Appendix 6.1 Global data sources
Table 33. Partial list of ocean data portals.
Name | Source | Ocean specific |
Alaska Ocean Observing System |
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Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service | x | |
Australian Ocean Data Network | x | |
CCHDO | x | |
Coral Reef Science and Cyberinfrastructure Network | https://www.earthcube.org/group/crescynt-coral-reef-science-cyberinfrastructure-network | x |
Data Oceanplus | x | |
Data4science |
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DataCite |
| |
Datadryad |
| |
DataOne |
| |
Dataverse |
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DESEASION | x | |
Earth Cube |
| |
EU Open data portal | https://www.opendatasoft.com/a-comprehensive-list-of-all-open-data-portals-around-the-world/ |
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Global Ocean Data Analysis Project | x | |
Global Reef Record | x | |
Google dataset search |
| |
Google Earth Engine |
| |
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity |
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Koordinates |
| |
Long Term Ecological Research Network Data Portal |
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Marine Regions | x | |
Mendeley Data |
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Mistrals |
| |
Movebank |
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NASA Ocean Color | x | |
National Ecological Observatory Network |
| |
NOAA centers for Environmental Information |
| |
OBIS | x | |
Ocean Data Platform | x | |
Ocean Data Viewer | x | |
Octopus | x | |
OECD |
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Pacific Ocean Portal | x | |
Pangaea |
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Re3Data |
| |
SeaDataNet | x | |
SeaView | x | |
Sextant (Ifremer) | https://sextant.ifremer.fr/en/geoportail/sextant#/search?from=1&to=20 | x |
Sextant (Ifremer) | https://sextant.ifremer.fr/en/web/geosciences_marines/geoportail/sextant#/search?from=1&to=20 | x |
Stats et pêche | x | |
TARA Oceans Data Portal | x | |
The Coastal EBA Decision Support Tool |
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The European Atlas of the Seas | x | |
UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme | x | |
Zendo |
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ReefBase | X | |
World Reef Map | X | |
Protected Planet |
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EMODnet Physics | X | |
EMODnet Seabed Habitats | X | |
EMODnet Chemistry | X | |
EMODnet Biology | X | |
EMODnet Geology | X | |
EMODnet Human Activities | X |
Table 34. Summary of ESCAP Global Ocean Data Inventory
Name | Source | Ocean specific |
A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG) | X | |
AlgaeBase | X | |
AquaMaps | X | |
Argo | http://www.argo.net/ | X |
Asia-Pacific Data-Research Centre (APDRT) |
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Atlas of Ocean Wealth | X | |
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) | X | |
Blue Habitats | X | |
British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) | X | |
CNES AVISO+ Satellite Altimetry Data | X | |
Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database (COPEPOD) | X | |
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) | X | |
Combined Biotope Classification Scheme (SBiCS) | X | |
Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service | X | |
Coriolis Argo New Displacements Rannou and Ollitrault (ANDRO) An Argo-based deep displacement atlas | X | |
Coriolis Ocean Dataset for Reanalysis (CORA) | X | |
Coriolis Operational Oceanography | http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Products/Data-Delivery/Data-selection | X |
DATO.GOV Ocean Data Catalog |
| X |
dbSEABED | X | |
ESRI Ecological Marine Units | https://esri.maps.arcSHP.com/home/group.html?id=6c78a5125d3244f38d1bc732ef0ee743#overview | X |
ESRI Living Atlas |
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ESSO Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services | X | |
Everyone's Gliding Observatories (EGO) | X | |
FAO Global fishery databases | X | |
FishBase | X | |
FleetMon | X | |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) | X | |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems’ Platform (GEOSS Platform) | http://www.earthobservations.org/gci.php |
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Global Fishing Watch | http://globalfishingwatch.org/research/research-accelerator-program/ | X |
Global Integrated Shipping Information System | X | |
Global Island Database (GID) | X | |
Global Islands Explorer (GIE) Data: Global Shoreline Vector (GSV) and Global Ecological Coastal Units (ECUs) | Introductio: | X |
Global Ocean acidification observing network (GOA - ON) data portal | X | |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) | X | |
Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) | X | |
Global Species Databases (GSD) | X | |
Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) |
| X |
GOOS Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) | X | |
Group For High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) | X | |
Hadley Centre Observation Datasets | X | |
Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data (HOAPS) | X | |
