detailed description of MareNet and its different services. |
| Oceanography Hotlist - Europe Compilation of the marine research institutes related to oceanography in Europe. |
Monitoring Networks
| EDIOS EDIOS is an FP5 project to develop a searchable marine Directory of the ocean observing, measuring, and monitoring systems operating in Europe. EDIOS will allow for the first time an analysis of the continuously available data for operational models in Europe, and hence the ability to optimise the deployment of instruments, and the design of sampling strategy. Classification of the ocean-observing sites/devices included in EDIOS will set European standards for ocean. |
| EIONET -European Environment Information and Observation Network EIONET is a collaborative network of the European Environment Agency and its Member Countries, connecting National Focal Points in the EU and accession countries, European Topic Centres, National Reference Centres, and Main Component Elements. These organisations jointly provide the information that is used for making decisions for improving the state of environment in Europe and making EU policies more effective. EIONET is both a network of organisations and a electronic network (e-EIONET). |
| European Group on Ocean Stations (EGOS) EGOS is an Action Group of the Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP). It was established on December 1, 1988, as a joint operational project for near real-time acquisition of meteorological and oceanographic data in the North Atlantic Ocean. |
| European Sea Floor Observatory Network (ESONET) The aim of ESONET is to establish the basis for a marine component of GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) comprising a network of long-term, sea floor, multi-disciplinary observatories at key provinces around the European margin providing continuous vigilance in relation to geophysical, biogeochemical, oceanographic and biological phenomena. ESONET will be focussed beyond the continental shelf edge in the ocean margin areas down to 4000m depth. |
| GEOSTAR State of the art of the project "Monitoring and alarm networks in marine areas facing high seismic risk zone. Realisation of a first node in Eastern Sicily:SN-1 Observatory (Submarine Network-1) |
| Irish Marine Data Buoy Network The Irish Marine Data Buoy Network is a joint project designed to improve weather forecasts and improve safety at sea. The new buoy network will provide vital data for weather forecasts, shipping bulletins and gale and swell warnings. The project is the result of successful collaboration between the Marine Institute, Met Eireann, The UK Met Office and the Irish Department of the Marine and Natural Resources. |
| MERSEA - Marine Environment and Security for the European Area MERSEA ('Marine Environment and Security for the European Area') project is directly related to the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) Action Plan on global ocean monitoring and the marine theme. MERSEA Strand-1 project (initial period 2001-2003) builds on the current European capabilities for development, implementation and operational use of marine modeling and data assimilation systems, space-borne observations and in-situ observing networks and systems. |
| POSEIDON network POSEIDON system is an infrastructure at the leading edge of modern oceanography in Europe by establishing a network of observation buoys and the creation of a specialized operational center for the processing of the data collected and the production of forecasts. The network of observation buoys records continuously the physical, biological and chemical parameters of the Greek seas. Those data are then transmitted to the operational center where they are sorted and fed into forecasting models. |
Research Vessels
| ALIAS Alias - Artic Logistics Information and Support, is a database which provides information on Icebreakers operating in Artic and also in Antartic zones. |
| Live Tracking: Oceanographic Research Ships This website shows locations of research vessels worldwide, based on synoptic weather reports submitted to WMO. Updated hourly. It also includes current weather conditions. |
| Ocean Facilities Exchange Group (OFEG) In February 1996, a Tripartite Agreement was signed between NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer) and BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) for the mutual cooperation of marine scientific interests and activities. Under the aegis of this agreement a Marine Facilities Tripartite Group (MFTG) was established which comprises the managers and planners of the respective fleets of scientific research ships and major marine facilities. This group has been meeting since 1996 with the primary objective of bartering shiptime and exchanging major marine equipment without the need to charter or exchange money. In November 2002, the NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) became a full member and in April 2003 a Spanish representative was invited to attend meetings as an observer. In light of the fact that the Group now had more than three members the MFTG was re-named the Ocean Facilities Exchange Group (OFEG). |
