Appendix 6.1 Global data sources

Name

Source

Ocean specific

Alaska Ocean Observing System

https://portal.aoos.org/

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service

http://marine.copernicus.eu/

Australian Ocean Data Network

https://portal.aodn.org.au/  

CCHDO

https://cchdo.ucsd.edu/

Coral Reef Science and Cyberinfrastructure Network

https://www.earthcube.org/group/crescynt-coral-reef-science-cyberinfrastructure-network

Data Oceanplus

https://data.oceanplus.org/

Data4science

https://services.d4science.org/explore

DataCite

https://search.datacite.org/ 

Datadryad

http://datadryad.org/

DataOne

https://search.dataone.org/data 

Dataverse

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/

DESEASION

http://recherche.imt-atlantique.fr/deseasion/#features

Earth Cube

https://www.earthcube.org/tools-inventory

EU Open data portal

https://www.opendatasoft.com/a-comprehensive-list-of-all-open-data-portals-around-the-world/

Global Ocean Data Analysis Project

https://www.glodap.info/index.php/data-access/

Global Reef Record

http://www.globalreefrecord.org/

Google dataset search

https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch

Google Earth Engine

https://earthengine.google.com/  

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity

https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/

Koordinates

https://koordinates.com/about/

Long Term Ecological Research Network Data Portal

https://portal.lternet.edu/nis/home.jsp

Marine Regions

http://marineregions.org/downloads.php

Mendeley Data

https://data.mendeley.com/

Mistrals

http://mistrals.sedoo.fr/

Movebank

https://www.movebank.org/panel_embedded_movebank_webapp

NASA Ocean Color

https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/

National Ecological Observatory Network

http://data.neonscience.org/home

NOAA centers for Environmental Information

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/access/index.html

OBIS

http://iobis.org/

Ocean Data Platform

https://revocean.org/platform/project

Ocean Data Viewer

http://data.unep-wcmc.org/

Octopus

https://octopus.zoo.ox.ac.uk/beta

OECD

https://data.oecd.org/searchresults/?r=+f/type/datasets

Pacific Ocean Portal

http://oceanportal.spc.int/portal/ocean.html

Pangaea

https://www.pangaea.de/about/

Re3Data

https://www.re3data.org/  

SeaDataNet

http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_cdi_v3/search.asp

SeaView

http://www.seaviewdata.org/

Sextant (Ifremer)

https://sextant.ifremer.fr/en/geoportail/sextant#/search?from=1&to=20

Sextant (Ifremer)

https://sextant.ifremer.fr/en/web/geosciences_marines/geoportail/sextant#/search?from=1&to=20

Stats et pêche

http://www.stats-et-peche.fr/

TARA Oceans Data Portal

http://www.taraoceans-dataportal.org/top/welcome.html

The Coastal EBA Decision Support Tool

http://web.unep.org/coastal-eba/coastal-EBA-DST/

The European Atlas of the Seas

https://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/atlas/about_en

UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme

http://ukstrandings.org/links/

Zendo

https://zenodo.org/

ReefBase

http://www.reefbase.org/main.aspx

World Reef Map

https://maps.lof.org/lof

Protected Planet

https://www.protectedplanet.net/            

EMODnet Physics

http://www.emodnet-physics.eu/Portal

EMODnet Seabed Habitats

https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/

EMODnet Chemistry

http://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/data

EMODnet Biology

http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/

EMODnet Geology

http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/

EMODnet Human Activities

http://www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/

Name

Source

Ocean specific

A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)

https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/

AlgaeBase

http://www.algaebase.org/

AquaMaps

https://www.aquamaps.org/search.php

Argo

http://www.argo.net/
http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/argo/

Asia-Pacific Data-Research Centre (APDRT)

http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/index.php

Atlas of Ocean Wealth

http://oceanwealth.org/resources/atlas-of-ocean-wealth/

Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)

https://www.bco-dmo.org/data

Blue Habitats

http://www.bluehabitats.org/?page_id=9

British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)

https://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/#

CNES AVISO+ Satellite Altimetry Data

https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/data.html

Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database (COPEPOD)

https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton/about/databases.html

Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)

https://iocm.noaa.gov/cmecs/

Combined Biotope Classification Scheme (SBiCS)

http://dev-coastkit.cbics.org/

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service

http://marine.copernicus.eu/

Coriolis Argo New Displacements Rannou and Ollitrault (ANDRO) An Argo-based deep displacement atlas

https://www.seanoe.org/data/00360/47077/

Coriolis Ocean Dataset for Reanalysis (CORA)

http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Products/Products/CORA

Coriolis Operational Oceanography

http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Products/Data-Delivery/Data-selection

DATO.GOV Ocean Data Catalog

https://www.data.gov/ocean/

dbSEABED

https://instaar.colorado.edu/~jenkinsc/dbseabed/

ESRI Ecological Marine Units

https://esri.maps.arcSHP.com/home/group.html?id=6c78a5125d3244f38d1bc732ef0ee743#overview

ESRI Living Atlas

https://livingatlas.arcSHP.com/en/

ESSO Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

https://www.incois.gov.in/portal/osf/osf.jsp

Everyone's Gliding Observatories (EGO)

https://www.ego-network.org/dokuwiki/doku.php

FAO Global fishery databases

http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/16054/en

FishBase

https://www.fishbase.se/home.htm

FleetMon

https://www.fleetmon.com/

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)

https://www.gebco.net/

Global Earth Observation System of Systems’ Platform (GEOSS Platform)

http://www.earthobservations.org/gci.php
http://www.geoportal.org/

Global Fishing Watch

http://globalfishingwatch.org/research/research-accelerator-program/

Global Integrated Shipping Information System

https://gisis.imo.org/Public/Default.aspx

Global Island Database (GID)

http://www.globalislands.net/about/gid_functions.php

Global Islands Explorer (GIE) Data: Global Shoreline Vector (GSV) and Global Ecological Coastal Units (ECUs)

Introductio: https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gie/
Online Viewer: https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gie/gie.shtml
Data download: https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/ecosystems/Global/

Global Ocean acidification observing network (GOA - ON) data portal

http://portal.goa-on.org/Home

Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE)

https://www.usgodae.org/index.html

Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP)

http://www.go-ship.org/DataDirect.html

Global Species Databases (GSD)

http://marinespecies.org/subregisters.php#species_dbs_GSD

Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/

GOOS Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

https://www.socat.info/index.php/data-access/

Group For High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST)

https://www.ghrsst.org/

Hadley Centre Observation Datasets

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/

Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data (HOAPS)

https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/hoaps-hamburg-ocean-atmosphere-parameters-and-fluxes-satellite-data

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

http://www.ics-shipping.org

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

http://www.iodp.org/resources/access-data-and-samples

International Seabed Authority Maps

https://www.isa.org.jm/maps

Island Directory

http://islands.unep.ch/isldir.htm

IUCN & WCMC Protect Planet Ocean

http://www.protectplanetocean.org/

JCOMM in situ Observations Programme Support Centre (JCOMMOPS)

https://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=126

Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS)

http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/legos/Presentation

Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)

http://lme.edc.uri.edu/

LEGOS Center for Topogaphic studies of the Ocean and Hydrosphere (CTOH)

http://ctoh.legos.obs-mip.fr/

LEGOS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)

http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/observations/doris

LEGOS Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA)

http://www.brest.ird.fr/pirata/index.php

LEGOS ROSAME Tide Gauges Network

http://www.brest.ird.fr/pirata/index.php

LEGOS Sea Surface Salinity Observation Service

http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/observations/sss

LITTERBASE

https://litterbase.awi.de/

Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Data Portal

https://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178:data-access&catid=33&Itemid=141#global

Marine Network for Integrated Data Access (MANIDA)

https://www.manida.org/

Marine traffic

https://www.marinetraffic.com/

NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Dataset (NOMAD)

https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/wiki/NOMAD

NASA Earth Observations

https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NASA National Snow & Ice Data Center

http://nsidc.org/data/modis/data_summaries#sea-ice

NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PODAAC)

https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist

NASA SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS)

https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/wiki/System_Description