International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) | X | |
International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) | X | |
International Seabed Authority Maps | X | |
Island Directory | X | |
IUCN & WCMC Protect Planet Ocean | X | |
JCOMM in situ Observations Programme Support Centre (JCOMMOPS) | https://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=126 | X |
Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS) | X | |
Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) | X | |
LEGOS Center for Topogaphic studies of the Ocean and Hydrosphere (CTOH) | X | |
LEGOS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) | X | |
LEGOS Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) | X | |
LEGOS ROSAME Tide Gauges Network | X | |
LEGOS Sea Surface Salinity Observation Service | X | |
LITTERBASE | X | |
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Data Portal | X | |
Marine Network for Integrated Data Access (MANIDA) | X | |
Marine traffic | X | |
NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Dataset (NOMAD) |
| X |
NASA Earth Observations |
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NASA National Snow & Ice Data Center |
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NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PODAAC) |
| X |
NASA SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS) |
| X |
NASA State of the Ocean (SOTO) Version 4.2.1 |
| X |
NASS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) |
| X |
NOAA - Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) |
| X |
NOAA One Stop |
| X |
NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) | https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/3rd-party-missions/current-missions/noaa-avhrr |
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NOAA Blended In Situ-CZCS Chlorophyll Data Set |
| X |
NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) | X | |
NOAA Deep Sea Coral Data Portal (DSCRTP) | X | |
NOAA ETOPO1 Global Relief Model |
| X |
NOAA Global Data Explorer |
| X |
NOAA Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content |
| X |
NOAA Gridded Climate Datasets |
| X |
NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics |
| X |
NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) | X | |
NOAA Naval Oceanographic Office Global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) | X | |
NOAA NCEI Ocean Color Archive |
| X |
NOAA NCEI Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) /Jason-2 and Jason-3 Satellite Products Archive |
| X |
NOAA NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) |
| X |
NOAA Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) (formerly CDIAC-Oceans) |
| X |
NOAA Oxygen / Apparent Oxygen Utilization (AOU) Content |
| X |
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) |
| X |
NOAA Quality Monitoring on Level-2 Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) Products from SMAP, SMOS and Aquarius Missions |
| X |
NOAA Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite (SOHCS) |
| X |
NOAA World Ocean Atlas 2013 Version 2 |
| X |
NOAA World Ocean Database (WOD) |
| X |
Objective Analyzed air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) for the Global Oceans | X | |
Ocean Health Index (OHI) | X | |
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) | X | |
OceanSITES | X | |
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) - ocean-going Research Vessels | X | |
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) - Petroleum Dataset | X | |
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) | X | |
Reefs at Risk Revisited | X | |
Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) Data Repository | X | |
Sea Around Us | X | |
Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility | X | |
SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (Seanoe) | X | |
SeaLifeBase | X | |
Sentinel Online | https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/thematic-areas/marine-monitoring | X |
Shipmap | X | |
The International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) | X | |
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) | X | |
The Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) | https://samos.coaps.fsu.edu/html/docs/NOAA-TM_OAR_PSD-311.pdf | X |
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
| X |
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) TOGA/COARE | X | |
UNCTADstat |
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UNESCO/IOC - Ocean Data Portal | X | |
UNESCO/IOC Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) | X | |
UNESCO/IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Program (HAIS) | http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/ | X |
UNESCO/IOC Sea Level Facility | X | |
UNESCO/IOC The Global Ocean Observation System | X | |
Unidata |
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University of Hawaii Sea Level Center | X | |
US National Center for Atmospheric Research/research data archive (NCAR/RDA) | X | |
WCMC Ocean Data Viewer | X | |
WMO&IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) | X | |
World Register of Marine Species (WORMS) | X | |
WWF Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) | X |
Global Ocean Accounts Partnership, 2019