| Sea Search Sea-Search aims to provide a central access to ocean and marine data and information in Europe by operating a network of European partners websites. In particular, Sea-Search provides tools to facilitate the access to the ROSCOP databases of data collection activities of individual oceanographic research vessels. |
| ISOM The International Research Ship Operators' Meeting (ISOM) was founded in 1986, and is an informal annual meeting (September/October) of managers of ocean research ship fleets for the purpose of discussing subjects and solving problems of mutual interest. ISOM is attended voluntarily and is hosted by and in participating countries. |
Satellites
| Global Data Telemetry and Geo-positioning Services Company Argos is a satellite-based system which collects, processes and disseminates environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms worldwide. What makes Argos unique is the ability to geographically locate the source of the data anywhere on the Earth. For over 20 years, Argos has provided data to environmental research and protection communities that, in many cases, was otherwise unobtainable. The system is fully proven and highly reliable. Argos was developed under a Memorandum of Understanding between France's CNES, USA's NASA, and USA's NOAA. The system utilizes both ground and satellite-based resources to accomplish its mission. This includes instruments carried aboard the NOAA polar orbiting environmental satellites, receiving stations around the world and major processing facilities in France and the United States. This fully integrated system works to conveniently locate and deliver data from the most remote platforms to the user's desktop, often in near real-time. |
| Airborne Geoid Mapping System for Coastal Oceanography (AGMASCO) Within the EU MAST-III project AGMASCO, an airborne gravimetry/altimetry system has been established to determine geoid and sea surface topography in coastal and shelf areas. |
| Altimeter Data Retrieval Tool As part of a Natural Environment Research Council's technology foresight project, the James Rennell Division is processing global data sets from recent radar altimeter missions. A second part of the project is to provide Web access to these data for users. |
| ATMOS User Center (AUC) AUC was established to provide the European atmospheric satellite data user community with direct and easy access to measurements and derived data products from a wide range of sensors. Data available at this site include: atmospheric radiances; extraterrestrial solar radiances; total columns for ozone and NO2; daily global total column ozone; daily images for north pole, south pole, and latitude-longitude; daily ozone distribution above Europe; dynamical activity index; climatology (total ozone zonal mean). |
| ATSR Averaged Sea Surface Temperature (ASST) The Averaged Sea Surface Temperatures products here available, are acquired with ATSR-2 and have a resolution of 10 arcminutes. 10 out of 14 orbits are daily made available on-line through the Near Real Time Service located at Tromsoe (N); the products are grouped into one tar-file a day. |
| Aviso, Observing the Ocean from Space The Aviso website is dedicated to altimetry, orbitography and precise location missions. It offers a complete overview of these techniques, the way they work, and their uses. It gives also access to data from these missions. |
| CHAMP-GFZ The GFZ CHAMP (CHAllenging Mini-satellite Payload) low earth orbit satellite, mainly designed and operated by different German companies and institutions has been launched in July 2000. |
| Committee on Earth Observation Systems (CEOS) Resources in Earth Observation: case studies, data and information for education and developing countries. |
| EURISY EURISY aims: To provide a vehicle for European agencies, governmental bodies, industrials companies, institutions and similar organisations involved in space-related activites or, more generally, in scientific and technological activities; and to act collectively in support of the objectives. The Eurisy Association was founded in 1989 as part of Europe's preparations for International Space Year (ISY-92). In 1993, the Association's members decided that EURISY should continue its work, given that raising public awareness of the value of European space activities was a long-term task requiring an extended effort. |
| Europe's Meteorological Satellite Program (EUMETSAT) EUMETSAT's primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of the satellites and for delivering satellite data to end users as well as contributing to the operational monitoring of climate. |
| European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) The European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) is an Agency of the Council of the European Union dedicated to the exploitation and production of information derived primarily from the analysis of earth observation space imagery in support of Union decision-making in the field of |
| GasBag The on-line Web magazine covering current developments in altimetry. German Applied Remote Sensing Cluster [995 Hits] Applied Remote Sensing Cluster : German Remote Sensing Data Center DFD and Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) |
