Data and Information Resources

The Worldwide Ocean Optics Database is a collection of several hundred ocean optics data sets gathered over time that encompass much of the world's oceans.

an information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues, and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability.

Marine Environmental Data are widely distributed throughout the UK amongst many government departments, agencies and laboratories, universities and commercial companies. The UKMED Network develops, maintains and makes available inventories of marine data; develops guidelines for oceanographic data management; improves mechanisms to facilitate data exchange and hence increases the availability of UK Marine Environmental Data for research and wealth creation.

Provides users with immediate graphical and tabular water level and meteorological data from U.S. National Ocean Service water level stations located along the projected path of severe storms such as hurricanes.

European site offering a directory of research projects, data sets and collection guidelines.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography today is world renowned for its preeminence in scientific disciplines relating to biology, physics, chemistry, climatology, geosciences, and geophysics

Reef Base is an online information system on coral reefs designed to provide relevant data and information to reef managers and scientists, as well as the general public.

Presenting research updates, worldwide ocean data, and ecological information by means of articles, video, and interactive simulations.

An on-line, open-access, globally-distributed network of systematic, ecological, and environmental information systems. Collectively, these systems operate as a dynamic, global digital atlas to communicate biological information about the worlds oceans.

Designed to be a single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Initiative Program. CoRIS will evolve and grow in the months ahead to encompass an ever widening array of product and information offerings.

An educational internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm.

Delivers advanced data products for oceanographic research in the Mediterranean Sea. Software products for data analysis and visualization are also made available for distribution within the scientific community.

Marine species, marine conservation efforts, and ocean life research. Discussion forum and daily marine biology news.

Gateway to a variety of marine information, data, products, services, careers and advice.

Organisation based in the Netherlands that provides systems and projects for information and data related to the sea. Explore current and planned projects.