NASA State of the Ocean (SOTO) Version 4.2.1

https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto/

NASS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

NOAA - Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD)

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/

NOAA One Stop

https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/#/

NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)

https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/3rd-party-missions/current-missions/noaa-avhrr

NOAA Blended In Situ-CZCS Chlorophyll Data Set

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOA98/pr_chlr.html

NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/search/catalog/main/home.page  

NOAA Deep Sea Coral Data Portal (DSCRTP)

https://deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov/
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/deep-sea-corals/mapSites.htm

NOAA ETOPO1 Global Relief Model

https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html

NOAA Global Data Explorer

https://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/view/globaldata.html

NOAA Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/3M_HEAT_CONTENT/

NOAA Gridded Climate Datasets

https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/

NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics

https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html

NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Naval Oceanographic Office Global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

https://hycom.org/dataserver

NOAA NCEI Ocean Color Archive

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/OceanColor/

NOAA NCEI Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) /Jason-2 and Jason-3 Satellite Products Archive

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/jason/

NOAA NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS)

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/

NOAA Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) (formerly CDIAC-Oceans)

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ocads/

NOAA Oxygen / Apparent Oxygen Utilization (AOU) Content

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OC5/PENTAS/anomalydata.pl?parameter=oxy

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)

https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/about-pmel

NOAA Quality Monitoring on Level-2 Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) Products from SMAP, SMOS and Aquarius Missions

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/sss/

NOAA Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite (SOHCS)

https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:NESDIS-OHC

NOAA World Ocean Atlas 2013 Version 2

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa13/

NOAA World Ocean Database (WOD)

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOD/pr_wod.html

Objective Analyzed air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) for the Global Oceans

http://oaflux.whoi.edu/dataproducts.html

Ocean Health Index (OHI)

http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/

Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

http://oceanobservatories.org/data/

OceanSITES

http://www.oceansites.org/index.html

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) - ocean-going Research Vessels

http://www.pogo-oceancruises.org/v_pogo_v1/browse_step.asp

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) - Petroleum Dataset

https://www.prio.org/Data/Geographical-and-Resource-Datasets/Petroleum-Dataset/Petroleum-Dataset-v-12/

Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)

http://www.psmsl.org/data/

Reefs at Risk Revisited

http://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-risk-revisited

Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) Data Repository

https://www.rvdata.us/data

Sea Around Us

http://www.seaaroundus.org/

Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility

https://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/datainfo/

SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (Seanoe)

http://www.seanoe.org/

SeaLifeBase

https://www.sealifebase.ca/

Sentinel Online

https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/thematic-areas/marine-monitoring
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Marine_services

Shipmap

https://www.shipmap.org/

The International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS)

https://icoads.noaa.gov/

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

https://www.ices.dk/Pages/default.aspx

The Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS)

https://samos.coaps.fsu.edu/html/docs/NOAA-TM_OAR_PSD-311.pdf

The United States Geological Survey (USGS)

https://www.usgs.gov/science/science-explorer/Oceans

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) TOGA/COARE

https://www.coaps.fsu.edu/COARE/coaremet.html

UNCTADstat

http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/welcome.html

UNESCO/IOC - Ocean Data Portal

http://www.oceandataportal.org/

UNESCO/IOC Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD)

http://www.gosud.org/

UNESCO/IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Program (HAIS)

http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/
Online Map: http://envlit.ifremer.fr/var/envlit/storage/documents/parammaps/haedat/
CSV Data: http://haedat.iode.org/browseEvents.php

UNESCO/IOC Sea Level Facility

http://www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/

UNESCO/IOC The Global Ocean Observation System

http://www.goosocean.org/

Unidata

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/

University of Hawaii Sea Level Center

http://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/datainfo/

US National Center for Atmospheric Research/research data archive (NCAR/RDA)

https://rda.ucar.edu/

WCMC Ocean Data Viewer

http://data.unep-wcmc.org/

WMO&IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP)

http://www.jcommops.org/dbcp/data/access.html

World Register of Marine Species (WORMS)

http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=checklist

WWF Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)

https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/marine-ecoregions-of-the-world-a-bioregionalization-of-coastal-and-shelf-areas