| Global Assimilation Applied to Modelling of European Shelf Seas (GANES) This EU-CEO project will use satellite altimeter and radiometer data assimilated into global ocean models, to provide ocean current, temperature and salinity boundary conditions for shelf and coastal models which predict sea levels and currents around Europe. The particular aims of the group are to understand the relative contributions of data and models to the assimilation analyses and thereby to understand errors in model physics or forcing that can be corrected. The archived data sets will be available over the web to European coastal modelling groups and also to a wider community for use in other areas of the world. |
| GOOS List of Internet Resources on Ocean Remote Sensing Sensors, Data, Education, and Ocean Models This list is narrowly targeted towards remote sensing and ocean modelling. |
| HiSeasNet HiSeasNet is a satellite communications network designed specifically to provide continuous Internet connectivity for oceanographic research ships and platforms. |
| Integrated Use of New Microwave Satellite Data for Improved Sea Ice Observation (IMSI) The overall objective of IMSI is: To explore and test methods for use of new satellite earth observation data in sea ice monitoring and improve utilisation of these observations in a wider user community. Specific objectives are: To identify gaps between current satellite ice information products and user requirements;To improve the satellite products using the new SAR and scatterometer data and synergy between several types of satellite data; To demonstrate new satellite products to selected user groups; and To assess and recommend satellite products for future operational use. |
| Jason 1 Jason 1 is an oceanography mission to monitor global ocean circulation, study the ties between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate forecasts and predictions, and monitor events such as El Niño conditions and ocean eddies. |
| Ocean Colour European Archive Network (OCEAN) The Ocean Colour European Archive Network (OCEAN) Project, was established in 1990 as a co-operation between the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC), with the support of the EC Directorate General XI, and the European Space Agency (ESA). The aim of the project was to generate a data base of CZCS data for the European seas, and to set up the scientific tools needed for its exploitation. |
| The French Processing and Archiving Facility (CERSAT) CERSAT is a processing and archiving facility for satellite data. |
| TOPEX/Poseidon Launched in 1992, TOPEX/Poseidon is a joint venture between CNES and NASA to map ocean surface topography. |
| Virtual Library of Remote Sensing Websites The main goal of the WWW Virtual Library is to share information among researchers and practitioners in the fascinating field of Remote Sensing. |
Underwater Vehicles
| Autonomous underwater vehicles In this website you can find a collection of groups and projects of some autonomous underwater vehicles of the world. |
| Deep submergence Vehicle and Equipment Inventory Partial Inventory of Deep Submergence Research Vehicles and Science Equipment around the World- Human Occupied Vehicles (HOVs); Remotely Occupied Vehicles (ROVs); Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs); Towed Vehicles; and Science Equipment - Tools and Sensors. |
| IMCA's Remote Systems & ROV Division IMCA's Remote Systems & ROV Division is concerned with all aspects of equipment, operations and personnel related to remotely controlled systems (including ROVs) used in support of marine activities. |
| Maridan A/S Maridan A/S is the world leader in manufacturing and using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to perform underwater surveys for the offshore industry. The company's advancements in survey activities are the results of nearly 10 years of extensive research and development in AUV technology. Thanks to Maridan's innovative AUV design and systems integration capabilities, we are established as the world's foremost commercial AUV survey provider and AUV manufacturer. |
| Ron's ROV Links ROV, AUV & Plough manufacturers Connectors & CablesLaunch & Recovery systems, Cranes & WinchesManipulators, Hydraulics & ThrustersCameras & Lights Joysticks & TrackerballsSensorsSliprings & fiber opticsFlotationSubsea housings & acrylic viewportsSoftware, control systems, simulatorsROV operatorsElectronics & electricalTest & measuring equipment |
| ROV Committee of the Marine TEchnology Society The role of the ROV Committee is to promote the interchange of technical information between industrial, academic, defense and other organizations on an international basis in the areas of ROV's, undersea robotics and artificial intelligence; provide speakers to academic institutions to increase the participation of students in the society and areas of ROV and undersea technology; produce technical publications related to ROV technology. |
| ROVs of the World register of ROVs and directory of companies involved in their operation, manufacture and supply of specialist equipment: over 135 ROV builders; over 455ROVs, AUVs tracked and towed vehicles; products and services from over 880key industry suppliers; specifications/GA drawings for 180 dedicated ROV support ships. |
| The Society for Underwater Technology The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) is a multi-disciplinary learned Society bringing together individuals and organisations from more than 40 countries who have a common interest in underwater technology, ocean science and offshore engineering. The SUT was founded in 1966, has members from more than 40 countries, and includes engineers, scientists, other professionals, and students working in these areas. |
Industry
| International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF) International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF) is a non-profit making organisation, funded by the vast majority of the world's ship owners, with activities in oil spill responses. |
| Aanderaa Instruments Aanderaa Instruments develops, manufactures and markets oceanographic and meteorological instruments and special systems for collecting environmental data. |
| Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) searchable database The Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) searchable database has been designed to help users to identify technologies available to meet their needs. Technologies are organized by specific environmental parameters, sensor types, and manufacturers. |
| An Autonomous System for Monitoring Air-Sea Fluxes using the Inertial Dissipation Method and Ship Mounted Instrumentation The aim is to develop and test (in both laboratory and the field) an autonomous atmospheric measuring system, "AutoFlux", which will measure surface stress, sensible and latent heat flux and also carbon dioxide flux. The system is aimed primarily towards unattended use on Voluntary Observation Ship (VOS) and on unmanned buoys, but may be used at other measuring sites in the near surface atmosphere. The AutoFlux project is supported under the MAST-3 programme of the European Union. |
| Aquatec Group Aquatec Electronics develops and manufactures specialist instrumentation, data acquisition systems, data loggers, and signal processing systems. Typical applications are in sonar signal processing; long term, unattended data acquisition; and high speed data acquisition for optical and ultrasonic instrumentation. Aquatec also manufactures an Acoustic Backscatter Sensor for monitoring of suspended sediment, and various data loggers. |
| BioSonics BioSonics has, since 1978, provided resource scientists and managers with Hydroacoustic (SONAR) tools for the detection, assessment and monitoring of underwater physical and biological resources. From bathymetry and substrate classification to zooplankton and fish biomass and behavior. Proven technology for mobile survey, fixed-location, and ocean observatory applications. BioSonics, World Leader in Digital Scientific Echosounder, Technology, Training, and Consulting Since 1978. |
| CETEMAR CETEMAR carries out development and research projects for maritime safety. |
| CETENA CETENA - Centro per gli Studi di Tecnica Navale, promotes and carries out research activities in the maritime fields, particularly in shipbuilding and marine propulsion. The main targets are the enlargement of the scientific knowledges, the improvement of the design and manifacturing technologies for an higher effinciency in operations, the safety at sea - wide-open - the environment protection. |
| CHELSEA Technologies Group The Chelsea Technologies Group specialises in underwater technologies ranging from acoustics and sonar products through to comprehensive environmental monitoring systems. Satisfying the needs of both the civil and military markets Chelsea provides towed oceanographic vehicles, multi parameter oceanographic sensors, acoustic sources and telemetry systems, echo repeaters and piezocomposite transducers plus world leading technology in AUV autopilots and correlation sonar velocity logs and the newly launched, POSCOM multi-user, wide area navigation system which utilises spread spectrum acoustic transmissions |
| Fathoms Ltd Fathoms Ltd provides integrated sub-sea services in inshore and coastal waters. These include survey and sub-sea survey, salvage, diving, specialist consultancy and ROV work. We are the UK's foremost provider of Sub-sea Radiological Services and have extensive experience in meteorological and oceanographic data gathering using remote equipment and telemetry. |
| FUGRO Group The Fugro Group is the world's largest integrated supplier of offshore survey, consultancy and specialist support services operating globally in more than 50 countries, with about 5800 staff, over 200 offices and a total of 22 dedicated survey vessels. The broad range of services include site and route geophysical surveys, marine geotechnical investigations, oceanographic and meteorological services, construction support, ROV operations, precise global positioning, structural monitoring, geoscience consultancy, gravity, environmental and aerial geomagnetic surveys. |
| H Scientific Ltd. H Scientific Ltd was formed in 1996 and is located near Portsmouth and Southampton on the South Coast of England, UK. Our core activities lie in the development of Intellectual Property in fields ranging from naval, marine and airborne navigation and guidance systems through to integrated optics. |
| HIDROMOD HIDROMOD (Modelação em Engenharia, Lda) is a Portuguese technical consulting company which develops and applies technical software in engineering and scientific areas related to fluid mechanics. |
| Hydrovision We specialize in the design and manufacture of subsea robotics including remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Together with our sister company Seaeye Marine, we offer a full range of standard or customized electric and hydraulically powered ROVs, from portable |
| Kystdesign Kystdesign AS specializes in remotely operated vehicles and tools for sub-sea operations. |
| Manufacturer of oceanographic equipment for the international scientific community. Manufacturer of oceanographic equipment for the international scientific community. The primary focus is on: Net Systems for Biologists and Biological Oceanographers; Mooring Buoys for Oceanographic Instrumentation; Trawl Resistant Mounts for ADCPs and ADPs; Sidescan Towing Systems for all-weather Sidescan Towing; RiverRaft ADCP boat for river and stream measurement . |
| METOC PLC Metoc provides specialist advice and project management services to clients in the oil & gas, power, telecommunications, water and renewable energy industries, helping them develop appropriate engineering solutions. Metoc\'s skills cover a wide range of disciplines, including environmental sciences, geoscience,meteorology and oceanography, computer modelling, health & safety, geographical information systems (GIS), and contract management. |
| OCEANOR OCEANOR is a high-tech company specialising in delivering integrated real-time environmental monitoring and information systems for oceans, rivers, lakes, groundwater and soil. The systems are often used in connection with offshore oil and gas production, harbour monitoring, sea- and fresh-water quality monitoring and weather forecasting. The company's multi-disciplinary expertise within meteorology, oceanography, biology, hydrology, chemistry, electronics and software development makes the products and services outstanding on a world wide basis. |
| Ohmex Ltd. Ohmex Ltd, located in the docklands area of Southampton, one of the largest ports in the world. Established in April 2000 Ohmex is primarily a manufacturer and distributor of equipment involved in Environmental Science applications such as Environmental Data collection and Land/Hydrographic surveying systems . |
| R.S.Aqua We provide oceanographic instrumentation to the research, survey and monitoring markets. Our Company represents the interests of some of the world's leading ocean equipment manufacturers via sales, service and spares facilities. |
| RBR Ltd. Since 1976, RBR Ltd. has been manufacturing high precision instruments for oceanographic, freshwater, groundwater and cryospheric research. Our current product line includes submersible data loggers for CTD and other sensors, thermistor chains, and capacitance wave gauges. |
| RD INSTRUMENTS EUROPE Since 1982, RDI's ADCPs have been the choice of modern investigations for measuring water currents. From the Arctic to the Antartic, the Amazon to the Mississippi, and from research ships, river boats, and deep diving submersibles, RDI's ADCPs have redefined how currents are measured in oceans, coastal waters and rivers. |
| Sea-Bird Electronics Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc is the largest manufacturer of marine instruments for measurement of salinity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, and related oceanographic variables. Major products include Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) profilers, multi-bottle in-situ water samplers, moored CT recorders, wave/tide recorders, and dissolved oxygen sensors. Customers include research institutes, engineering firms, and navies throughout the world. Owned and managed by oceanographers and engineers, we are committed to advancing the science of ocean measurement, and we are deeply invested in engineering, metrology, calibration, software development, data and scientific analysis, and other essential technologies that make our products better and broadly useful. |
| TSS UK Limited TSS (UK) Ltd (part of the Vosper Thornycroft Group) is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic marine products for applications including marine navigation, motion compensation and subsea pipe and cable detection. |
| Weather Commerce Ltd Weather Commerce Ltd (WxCom) specialise in providing weather services to Industry as well as providing a service to the public via it website. It ‘flagship' comprehensive 14 day forecast is the ideal planning tool for all weather dependant businesses. |
| WNI OCEAN ROUTES UK Ltd WNI Oceanroutes provides a wide range of tailored meteorological services to a variety of users. The Aberdeen Forecast Center specialises in services to the maritime industry in addition to providing full weather services to television stations in the UK and Europe and to a range of industry, including utilities and local authorities |
| Rovtech Ltd. ROVTECH Ltd is the largest independent ROV contractor in the world with a fleet of 25 ROVs and, purpose built ROV Support Vessels. It prides itself on the quality of its services, its innovation and its attention to client needs no matter how small or large. |
